Quick Scan Report – Excessive Backup History

The threshold for excessive backup history in the Quick Scan Report is greater than 1 year of backup history, or greater than 10,000 rows in the backup history.

SELECT MIN(backup_start_date) AS first_backup,
COUNT(*) AS total_rows
FROM msdb.dbo.backupset WITH (NOLOCK);

For those who are running frequent transaction log backups, the backup history can grow pretty quick.

To see the backup history:

SELECT *
FROM msdb.dbo.backupset WITH (NOLOCK);

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