Database.LastBackupDate Property

Gets the date and time when the database was last backed up.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None Or SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive Or SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)> _
Public ReadOnly Property LastBackupDate As DateTime 
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Database 
Dim value As DateTime 

value = instance.LastBackupDate
[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)]
public DateTime LastBackupDate { get; }
[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::None|SfcPropertyFlags::Expensive|SfcPropertyFlags::Standalone)]
public:
property DateTime LastBackupDate {
    DateTime get ();
}
[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)>]
member LastBackupDate : DateTime
function get LastBackupDate () : DateTime

Property Value

Type: System.DateTime
A DateTime object value that specifies the date and time when the database was last backed up.

Examples

VB

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server

'Reference the AdventureWorks2012 database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks2012")

'Display date data for the database.
Console.WriteLine(db.Name)
Console.WriteLine("Created on " + db.CreateDate)
Console.WriteLine("Last backed up on " + db.LastBackupDate)
Console.WriteLine("Log last backed up on " + db.LastLogBackupDate)

PowerShell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2012")

Write-Host $db.Name
Write-Host "Created on " $db.CreateDate
Write-Host "Last backed up on " $db.LastBackupDate
Write-Host "Log last backed up on " $db.LastLogBackupDate

See Also

Reference

Database Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

LastDifferentialBackupDate

LastBackupDate

Other Resources

Working with Database Objects

Transaction Log Backups (Full Recovery Model)

Creating, Altering, and Removing Databases

CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL)