How to backup a filestream database? - sql-server

1.) How can I backup my FILESTREAM database on SQL Server 2008 from SQL Server Management Studio?
2.) Do I have to make a separate backup of the FILESTREAM folder on disc?

1.) You can backup the filestream data using the normal SQL Backup & Recovery process. See this article for reference. You can also exclude filestream data explicitly from your backup should you want to.
2.) You can take a separate backup of the filestream directory, but you really don't need to. It only makes sense to the SQL Server DB instance that created it.

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https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/managed-instance/transact-sql-tsql-differences-sql-server
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Thanks
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