How do I monitor backups in SQL Server?

How do I view SQL backups?

To view the content of a backup tape or file Expand Databases, and, depending on the database, either select a user database or expand System Databases and select a system database. Right-click the database you want to backup, point to Tasks, and then click Back Up. The Back Up Database dialog box appears.

How do I view backup logs in SQL Server?

open SSMS and connect to the database go to MANAGEMENT > MAINTENANCE PLAN > pick your backup plan. > right click and view history. or to MANAGEMENT > sql server logs. You earned this one!

How can I tell when a SQL Server database was last backed up?

It can be useful to periodically check when each database on a server was last backed up. The easiest way to do this on a single database is to right click on the database in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and looking at the top of the Database Properties page (see the screenshot below).

How do I check if a SQL Server backup failed?

Locate the event log for backup failure in the Event Viewer On the right-hand side in the Actions menu, navigate to Find. Type in the name of the database for which the failure occurred, and click Find Next. Every time you click Find Next, the previous event log for the database displays.