Check the location of backups for the last 7 days for all databases, or narrow down to a single one
Useful to see where the backups are going, and if there are any failed backups during the last week
/* DESCRIPTION List location of last X days backup for all databases. CONFIGURATION Set @days for the number of days to search for backups Set @dbname for the specific database; leave NULL for all Compatibility list: MSSQL2012 MSSQL2005 MSSQL2008 MSSQL2000 */ DECLARE @days INT DECLARE @dbname sysname SET @days = 7 -- Number of days SET @dbname = NULL -- Specify database like 'database1' . If Null it'll do all SELECT serverproperty('servername') , serverproperty('productversion') , serverproperty('productlevel') , bs.database_name , datediff(ss,bs.backup_start_date, bs.backup_finish_date) 'Duration_Sec' , bs.backup_finish_date , CASE bs.type WHEN 'D' THEN 'Full' WHEN 'I' THEN 'Diff' WHEN 'L' THEN 'TLog' END AS backup_type , ceiling(bs.backup_size/10214/1021) 'BK_Size_MB' --, ceiling(bs.compressed_backup_size/10214/1021) 'BK_Size_MB' -- Only on 2008 and up , bmf.physical_device_name --, bmf.device_type --, bs.user_name FROM msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily bmf INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.backupset bs ON bmf.media_set_id = bs.media_set_id WHERE 1=1 and bmf.family_sequence_number = '1' and (CONVERT(datetime, bs.backup_start_date, 102) >= GETDATE() - @days) -- and msdb..backupset.type = 'D' and bs.database_name like coalesce(@dbname,'%') ORDER BY bs.database_name, bs.backup_finish_date