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Query to get last database backup dates

Here’s a simple query to find the last backup dates:   SELECT backup_start_date, database_name FROM msdb.dbo.backupset AS b1 WHERE backup_start_date = ( SELECT MAX(backup_start_date) FROM msdb.dbo.backupset AS b2 WHERE b1.database_name = b2.database_name AND type = ‘D’ )

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