If a database fails in the enviroment and no backup is there to recover from does it make a sound?

Well no… but the users are heard for miles hahaha

Below is a nice quick sanity check showing all the dbs that have NOT been backed up for X days or have never been backed up at all. 

DECLARE @num_of_days INT

SET    @num_of_days = 1 

SELECT     A.name, MAX(B.backup_finish_date) AS 'LastBackupDateTime'

FROM   master.dbo.sysdatabases A WITH(NOLOCK)  LEFT OUTER JOIN

   msdb.dbo.backupset B WITH(NOLOCK) ON A.name = B.database_name

WHERE  (B.TYPE = 'D' OR B.TYPE IS NULL)

GROUP BY A.name

HAVING (MAX(B.backup_finish_date) < GETDATE() - @num_of_days OR MAX(B.backup_finish_date) IS NULL) 

ORDER BY A.name



Enjoy!!