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query to find the latest transactional backup for a server involved in availability group

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I got a query to find the latest transactional log backup. in this particular server it is not working for some reason. here is the query:
SELECT
    @@Servername AS [Server_Name],
    B.name AS Database_Name,
    ISNULL(STR(ABS(DATEDIFF(day, SYSDATETIME(), MAX(A.backup_finish_date)))), 'NEVER') AS DaysSinceLastBackup,
    ISNULL(CONVERT(CHAR(11), MAX(A.backup_finish_date), 113) + ' ' + CONVERT(VARCHAR(8), MAX(A.backup_finish_date), 108), 'NEVER') AS LastBackupDate,
    BackupSize_GB = REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), CAST(CAST(COALESCE(MAX(A.compressed_backup_size), MAX(A.backup_size), 0)/1024.0/1024.0/1024.0 AS NUMERIC(18,2)) AS MONEY),1), '.00',''),
    BackupSize_MB = REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), CAST(CAST(COALESCE(MAX(A.compressed_backup_size), MAX(A.backup_size), 0)/1024.0/1024.0 AS NUMERIC(18,2)) AS MONEY),1), '.00',''),
    [Last Backup Duration (sec)] = DATEDIFF(s, MAX(A.backup_start_date), MAX(A.backup_finish_date)),
    [AVG Backup Duration (sec)] = AVG(CAST(DATEDIFF(s, A.backup_start_date, A.backup_finish_date) AS INT)),
    [Longest Backup Duration (sec)] = MAX(CAST(DATEDIFF(s, A.backup_start_date, A.backup_finish_date) AS INT)),
    [Shortest Backup Duration (sec)] = MIN(CAST(DATEDIFF(s, A.backup_start_date, A.backup_finish_date) AS INT)),
    A.type,
    media_set_id = MAX(A.media_set_id),
    B.create_date,
    B.recovery_model_desc,
    B.state_desc,
    B.is_read_only,
    B.database_id,
    Backup_Started = MAX(A.backup_start_date),
    Backup_Finished = MAX(A.backup_finish_date)
FROM sys.databases B WITH(NOLOCK)
LEFT OUTER JOIN msdb.dbo.backupset A WITH(NOLOCK)
    ON A.database_name = B.name
    AND A.type = 'L' -- Solo Transaction Log
WHERE 1=1
--B.Name = 'My_database'
GROUP BY
    B.Name,
    B.database_id,
    B.create_date,
    B.recovery_model_desc,
    B.state_desc,
    B.is_read_only,
    A.type
Asked by Marcello Miorelli (17274 rep)
Mar 26, 2025, 11:48 AM
Last activity: Mar 27, 2025, 01:01 PM