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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://sqlblog.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Davide Mauri : XMLA, Analysis Services</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/davide_mauri/archive/tags/XMLA/Analysis+Services/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: XMLA, Analysis Services</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)</generator><item><title>SSAS Backup and other useful PowerShell scripts</title><link>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/davide_mauri/archive/2010/07/30/ssas-backup-and-other-usefull-powershell-scripts.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:34:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:27437</guid><dc:creator>Davide Mauri</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/davide_mauri/comments/27437.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://sqlblog.com/blogs/davide_mauri/commentrss.aspx?PostID=27437</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Today I was looking for a Powershell script to automatize the backup of Analysis Services database also capable to manage retention.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;In such search I stubled upon the SSASBackp PowerShell script created by Idera which is also released for free.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;There’s other script beside that in their PowerShell Free Scripts page&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.idera.com/Products/Free-Tools/PowerShell-scripts/" href="http://www.idera.com/Products/Free-Tools/PowerShell-scripts/"&gt;http://www.idera.com/Products/Free-Tools/PowerShell-scripts/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Though many of them probably needs some customization to satisfy your own specific needs, they can be a very useful as starting point to build your own (SSAS Backup is one exception since it is full featured and immediately usable without any changes).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=27437" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/davide_mauri/archive/tags/XMLA/default.aspx">XMLA</category><category domain="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/davide_mauri/archive/tags/PowerShell/default.aspx">PowerShell</category><category domain="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/davide_mauri/archive/tags/SSAS/default.aspx">SSAS</category><category domain="http://sqlblog.com/blogs/davide_mauri/archive/tags/Analysis+Services/default.aspx">Analysis Services</category></item></channel></rss>