Get most recent backup completed within last week

Question

Hi.  I need your help with this...
I want to get a list of the most recent .bak files created in the last week.  I need to select [database_name] and [backup_finish_date] from msdb..backupset and [physical_device_name] from msdb..backupmediafamily tables. So if any database was backed
up AT LEAST ONCE in the last week, I want to list the most recent .bak file for that database.  If the most recent backup was more than a week old, I'm assuming it isn't being backed up on a regular basis, and I exclude it from the list.  I
think this requires a join of backupset and backupmediamedia tables, and use of MAX function to get the latest file, but I can't put it together.
Thanks!

Answer 1

Try
WITH cte
AS (
SELECT T1.NAME AS DatabaseName
,T2.backup_finish_date AS BackupDate
,T2.user_name AS UserName
,MF.physical_device_name
,RANK() OVER (
PARTITION BY T1.NAME ORDER BY T2.backup_finish_date DESC
) AS Rn
FROM sys.databases T1
JOIN msdb.dbo.backupset T2
JOIN msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily MF ON T2.media_set_id = MF.media_set_id ON T2.database_name = T1.NAME WHERE T2.backup_finish_date >= dateadd(week, - 1, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)
SELECT *
FROM cte
WHERE rn = 1
ORDER BY DatabaseName
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