Automating SSAS Backups

Backing up databases is one of the most important jobs of a DBA. If your data is not safe, your job is not safe. Data is the lifeblood of a DBA. That said, there are so many products out on the market that will help with backing up transactional databases in SQL Server, but when it comes to Analysis Services (SSAS), you are on your own. That's what I discovered when I became responsible for a SSAS database. The good thing, is that there's a very simple way to back up your SSAS databases. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) has this great feature that allows you to script just about anything you need to do, including backing up a SSAS database.