What is a Full Backup in ? › Category: Questions › What is a Full Backup in ? 0 Vote Up Vote Down Editor">Editor Staff asked 2 years ago What is a Full Backup? 1 Answers 0 Vote Up Vote Down Editor">Editor Staff answered 2 years ago A full backup is the most common type of backup in SQL Server. This is the complete backup of the database. It also contains part of the transaction log so that it can be recovered.