Backup History

declare @dtbname sysname
set @dtbname = 'CA'
SELECT
   CONVERT(CHAR(100), SERVERPROPERTY('Servername')) AS Server,
   msdb.dbo.backupset.database_name,
   msdb.dbo.backupset.backup_start_date,
   msdb.dbo.backupset.backup_finish_date,
   msdb.dbo.backupset.expiration_date,
   msdb..backupset.type ,
   CASE msdb..backupset.type
       WHEN 'D' THEN 'Database'
       WHEN 'L' THEN 'Log'
       When 'I' Then 'Diff'  
   END AS backup_type,
   msdb.dbo.backupset.backup_size,
   msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily.logical_device_name,
   msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily.physical_device_name,  
   msdb.dbo.backupset.name AS backupset_name,
   msdb.dbo.backupset.description
FROM   msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily
   INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.backupset ON msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily.media_set_id = msdb.dbo.backupset.media_set_id
WHERE  (CONVERT(datetime, msdb.dbo.backupset.backup_start_date, 102) >= GETDATE() - 1)
and  msdb.dbo.backupset.database_name = @dtbname
ORDER BY
   msdb.dbo.backupset.backup_finish_date desc

Restore history

http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1724/when-was-the-last-time-your-sql-server-database-was-restored/

DECLARE @dbname sysname, @days int
SET @dbname = NULL --substitute for whatever database name you want
SET @days = -30 --previous number of days, script will default to 30
SELECT
 rsh.destination_database_name AS [Database],
 rsh.user_name AS [Restored By],
 CASE WHEN rsh.restore_type = 'D' THEN 'Database'
  WHEN rsh.restore_type = 'F' THEN 'File'
  WHEN rsh.restore_type = 'G' THEN 'Filegroup'
  WHEN rsh.restore_type = 'I' THEN 'Differential'
  WHEN rsh.restore_type = 'L' THEN 'Log'
  WHEN rsh.restore_type = 'V' THEN 'Verifyonly'
  WHEN rsh.restore_type = 'R' THEN 'Revert'
  ELSE rsh.restore_type 
 END AS [Restore Type],
 rsh.restore_date AS [Restore Started],
 bmf.physical_device_name AS [Restored From], 
 rf.destination_phys_name AS [Restored To]
FROM msdb.dbo.restorehistory rsh
 INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.backupset bs ON rsh.backup_set_id = bs.backup_set_id
 INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.restorefile rf ON rsh.restore_history_id = rf.restore_history_id
 INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily bmf ON bmf.media_set_id = bs.media_set_id
WHERE rsh.restore_date >= DATEADD(dd, ISNULL(@days, -30), GETDATE()) --want to search for previous days
AND destination_database_name = ISNULL(@dbname, destination_database_name) --if no dbname, then return all
ORDER BY rsh.restore_history_id DESC
GO

Network port requirements for Windows and How to configure RPC dynamic port allocation to work with firewalls

154596  How to configure RPC dynamic port allocation to work with firewalls

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154596/EN-US

832017  Service overview and network port requirements for Windows

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832017/EN-US