Backup Command RETAINDAYS Option.
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RetainDays Property Of Backup Statement
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Apr 18, 2006Hi all;
I need to make daily backups to a computer in another domain, where I can't map a drive, so I use the TSQL to create a dump device, which works fine:
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Thanks,
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Help Backups - RETAINDAYS / Expiry Period
Dec 20, 2005RETAINDAYS option in BACKUP command.
SqlServer2000 (standard) on Win xp server.
Old backups are not being removed from backup sets.
I've created logical dumpdevices which maps to a physical file on disk - using sp_adddumpdevice. Regular, scheduled backups are successfully written to the backup sets (Complete, differential & Tlog) - This works fine and I can restore from them OK.
I've set the RETAINDAYS option of BACKUP command to keep backups for varying periods (eg full = 8 days, diff = 2 days, and Tlog = 1 day).
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The backup set files (dumpdevice files) are getting inexorably bigger and will eventually fill the available disks !
I don't want to delete or overwrite the entire contents of the backup set - just those backups more than 8 days old.
I've run sp_configure 'media_retention' 1 RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE
but the old backups are still there.
dbs are getting ever bigger (high activity OLTP system) currently 2 production dbs totaling 50 GB.
Is this a bug? - ie. the option to set a retention period even though I'm writing to a logical 'dump device' rather than a normal *.BAK / *.TRN file?
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HELP.
Cris Yarker
email to crispin@paymentsystemsltd.com
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Set the value of parameter @backup_path to point to the backup file, run in Query Analyzer, cut/paste the output into another Query Analyzer window, modify as necessary, and run.
This is just a barebones script to demo how this can be done. Modify as necessary to meet your own needs.
Works in SQL 2000 and 7.0. May work in SQL 2005, but it is not tested.
-- Create Restore Database Command from DB Backup File
set nocount on
go
declare @backup_path nvarchar(500)
select @backup_path =
-- Path to Backup file
'\SERVERNAMESHARE_NAMEMY_DB_BACKUP_FILENAME.BAK'
create table #header (
BackupNamenvarchar(128)null,
BackupDescriptionnvarchar(128)null,
BackupTypeintnot null,
ExpirationDatedatetimenull,
Compressedintnot null,
Positionintnot null,
DeviceTypeintnot null,
UserNamenvarchar(128)not null,
ServerNamenvarchar(128)not null,
DatabaseNamenvarchar(128)not null,
DatabaseVersionintnot null,
DatabaseCreationDatedatetimenot null,
BackupSizedecimal(28,0)not null,
FirstLsndecimal(28,0)not null,
LastLsndecimal(28,0)not null,
CheckpointLsndecimal(28,0)not null,
DatabaseBackupLsndecimal(28,0)not null,
BackupStartDatedatetimenot null,
BackupFinishDatedatetimenot null,
SortOrderintnot null,
CodePageintnot null,
UnicodeLocaleIdintnot null,
UnicodeComparisonStyleintnot null,
CompatibilityLevelintnot null,
SoftwareVendorIdintnull,
SoftwareVersionMajorintnull,
SoftwareVersionMinorintnull,
SoftwareVersionBuildintnull,
MachineNamenvarchar(128)not null,
Flagsintnull,
BindingIDuniqueidentifier null,
RecoveryForkIDuniqueidentifier null,
Collationnvarchar(128)null,
Seqintnot null
identity(1,1),
)
create table #filelist (
LogicalNamenvarchar(128)not null,
PhysicalNamenvarchar(128)not null,
Typenvarchar(10)not null,
FileGroupNamenvarchar(128)null,
Sizedecimal(28,0)not null,
MaxSizedecimal(28,0)not null,
Seqintnot null
identity(1,1),
)
insert into #header
exec ('restore HeaderOnly from disk = '''+@backup_path+''' ')
insert into #filelist
exec ('restore FilelistOnly from disk = '''+@backup_path+'''')
declare @tab varchar(1), @cr varchar(2)
select @tab = char(9), @cr = char(13)+Char(10)
select
[--Restore--]=
case
when a.Seq = 1
then
@cr+
@cr+'restore database '+c.DatabaseName+
@cr+'from disk ='+@cr+@tab+''''+
@backup_path+''''+@cr+'with'+@cr
else ''
end+
@tab+'move '''+a.LogicalName+
'''to '''+a.PhysicalName+''' ,'+
case
when a.Seq = b.Seq
then
@cr+@tab+'replace, stats = 5 , recovery'
else ''
end
from
#filelist a
cross join
( select Seq = max(b1.Seq) from #filelist b1 ) b
cross join
( select DatabaseName = max(c1.DatabaseName)
from #header c1 ) c
order by
a.Seq
go
drop table #header
drop table #filelist
Results, modify as needed:
--Restore--
--------------------------------------------------------------------
restore database MY_DB
from disk =
'\SERVERNAMESHARE_NAMEMY_DB_BACKUP_FILENAME.BAK'
with
move 'PRIMARY'to 'D:MSSQLDATAMY_DB_PRIMARY.MDF' ,
move 'DATA1'to 'D:MSSQLDATAMY_DB_DATA1.NDF' ,
move 'DATA2'to 'D:MSSQLDATAMY_DB_DATA2.NDF' ,
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replace, stats = 5 , recovery
CODO ERGO SUM
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