Backup Solution For 2005 Upgrade
Sep 20, 2007
Hi all
We have a huge terabyte database that we are planning to upgrade to 2005. We are working on realistic backup solutions in case we have to rollback the upgrade. We have over 400 tables out of which about 100 are kind of static. The other 300 tables have very high transaction rate - thousands of batch transactions per sec. Earlier, prior to 2005 SP2 release we tried setting up replication to a 2000 box and replication agents failed to catch up with the transactions. Not sure of SP2 has any improvements. We are thinking of setting up replication for only the 300 or so tables and we will take a regular nightly back up and can use a day's old data for the 100 small tables.
What are your experiences/suggestions on a proper back up solution to have a 2000 server in almost stand by mode that we can switch back to in case of any issues?
Thanks,
don.
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Mar 15, 2007
I upgraded my SQL 2005 Workgroup 2005 to SP2 and subsequently could not get the SQL Server service running. Turns out this was a problem because I had created separate folders for my data and log files. The distmdl.mdf and mssqlsystemresource.mdf files were in my data folder and distmdl.ldf and mssqlsystemresource.ldf were in my log folder. During SP2 upgrade a new distmdl.ldf and mssqlsystemresource.ldf were created in my data folder. I deleted the distmdl.ldf and mssqlsystemresource.ldf files in my log folder and then moved the newly created ones in my data folder into the log folder and all is well now.
Just a heads up!
--Greg
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Nov 30, 2006
VB.NET 2005 Express and SQL Server 2005 Express - NOT saving updates to DB - SOLUTION!
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The following article is bogus and confusing:
How to: Manage Local Data Files - Setting 'Copy to Output Directory' to 'Do not copy'
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms246989.aspx
You must manually copy the database file to the output directory
AFTER setting 'Copy to Output Directory' to 'Do not copy'.
Do not copy
The file is never copied or overwritten by the project system. Because your application creates a dynamic connection string that points to the database file in the output directory, this setting only works for local database files when you manually copy the file yourself.
You must manually copy the database file to the output directory
AFTER setting 'Copy to Output Directory' to 'Do not copy'.
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The above article is bogus and confusing.
This is rediculous!
This is the most vague and convoluted bunch of nonsince I've ever come accross!
Getting caught out on this issue for the 10th time!
And not being able to find an exact step-by-step solution.
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I've tried it and it doesn't work for me.
Please don't try what the article eludes to as I'm still sorting out exactly what is supposed to be happening.
If you have a step-by-step procedure that can be reproduced this properly please PM me.
I would like to test its validity then update this exact post as a solution rather than just another dicussion thread.
Many thanks.
This is the exact procedure I have come up with:
NOTE 1: DO NOT allow VB.net to copy the database into its folders/directorys.
NOTE 2: DO NOT hand copy the database to a folder/directory in your project.
Yes, I know its hard not to do it because you want your project nice and tidy.
I just simply could NOT get it to work.
You should NOT have myData.mdf listed in the Solution Explorer. Ever.
Create a folder for your data following NOTE 2.
Copy your data to that folder. * mine was C:mydatamyData.mdf
Create a NEW project.
Remove any Data Connections. ( no matter what)
Save it.
Data | View Data Sources
Add New Data Source
select NEW CONNECTION ( No Matter what, do it!
Select the database. * again mine was C:mydatamyData.mdf
Answer NO to the question:
Would you like to copy the file to your project and modify the connection?
- NO ( no matter what - ANSWER NO ! - Absolutely NO )
Then select the tables you want in the DataSet.
and Finish.
To Test ----------
From the Solution Explorer | click the table name drop down arrow | select details
Now Drag the table name onto the form.
The form is then populated with a Navigation control
and matching Labels with corresponding Textboxes for each field in the table.
Save it.
1) Run the app.
Add one database record to the database by pressing the Add(+) icon
Just add some quick junk data that you don't mind getting lost if it doesn't save.
YOU MUST CLICK THE SAVE ICON to save the data you just entered.
Now exit the application.
2) Run the app again.
And verify there is one record already there.
Now add a second database record to the database by pressing the Add (+) icon.
NOW add some quick junk data that you WILL intentionally loose.
*** DO NOT *** press the save icon.
Just Exit the app.
3) Again, Run the app.
Verify that the first record is still there.
Verify that the Second record is NOT there.
Its NOT there because you didn't save the data before exiting the app.
Proving that YOU MUST CLICK THE SAVE ICON to save the data you just entered.
Also proving you must add your own code to catch the changes
and ask the user to save the data before exitiing or moving to another record.
As a side note, since vb.net uses detached datasets,
(a copy/snapshot of the dataset in memory and NOT directly linked to the database)
the dataset will reflect all changes made when moving around the detached datasets.
YOU MUT REMEMBER TO SUBMIT YOUR CHANGES TO THE DATABASE TO SAVE THEM.
Otherwise, they will simply be discarded without notice.
Whewh!
I hope this saves me some time the next time I want to start a new database project.
Oh, and uh, for anyone else reading this post.
Thanks,
Barry G. Sumpter
Currently working with:
Visual Basic 2005 Express
SQL Server 2005 Express
Developing Windows Forms with
101 Samples for Visual Basic 2005
using the DataGridView thru code
and every development wizard I can find within vb.net
unless otherwise individually stated within a thread.
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SQL Gurus,
What is the best backup solution?
Product:MS SQL 2000 Enterprise Edition
Environment:webserver
Goal:Off-site backup of database without onsite tech intervention
Obstacles:
* Webhost does not want SQL Server Agent running for fear of viruses
* Database is 3.4GB, LDF is 3.7GB, and a Full Backup is 3.1GB.
Connection / Access:Enterprise Manager, RDP and FTP all work to access data and backups.
I have looked into doing a full backup then differential backups, doing transaction replication, and log shipping. The client doesn't really need replication, he just wants to know that if his server with the production database goes up in flames he has a way of getting back in business without losing more than one day of data.
I am hoping there is a method of "restoring" on his off-site server the data that is "backed up" on the production server. Is that possible if we're doing differential backups?
Is that the best solution or is there a better way?
Thanks for any recommendations or advice,
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Feb 22, 2005
Provide solutions for the following :
My database name : developer
day 1. Taken full backup
day 2. taken differential backup
day 3. taken differential backup
day 4. taken differential backup
day 5. taken differential backup
day 6. taken differential backup
finished backups
month 1. after one month volunterily deleted records of tables.
month 2. want to view only database with day 2 .
( I want to restore only day2 backup (including full backup) and use the database)
Is it possible in Microsoft SQL Server?
Need Good solution or tool for this.
Expecting good suggestions or coding or tools
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Jul 23, 2005
hi groupMy database name : developerday 1. Taken full backupday 2. taken differential backupday 3. taken differential backupday 4. taken differential backupday 5. taken differential backupday 6. taken differential backupfinished backupsmonth 1. after one month volunterily deleted records of tables.month 2. want to view only database with day 2 .( I want to restore only day2 backup (including full backup) and usethe database)Is it possible in Microsoft SQL Server?Need Good solution or tool for this.Expecting good suggestions or coding or toolsWith AdmirationRLN
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Feb 21, 2007
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Aug 6, 2007
I've just inherited (i.e., our sys admin / DBA left the company) a fairly small SQL Server that's running 7 production databases. Most are quite small, but there are two which are about 40gb each. Traffic is quite low - ~30-40 users at one time doing your basic SELECT / UPDATE / INSERT stuff.
Anyway, I was going through some of the backups jobs and noticed that the transaction logs for each database were absolutely huge (in some cases bigger than the DB itself) which led me to think the log wasn't getting truncated.
The T-SQL being run in each case was
Currently, the transaction log for 6 DBs is backed up 3 times a day (and the 7th, "mission critical" DB is backed up every 15 minutes) with the following T-SQL:
BACKUP LOG <database> to <device> WITH NOINIT, NOFORMAT, NOSKIP, NOUNLOAD
5 of the 7 databases get a full backup twice a day, with the 2 larger ones getting a differential, with e.g.,
BACKUP DATABASE <database> TO <device> WITH NOINIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME = N'db', NOSKIP , STATS = 10, DESCRIPTION = N'db', NOFORMAT , MEDIANAME = N'db'DECLARE @i INT
select @i = position from msdb..backupset where database_name='db'and type!='F' and backup_set_id=(select max(backup_set_id) from msdb..backupset where database_name='db')
RESTORE VERIFYONLY FROM <device> WITH FILE = @i
This is then backed up to tape each night.
Looking through the documentation, those WITH commands are largely the default settings so I'm not sure why they're specified explicitly.
If I issue a
BACKUP LOG <database> to <device> WITH INIT, SKIP
then the log does get truncated. However, could someone explain the implications of that for me? As I understand it, INIT will overwrite any existing sets in the device, but considering that it will always backup anything that hasn't been committed then should it be a problem?
Alternatively could someone perhaps explain why the log wasn't getting truncated? It is my understanding that this should happen every time a full backup is completed... which is twice a day. Or does the Transaction log need to be manually shrunk every now and then?
Also, I understand the DECLARE... part in the last part of that DB backup SQL, but is it at all necessary?
Finally, does this backup strategy seem viable? Any thoughts and comments are appreciated!
Matt
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Hi,
We are performing a SQL 2005 SP1 upgrade from SQL 2000 on our Windows 2003 SP1 Standard Edition.
When we run the upgrade, we got a error "Upgrade Advisor Return -1" as a pop-up window.
When we run the Upgrade Advisor separately, we get this error :
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Common Language Runtime detected an invalid program.
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Common Language Runtime detected an invalid program. (System.Xml)
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Program Location:
at System.Xml.Schema.SchemaInfo..ctor()
at System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaSet..ctor(XmlNameTable nameTable)
at System.Xml.XmlReaderSettings.get_Schemas()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.UpgradeAdvisor.ReportViewer.UAReportController.LoadAndValidateDataFile()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.UpgradeAdvisor.ReportViewer.UAReport.ValidateDataFile()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.UpgradeAdvisor.ReportViewer.UAIssueReport.Refresh()
at Microsoft.SqlServer.UpgradeAdvisor.ReportPanel.OpenReport(String reportFile)
We are in a lost for solutions. We do hope to hear from anyone asap...
Greatly appreciated for any kind assistance.
Thanks.
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Hi,
We are running a test upgrade form sql 2000 standard edition 32 bit to sql 2005 developer edition 32bit. Followed through all the steps and specified the account(SA priveleges and currently used by the 2000 version) and is the local admin on the box for the services and the setup seemed to move fine, except for when it got to the point of installing database services - This is the error message that I got:
MSSQLServer could not be started. Verify you have sufficient priveleges to start system services. The was no choice but to hit cancel and then the set up progressed with a final message of 'SEtup failed'.
Here is a portion of the error log:
Attempting to recover in-doubt distributed transactions involving Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
Database Mirroring Transport is disabled in the endpoint configuration.
Starting up database 'master'.
Converting database 'master' from version 589 to the current version 611.
Database 'master' running the upgrade step from version 589 to version 590.
Error: 946, Severity: 14, State: 1.
Cannot open database 'master' version 589. Upgrade the database to the latest version.
System Task Aggregate global counters produced an error that was not handled. Major: 9, Minor: 46, Severity:14, State:1
Error: 928, Severity: 20, State: 1.
During upgrade, database raised exception 15151, severity 16, state 1, address 01C4C50B. Use the exception number to determine the cause.
Error: 15151, Severity: 16, State: 1.
Cannot find the endpoint 'TSQL Local Machine', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks KR
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FIXWMI.CMD
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@echo on
cd /d c: emp
if not exist %windir%system32wbem goto TryInstall
cd /d %windir%system32wbem
net stop winmgmt
winmgmt /kill
if exist Rep_bak rd Rep_bak /s /q
rename Repository Rep_bak
for %%i in (*.dll) do RegSvr32 -s %%i
for %%i in (*.exe) do call :FixSrv %%i
for %%i in (*.mof,*.mfl) do Mofcomp %%i
net start winmgmt
goto End
:FixSrv
if /I (%1) == (wbemcntl.exe) goto SkipSrv
if /I (%1) == (wbemtest.exe) goto SkipSrv
if /I (%1) == (mofcomp.exe) goto SkipSrv
%1 /RegServer
kipSrv
goto End
:TryInstall
if not exist wmicore.exe goto End
wmicore /s
net start winmgmt
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Error 1603 installing Microsoft SQL Native Client.
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Hi
I am trying to upgrade SQL Server 2005 Express to SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition.
(As a Preparation to install SQLServer2005 Service Pack 2 (CTP))
I tried to upgrade a particular Instance (OFFICESERVERS, which was based on SQL Server 2005 Express ).
During the upgrade I get a message saying that ...
.....Your upgrade is blocked because of edition upgrade rules.....
All other components I selected for Installation are propertly installed (Analysis, Reporting)
The setup log contains the following detail information:
---- Context -----------------------------------------------
Setting status of unmanaged components and removing unmanaged resources
Error Code: 29543
MSI (s) (DC!C8) [13:57:26:265]: Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 -- Error 29543. Your upgrade is blocked. For more information about upgrade support, see the "Version and Edition Upgrades" and "Hardware and Software Requirements" topics in SQL Server 2005 Setup Help or SQL Server 2005 Books Online.
Edition check:
Your upgrade is blocked because of edition upgrade rules. For more information about edition upgrades, see the Version and Edition Upgrades topic in SQL Server 2005 Setup Help or SQL Server 2005 Books Online.
Error 29543. Your upgrade is blocked. For more information about upgrade support, see the "Version and Edition Upgrades" and "Hardware and Software Requirements" topics in SQL Server 2005 Setup Help or SQL Server 2005 Books Online.
Edition check:
Your upgrade is blocked because of edition upgrade rules. For more information about edition upgrades, see the Version and Edition Upgrades topic in SQL Server 2005 Setup Help or SQL Server 2005 Books Online.
<Func Name='SetCAContext'>
<EndFunc Name='SetCAContext' Return='T' GetLastError='0'>
Doing Action: ValidateUpgrade
PerfTime Start: ValidateUpgrade : Fri Dec 29 13:57:26 2006
<Func Name='ValidateUpgrade'>
<Func Name='updateFeatureSellection'>
Error Code: 0x80077367 (29543)
Windows Error Text: Source File Name: sqlcaupgradeproduct.cpp
Compiler Timestamp: Mon Sep 19 01:07:45 2005
Function Name: sqls::UpgradeProduct::CanUpgrade
Source Line Number: 142
---- Context -----------------------------------------------
I also tried to explicitly upgrade the OFFICESERVERS instance by executing Setup from the command shell:
start /wait setup.exe ADDLOCAL=SQL_Engine INSTANCENAME=OFFICESERVERS UPGRADE=SQL_Engine SKUU
PGRADE=1 /qb
The result is the same, i.e.... Your upgrade is blocked because of edition upgrade rules...
Does anybody know about this problem?
Some more information about the system:
W2K3 R2 Enterprise Edition
WSS3.0
MOSS2007
previously installed SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (Version 9.00.2047.00)
Kinde regards
Andreas
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