Difference Between Partial Backup (SQL 2005) And File Group Backup
Dec 5, 2006What is the difference between "Files aned File Groups" backup and Partial Backup?
Looks like both are same.. Please comment.
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Difference Between Backing Up To A File And A Logical Backup Device?
Jun 16, 2007What's is the between backing up a database to a file and a logical backup device?
If I point the logical backup device to a file on the filesystem, it's same as backing up to a file? isn't?
Thanks
File Group Backup
Oct 10, 2001Can you backup individual files within a file group.?
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Oct 10, 2001Can you backup individual files within a file group.?
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May 8, 2008Hi - I am using partial backup & restore on a Data Warehouse database currently in development.
When I recently tested the restore procedure I got the following error when trying to an online restore of one of the ReadOnly filegroups:
Msg 3125, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The database is using the simple recovery model. The data in the backup it is not consistent with the current state of the database. Restoring more data is required before recovery is possible. Either restore a full file backup taken since the data was marked read-only, or restore the most recent base backup for the target data followed by a differential file backup.
I believe I received this message as the Filegroup I was attempting to restore had been set ReadWrite since it was backed up.
So - I am looking for a query to test that all my filegroup backups are consistent with the live database.
I think I can achieve this by checking the read_write_lsn & read_only_lsn values for the filegroup to restore are the same as the values in sys.master_files for the live database.
I am reading the lsn values for the backup from msdb.dbo.backupfile
Can anyone confirm this is the correct approach? or is there a better way to do this??
Many Thanks
Partial Backup/Restore Filegroup Synchronization
Jun 4, 2008Our current application which is deployed to numerous client sites usually requires the database to be returned to us to upgrade for the next release. The current process is:
- Perform a full backup at the client site
- Send the backup to us for upgrade
- Perform a full restore process to our local db server
- Modify the database
- Perform a full backup
- Send the backup to the client
- Perform a full restore over the original database.
This has served our purposes so far, however, we are about to introduce functionality that will enable the client to upload files for storing in the database.
To manage this we have a single DBFiles table which due to the potential size of it’s contents we determined that it would be best to store it in it’s own FileGroup. The idea being that then we could backup just the Primary FileGroup for returning to our offices as the DBFiles table would remain untouched.
The proposed process would now be:
- Perform a partial backup of the primary filegroup at the client site
- Perform a partial backup of the DBFiles filegroup at the client site. This only ever stays at the client site and is never restored at our office.
- Send the primary filegroup backup to our office for upgrade
- Perform a partial restore or the primary filegroup to our local db server. This will leave the DBFiles filegroup offline which is OK as we do not need to change it.
- Modify the database
- Perform a partial backup of the primary filegroup
- Send the partial backup to the client
- Perform a partial restore of the primary filegroup over the original database. This will leave the DBFiles filegroup offline.
- Perform a partial restore of the DBFiles filegroup over the original database.
This last step results in the recovery failing due to a reason like “The roll forward start point is now at log sequence number (LSN) 66787000000001800001. Additional roll forward past LSN 66787000000008900001 is required to complete the restore sequence�.
I have tried a number of variations including backing up both the client and local log files for recovery and using copy_only but I have yet to be able to successfully complete the process. Is there a means we can synchronize these 2 backup files without worrying about the logs for this part of the process?
Our requirements are basically to be able to perform a partial backup and exclude the DBFiles table as it is likely to be very large so we can send it back to our offices for upgrade and then return it to the client for restoring back to the original database while maintaining the data in the clients DBFiles filegroup and table.
Any guidance on what we need to change or a better process would be appreciated.
Backup Failed: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Backup And File Manipulation... Must Be Serialized
Jul 11, 2007Using SQL Server 2005 Server Management Studio, I attempted to back up a database, and received this error:
Backup failed: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Backup and file manipulation operations (such as ALTER DATABASE ADD FILE) on a database must be serialized. Reissue the satement after the current backup or file manipulation is completed (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
Program location:
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Backup.SqlBackup(Server srv)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlManagerUI.BackupPropOptions.OnRunNow(Object sender)
Backup Options were set to:
Back up to the existing media set
Overwrite all existing backup sets
I am fairly new to SQL 2005. Can someone help me get past this issue? What other information do I need to provide?
DB Engine :: Compressed Backup While Restoring Backup File
Sep 8, 2015I got full backup on daily schedule its taking more space on Drive because each file has more than 25GB.I am using SLQ server 2008R2 so I'm looking to take the backup with compression instead of uncompressed Backup. What are the impacts of compressed backup. Is there any problems with compressed backup while restoring the backup file.
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Apr 1, 2008I should restore a SQL Server 2005 Database from backup. The backup contains three files, named user.bak0, user.bak1 and user.bak2.
How is the syntax of the restore filelistonly and the restore database ... ?
I usualy write
restore filelistonly from disk = 'path and filenam.bak'
restore database. zy
from disk = 'path and filename.bak'
with replace,
move.....
move....
This works but I cannot use it with a splitted backup file. The files are much too big to put together to one file.
Thanks in advance for any help.
How SQL SERVER 2005 Backup && ArcServe Backup Coexist ??
Apr 15, 2008I have only one tape drive.
My server is using the SQL server 2005 backup tool and arcserve backup tool to backup different files .
Everytime I need to disable and enable the tape device driver (in device manager /windows) before I can use SQL server 2005 backup tool.
Everytime I need to disable and enable the tape device driver (in device manager /windows) before I can use arcserve backup tool.
It seems that the tape device resource is held by softwares even the tape drive is not in use.
What should I do to make the tape drive shared by different softwares?
Regards,
Manuel
SQL 2005 Backup File
Mar 13, 2007We have a SQL 2005 server running the following backup job:<font face="Courier New" size="2"><br><font color="blue">/* Created by<a href="http://www.wangz.net/gsqlparser/sqlpp/sqlformat.htm">freeonline sql formatter</a*/</font><br><br><font color = "blue">EXECUTE</font> <font color ="maroon">master</font><font color = "silver">.</font><font color ="maroon">dbo</font><font color = "silver">.</font><font color ="#8000FF">xp_create_subdir</font><br> <font color = "red">N'\ServerBackupsDBServerName\DB_Name__METABASE'</font><br><br><font color = "blue">GO</font><br><br><font color = "blue">EXECUTE</font> <font color ="maroon">master</font><font color = "silver">.</font><font color ="maroon">dbo</font><font color = "silver">.</font><font color ="#8000FF">xp_create_subdir</font><br> <font color = "red">N'\serverBackupsDBServerName\DB_Name__MSCRM'</font><br><br><font color = "blue">GO</font><br><br><font color = "blue">BACKUP</font> <font color = "blue">DATABASE</font> <font color = "maroon">[db_name__metabase]</font> <font color = "blue">TO</font> <font color ="maroon">disk</font> <font color = "silver">=</font> <fontcolor = "red">N'\serverBackupsDBServerName\DB_Name__METABASE DB_Name__METABASE_backup_200610261158.bak'</font> <font color ="blue">WITH</font> <font color = "maroon">differential</font> <font color = "silver">,</font> <font color ="maroon">noformat</font> <font color = "silver">,</font> <font color = "maroon">noinit</font> <font color ="silver">,</font> <font color = "maroon">name</font> <fontcolor = "silver">=</font> <font color ="red">N'DB_Name__METABASE_backup_20061026115839'</font> <fontcolor = "silver">,</font> <font color = "maroon">skip</font> <font color = "silver">,</font> <font color ="maroon">rewind</font> <font color = "silver">,</font> <fontcolor = "maroon">nounload</font> <font color = "silver">,</font> <font color = "maroon">stats</font> <font color ="silver">=</font> <font color = "black">10</font><br><br><font color = "blue">GO</font><br><br><font color = "blue">DECLARE</font> <font color ="#8000FF">@backupSetId</font> <font color = "blue">AS</font> <font color = "black">INT</font><br><br><font color = "blue">SELECT</font> <font color ="#8000FF">@backupSetId</font> <font color = "silver">=</font> <font color = "maroon">position</font><br><font color = "blue">FROM</font> <font color ="maroon">msdb</font><font color = "silver">.</font><font color ="silver">.</font><font color = "maroon">backupset</font><br><font color = "blue">WHERE</font> <font color ="maroon">database_name</font> <font color = "silver">=</font> <font color = "red">N'DB_Name__METABASE'</font><br> <font color ="blue">AND</font> <font color = "maroon">backup_set_id</font> <font color = "silver">=</font> <font color ="silver">(</font><font color = "blue">SELECT</font> <font color ="fuchsia"><b>MAX</font></b><font color = "silver">(</font><font color= "maroon">backup_set_id</font><font color = "silver">)</font><br> <fontcolor = "blue">FROM</font> <font color ="maroon">msdb</font><font color = "silver">.</font><font color ="silver">.</font><font color = "maroon">backupset</font><br> <fontcolor = "blue">WHERE</font> <font color ="maroon">database_name</font> <font color = "silver">=</font> <font color = "red">N'DB_Name__METABASE'</font><font color= "silver">)</font><br><br><font color = "blue">IF</font> <font color ="#8000FF">@backupSetId</font> <font color = "blue">IS</font> <font color = "blue">NULL</font><br> <font color = "blue">BEGIN</font><br> <font color = "blue">RAISERROR</font> <font color = "silver">(</font><font color ="red">N'Verify failed. Backup information for database ' 'DB_Name__METABASE'' not found.'</font><font color = "silver">,</font><font color = "black">16</font><font color = "silver">,</font><font color = "black">1</font><font color = "silver">)</font><br> <font color = "blue">END</font><br><br><font color = "blue">RESTORE</font> <font color ="maroon">verifyonly</font> <font color = "blue">FROM</font> <font color = "maroon">disk</font> <font color ="silver">=</font> <font color = "red">N'\serverBackupsDBServerName\DB_Name__METABASEDB_Name__METABASE_backup_200610261158.bak'</font> <font color ="blue">WITH</font> <font color = "blue">FILE</font> <fontcolor = "silver">=</font> <font color = "#8000FF">@backupSetId</font> <font color = "silver">,</font> <font color ="maroon">nounload</font> <font color = "silver">,</font> <font color = "maroon">norewind</font><br><br><font color = "blue">GO</font><br><br><font color = "blue">BACKUP</font> <font color = "blue">DATABASE</font> <font color = "maroon">[db_name__mscrm]</font> <fontcolor = "blue">TO</font> <font color = "maroon">disk</font> <font color = "silver">=</font> <font color = "red">N'serverBackupsDBServerName\DB_Name__MSCRMDB_Name__MSCRM_backup_200610261158.bak'</font> <font color ="blue">WITH</font> <font color = "maroon">differential</font> <font color = "silver">,</font> <font color ="maroon">noformat</font> <font color = "silver">,</font> <font color = "maroon">noinit</font> <font color ="silver">,</font> <font color = "maroon">name</font> <fontcolor = "silver">=</font> <font color ="red">N'DB_Name__MSCRM_backup_20061026115839'</font> <font color= "silver">,</font> <font color = "maroon">skip</font> <fontcolor = "silver">,</font> <font color = "maroon">rewind</font> <font color = "silver">,</font> <font color ="maroon">nounload</font> <font color = "silver">,</font> <font color = "maroon">stats</font> <font color ="silver">=</font> <font color = "black">10</font><br><br><font color = "blue">GO</font><br><br><font color = "blue">DECLARE</font> <font color ="#8000FF">@backupSetId</font> <font color = "blue">AS</font> <font color = "black">INT</font><br><br><font color = "blue">SELECT</font> <font color ="#8000FF">@backupSetId</font> <font color = "silver">=</font> <font color = "maroon">position</font><br><font color = "blue">FROM</font> <font color ="maroon">msdb</font><font color = "silver">.</font><font color ="silver">.</font><font color = "maroon">backupset</font><br><font color = "blue">WHERE</font> <font color ="maroon">database_name</font> <font color = "silver">=</font> <font color = "red">N'DB_Name__MSCRM'</font><br> <font color ="blue">AND</font> <font color = "maroon">backup_set_id</font> <font color = "silver">=</font> <font color ="silver">(</font><font color = "blue">SELECT</font> <font color ="fuchsia"><b>MAX</font></b><font color = "silver">(</font><font color= "maroon">backup_set_id</font><font color = "silver">)</font><br> <fontcolor = "blue">FROM</font> <font color ="maroon">msdb</font><font color = "silver">.</font><font color ="silver">.</font><font color = "maroon">backupset</font><br> <fontcolor = "blue">WHERE</font> <font color ="maroon">database_name</font> <font color = "silver">=</font> <font color = "red">N'DB_Name__MSCRM'</font><font color ="silver">)</font><br><br><font color = "blue">IF</font> <font color ="#8000FF">@backupSetId</font> <font color = "blue">IS</font> <font color = "blue">NULL</font><br> <font color = "blue">BEGIN</font><br> <font color = "blue">RAISERROR</font> <font color = "silver">(</font><font color ="red">N'Verify failed. Backup information for database ' 'DB_Name__MSCRM'' not found.'</font><font color = "silver">,</font><font color = "black">16</font><font color = "silver">,</font><font color = "black">1</font><font color = "silver">)</font><br> <font color = "blue">END</font><br><br><font color = "blue">RESTORE</font> <font color ="maroon">verifyonly</font> <font color = "blue">FROM</font> <font color = "maroon">disk</font> <font color ="silver">=</font> <font color = "red">N'\serverBackupsDBServerName\DB_Name__MSCRMDB_Name__MSCRM_backu p_200610261158.bak'</font> <font color = "blue">WITH</font> <font color ="blue">FILE</font> <font color = "silver">=</font> <fontcolor = "#8000FF">@backupSetId</font> <font color = "silver">,</font> <font color = "maroon">nounload</font> <font color ="silver">,</font> <font color = "maroon">norewind</font></font>This job was set up long before i started here and the problem is thatthe backup file itself has grown to be over 230 GB. It does notappear that the backup job is pruning the file. is there a way toview the contents of this file and then prune it so we keep no morethen two weeks worth of data.Thanks
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Jan 31, 2008
Hi there
I'm getting this message on my third automated backup of the transaction logs of the day. Both databases are in full recovery mode, both successfully backed up at 01.00. The transaction logs backed up perfectly happily at 01:30 and 05:30, but failed at 09:30.
The only difference between 05:30 and 09:30's backups is that the log files were shrunk at 08:15 (the databases in question are the ones that sit under ILM2007, and keeping the log files small keeps the system running better).
Is it possible that shrinking the log files causes the database to think that there hasn't been a full database backup?
Thanks
Jane
Importing DB Backup File To SQL Server 2005
Mar 14, 2007Hi all,
I'm using shared sql space on a new provider and am trying to import a database backup file - of the format filename.db.
I cannot figure out how to import this file type using the 2005 express tools - I can connect to the database and create and drop tables alright, but I cannot just import the existing database.
I really haven't got the time on my connection to download the fully blown SQL server trial to be able to do this, so can anyone help me out with any easier solutions?
Cheers, Mike
Importing DB Backup File To SQL Server 2005
Mar 14, 2007Hi all,
I'm using shared sql space on a new provider and am trying to import a database backup file - of the format filename.db.
I cannot figure out how to import this file type using the 2005 express tools - I can connect to the database and create and drop tables alright, but I cannot just import the existing database.
I really haven't got the time on my connection to download the fully blown SQL server trail to be able to do this, so can anyone help me out with any easier solutions?
Cheers, Mike
Difference Between DTS Package And Backup
Apr 11, 2008Dear All,
i'm still jin confusion regarding the use of dts package and backup restore.
is there any good link to understand about DTS package, and Backup as well as recovery process?? please help me in this regard
Vinod
Even you learn 1%, Learn it with 100% confidence.
Where Can I Find Info About How To Backup Sql Server 2005 Using A .bat File?
Aug 30, 2006Where can I find info about how to backup Sql Server 2005 using a .bat file?
Is it possible doing it this way?
If so, can anyone direct me to some links how how to do this?
If not possible using a bat file... then how can I make schedueled backups? What tool to use and hopefully free.
SQL Server 2005 - Restore Backup File Error
May 18, 2007A full database backup file was created and placed in my C:Program filesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLBackup folder. In attempting to restore the file using "Restore Database", I get the following error: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Directory lookup for the file "d:Microsoft SQL ServerMSSQLdataworkspace.mdf" failed with the operating system error 3 (The system could not find the file path specified.).
Any help is appreciated.
Can I Create Database Using Backup File In SQl Server 2005 Express Edition
Jul 21, 2007hi
i have a database file backup which is having no extension (eg saims) . Can i create a database using this backup in sql server expression edition.
Or else is there any way to get the .mdf file from sql server 2005 full edition??????????????
Thanx in advance
SQL 2012 :: Backup Of Availability Group?
Aug 6, 2015Proposed configuration:
Using a centralized backup server from which to run SQL backups. (this server is not part of this AVG)
AVG with backup preference set to primary.
SQL backup (daily full and hourly logs run from centralized backup server) with target set to AG Listener name.
Any failover should still target Primary Replica.
SQL 2012 :: Backup Status In Availability Group
Mar 16, 2015some of the databases are not backed up in availability groups , they are showing the status as synchronized , how can we check the reason of this ?
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Jul 21, 2014I have 2 servers in a SQL Server Fail-Over Cluster. IOW I use always-on availability groups. I run backups - full, diff and log - regularly via SQL Agent on one server only depending on which is primary. If there is a fail-over, then backups will continue on the other server. If I have to restore a database in an availability group I probably would need some combination of full, diff, and log backups from each server. Would that actually work? I test the backups weekly however I just realized that I never tested that scenario.
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Feb 11, 2008Hi Dear,
May Any one guide me?
I have a backup file of database which is in SQL Server 2000. it has no Extension.I want to restore this backupfile or this database in my SQL Server 2005.
I have tried to Attach Database or attach this backup file in Sql Server2005 but it also fails .
First I have created New database name as is on the backupfile and then I have also tried to rename this file with .bak extension and then try to restore again it fails.
Plese Guide me urgently........
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SQL 2012 :: Error (backup Failed To Complete The Command BACKUP LOG) In Event Viewer
Aug 23, 2013On the SQL Server the Event Viewer shows the same messages and errors every evening between 22:05:00 and 22:08:00. The following information messages are shown for every database:
"I/O is frozen on database <database name>. No user action is required. However, if I/O is not resumed promptly, you could cancel the backup."
"I/O was resumed on database <database name>. No user action is required."
"Database backed up. Database: <database name>, creation date(time): 2003/04/08(09:13:36), pages dumped: 306, first LSN: 44:148:37, last LSN: 44:165:1, number of dump devices: 1, device information: (FILE=1, TYPE=VIRTUAL_DEVICE: {'{A79410F7-4AC5-47CE-9E9B-F91660F1072B}4'}). This is an informational message only. No user action is required."
After the 3 messages the following error message is shown for every database:
"BACKUP failed to complete the command BACKUP LOG <database name>. Check the backup application log for detailed messages."
I have added a Maintenance Plan but these jobs run after 02:00:00 at night.
Where can I find the command or setup which will backup all databases and log files at 22:00:00 in the evening?
SQL Server 2008 :: Backup Running Long And Backup Threads Show Suspended
Feb 18, 2015SQL Server 2008 r2 - 6 GB memory...I attempted a backup on a 500GB database but it was taking way too long. I checked the resources on the box and saw the CPU at 100%. I checked the SQL Server activity log and saw a hung query (user was not even logged on) that had multiple threads so I killed it and now the CPU utilization is back to normal.
Trouble is, now all of the threads in the activity monitor for the backup show 'suspended' and the backup appears to be not doing anything.
Backup Failed (Error 3041) While Try To Issue A BACKUP Statement In Local
Feb 9, 2004Hi,
I use the Transact-SQL BACKUP statement in Visual Basic to backup my local MSSQL Database. It give me this error
Error 3041
BACKUP failed to complete the command BACKUP DATABASE [BCFPC] to BCFPCBKP
I already created a backup device called BCFPCBKP and it is backup to the disk.
I tried to run the same BACKUP statement in SQL Query Analyzer and it worked fine. I tried to run my VB application in another PC. It worked fine when i use this command remotely. Can anyone tell me what's the problem?
Thanks in advance
regards,
M.Y. Yap
SQL 2012 :: Backup Cleanup Of Differential And Log Backups Based On Full Backup?
Feb 19, 2015Using Ola Hallengren's scripts I do a full backup of a database on a Sunday. Then differential backups every 6 hours and log backups every hour. I would like to keep a full week of backups based off the full backup done on Sunday. Is there a way for me to clear out the diff and log folders after the successful full backup on Sunday nights?
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Dec 28, 2007Windows 2003 backup utility uses the shadow copy option that allows it to copy open files.
Therefore, can I use this utility to backup the .mdf and .ldf files for my SQL 2000 database?
I can then attach the .mdf files if I need to restore the database to another server.
Can anyone tell me if this is safe? I've tried it and it worked but I'm worried there maybe some lurking danger in using this approach.
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Jul 15, 2015We take a full backup in the early morning and hourly transaction log back during the working hours for one database in the production server. The application team made certain changes to the design of the said database in their development server. The backup from the development server was restored to the production server during working hours. After the restoration should we take a full backup before next transactional logbackup? Would the transactional log backup with out a full backup after the restoration of a database be valid?
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/* Script to delete older than N days backup from a specific directory */
USE [db_admin]
GO
IF OBJECT_ID('usp_DeleteBackup', 'P') IS NOT NULL
DROP PROC usp_DeleteBackup
GO
[Code] .....
SQL 2012 :: Schedule Backup / Copy Backup And Rename To Other Folder
Dec 29, 2014I'm looking to schedule a maintenance plan for my databases which I have done.I'd like this database to be copied to another folder and the name altered to include the file name and the current date time stamp.Is this possible in the scheduled maintenance plan?
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Jason