Elusive Backup Process
Aug 17, 2004
Howdy Folks,
I have recently taken over looking after this machine & the previous guardian is unavailable. I've got to a point where I'm starting to think about looking into MSDB, but am not overly keen to start reviewing this db for obvious reasons... Can anyone please offer advise ?
Thank In Advance
Suze.
Environment: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.760 (sp3) on Win2000
H/W Dell PowerEdge 2550
Issue: Discovered in the sql log that there is a second set of bkps occurring around 7:30am - the bkps we have setup, run at 2am & are also being logged to sql log as completing normally.
The 7:30am bkps appear to be backing up to a remote location using pipes... or at a guess an agent ?? (I don't know know what that looks like cos we don't use agents). We backup db's to disk and then let arcserve pick up those backup files later.
I assume that this has been occurring for some time, sql logs back to July 7 advise so... Unable to locate scheduled job / maintenance plan that runs at this time...
Last night I set up a trace to catch it but that hasn't helped me either, apart from telling me that its an internal process to the server, and that the process actually started at 6:50am.
SQL LOGS Entries between midnight & 8am in attached file:
Trace contents in attached zip file:
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May 20, 2006
Hey guys. I have a question concerning the process a backup does.
Let's say i have MY_DB.mdf set to start at 1mb and unlimited growth by 1mb, and recovery mode is set to full.
Let's also say the log file MY_DB.ldf is set to start at 1mb and unlimited growth by 1mb.
First Question:
This means the more data is added past it's current size, the file for which data was entered will grow by 1mb, forever if left untouched, right?
Next Question:
When I do perform a full backup, let's say a manual backup for now and that I'm using SQL 2005, does a full backup clean up the log file? What I mean by this is, if there are 10000 log entries in the log file, does a backup clean up some of those entries?
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Reason for this forum:
I ask this because I have a test database I am working with in conjunction with ApexSQL Log (http://www.apexsql.com/sql_tools_log.asp) to test out the software. What I just ran across is that being just a test database I have not backed it up, rather have another copy of it from before I started adding data. It's properties are as described above. The ApexSQL software reads transactions logs allowing one to audit database activites and even reverse any transactions. Before I started using it, I decided to delete about 50 records. Then, a week later, I performed a backup (remember I have never done a backup before) and then I ran the software. The transactions shown in the software only dated back about 2 days earlier, not a week ago. I also looked at the size of my log file and it was only 1mb, and I expected it to be larger. i didnot, however, check the size before any of these steps. That is why I ask if in SQL 2005, does a full backup clean up and/or shrink the log file?
- RoLY roLLs
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Jul 31, 2007
Hi everybody,
I'm trying to backup a database of 330 GB more or less from my server to an external hard disk connected by optical fiber and I'm receiving the next error:
[SQLSTATE 01000] (Message 3211) Write on "H:sqlbackuppm_import" failed: 33(The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file.) [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 3202) BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 3013). The step failed.
Any idea??
Thanks!
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Nov 5, 2002
Hi,
My transaction log backup task for the production database which normally takes about 10 seconds has been running for almost about 2 hours now.
Is there any way to stop it without restarting sql services? The scheduled task was stopped from the jobs but spid is still in 'runnable' status. I should not kill 'backup log' or 'xp_sqlmaint' tasks.( It doesn't solve the problem anyway. the SPID goes in rollback status and stays like that until server is rebooted). Any way to find out what causes this problem and how to prevent it?
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Dec 2, 2002
I occasionally receive the following error on backups to a disk backup device.
BackupDiskFile::CreateMedia: Backup device 'F:MSSQLBACKUPFull_Backup.BAK' failed to create. Operating system error = 32(The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.).
There are no other jobs running that access this file during the backup. So nothing else should be trying to touch the backup file.
Rerunning the backup again seems to work so it does sound like something is accessing the backup file, I just can't figure out what.
The backup proc reinitializes the backup file each time it runs with the init parameter and then appends remaining backups with noinit. This error occurs on several different servers. Could there be a problem reinitializing the same backup device? It seems like a previous backup has not let go of the device.
I am running SQL 2000 SP2 on Windows 2000 SP2.
Any ideas?
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Dec 4, 2007
Hello. We recently ran into extremely large transaction log sizes on our SQL 2005 box...turns out they were not being backed up. After doing some research, I found that they should be backed up very frequently in order to kee their sizes down. I kind of inherited the mess, but got three maintenance plans set up:
FULL Backup that runs weekly
DIFFERNTIAL Backup that runs nightly
TRANSACTION LOG backup that runs hourly
However, since I implemented the plans there has been high CPU utilization at all times. I finally figured out what was causing it today...the BACKUP LOG process is hanging in "Suspended" mode when I view processes. I have to manually kill them to release the CPU utilization.
How can I trace the cause of the hang? Is there a better way to backup/truncate the log files?
Regards,
Matthew
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Hi,
I was trying to extract data from the source server using OLEDB Source and SQL Server Destination when i encountered this error:
"Transaction (Process ID 135) was deadlocked on lock resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the transaction.".
What must be done so that even if the table being queried is locked, i wouldn't experience any deadlock?
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Hello all,
I am running into an interesting scenario on my desktop. I'm running developer edition on Windows XP Professional (9.00.3042.00 SP2 Developer Edition). OS is autopatched via corporate policy and I saw some patches go in last week. This machine is also a hand-me-down so I don't have a clean install of the databases on the machine but I am local admin.
So, starting last week after a forced remote reboot (also a policy) I noticed a few of the databases didn't start back up. I chalked it up to the hard shutdown and went along my merry way. Friday however I know I shut my machine down nicely and this morning when I booted up, I was in the same state I was last Wenesday. 7 of the 18 databases on my machine came up with
FCB:pen: Operating system error 32(The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.) occurred while creating or opening file 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLDataTest.mdf'. Diagnose and correct the operating system error, and retry the operation.
and it also logs
FCB:pen failed: Could not open file C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLDataTest.mdf for file number 1. OS error: 32(The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.).
I've caught references to the auto close feature being a possible culprit, no dice as the databases in question are set to False. Recovery mode varies on the databases from Simple to Full. If I cycle the SQL Server service, whatever transient issue it was having with those files is gone.
As much as I'd love to disable the virus scanner, network security would not be amused. The data and log files appear to have the same permissions as unaffected database files. Nothing's set to read only or archive as I've caught on other forums as possible gremlins. I have sufficient disk space and the databases are set for unrestricted growth.
Any thoughts on what I could look at? If it was everything coming up in RECOVERY_PENDING it's make more sense to me than a hit or miss type of thing I'm experiencing now.
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Dear list
Im designing a package that uses Microsofts preplog.exe to prepare web log files to be imported into SQL Server
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the above dos cmd works 100%
However when I use the Execute Process Task I get this error
[Execute Process Task] Error: In Executing "D:SSIS ProcessPrepweblogProcessLoadpreplog.exe" "" at "D:SSIS ProcessPrepweblogProcessLoad", The process exit code was "-1" while the expected was "0".
There are two package varaibles
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User::gsPreplogOutput = out.log
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Arguments =
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StandardInputVariable = User::gsPreplogInput
StandardOutputVariable = User::gsPreplogOutput
StandardErrorVariable =
FailTaskIfReturnCodeIsNotSuccessValue = True
SuccessValue = 0
TimeOut = 0
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Error: 0xC0029151 at Unzip download file, Execute Process Task: In Executing "C:ETLPOSDataIngramWeeklyUnzip.bat" "" at "C:ETLPOSDataIngramWeekly", The process exit code was "1" while the expected was "0".
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WorkingDirectory : C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft SQL Server90COM
Executable : C:SQL_bat_FilesSQL5TC_CTIcustomer.bat
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I have a guy at work telling me that introducing a data access layer is the only way to solve this, I am not convinced but havnt enough knowledge to back my own feeling up. (asp system not .net).
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> Notes:
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Here are the information I have on this process:
Spid 55 55
ecid 5 5
Ecid 0 0
ObjId 0 1784601646
IndId 0 0
Type DB PAG
Resource 1:1976242
Mode S IS
Status TransID GRANT GRANT
TransID 0 16980
TransUOW 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
lastwaittype PAGEIOLATCH_SH
CMD AWAITING COMMAND
Physycal id 1059
Login time 2007-07-05 04:29:53.873
nat address DFF06EBF974D
Wait type 0x0046
HostName .
BlkBy .
DBName grpprddb
CPUTime 54331
DiskIO 1059
ProgramName
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I have already tried to execute the following request:
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