How To Nightly Copy 1 Database To Another

Nov 6, 2006

I know this is probably an easy thing to do but I've been struggling with this on and off for the past month or so. All I want to do is copy two databases (our app db's) to two other databases (for app testing and training) on the same server every night. The databases aren't used during this time so they can be taken down if necessary.

I've tried using the Copy Database wizard and scheduling the resulting job but that isn't working...

Thanks in advance for any direction/help!

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May 20, 2008

I have a production database that I would like to have copied over to a backup database on a separate server every evening. I don't want to mirror, I just want the databases synced up every evening.

The servers are physically attached through a gigabit switch and the database is relatively small, so I don't think that speed will be an issue.

Could someone point me to an article about the best way to accomplish this?

Thanks.

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Hi,

I set up DB mirror between a primary (SQL1) and a mirror (SQL2); no witness. I have a problem when I issue command:

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go

The error message is:

The remote copy of database "DBmirrorTest" has not been rolled forward to a point in time that is encompassed in the local copy of the database log.

I have the steps below prior to the command. (Note that both servers' service accounts use the same domain account. The domain account I login to do db mirror setup is a member of the local admin group.)

1. backup database DBmirrorTest on SQL1

2. backup database log

3. copy db and log backup files to SQL2

4. restore db with norecovery

5. restore log with norecovery

6. create endpoints on both SQL1 and SQL2

CREATE ENDPOINT [Mirroring]

STATE=STARTED

AS TCP (LISTENER_PORT = 5022, LISTENER_IP = ALL)

FOR DATA_MIRRORING (ROLE = PARTNER)

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Set Partner = N'TCP://SQL1.mycom.com:5022';

go

8. Enable mirror on primary server SQL1

:connect SQL1

alter database DBmirrorTest

Set Partner = N'TCP://SQL2.mycom.com:5022';

go

This is where I got the error.

The remote copy of database "DBmirrorTest" has not been rolled forward to a point in time that is encompassed in the local copy

Thanks for any help,

KT

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