Hi,
I need to restore a sql server 2000 database which does not have any backups apart from a snapshot folder which contains some .bcp, .IDX and .Sch files. (there was a transactional replication setup on this database at some point and the snapshot folder is still there.)
Is this possible? any help will be highly appreciated.
thanks,
Alind
Hi all,
I found that my testing server is accumulating shapshot folder in repldata. Everytime, we refresh the tables (snapshot publication), a new folder created without the old folders. And I found that there is at most 1 snapshot folder remain in production server. Any parameter to adjust the retention period of the snapshot folder? Thanks in advance
At present our snaopshot folder for merge replication(mainly) and our snapshot replications are on a seperate server. We now need to move the folder to a new server.
Anybody explain how we will do this and what affects it will have
Thanks
One of the things that annoys me in 2005 is that you cannot change the snapshot location during the setup of the replication. Does anyone know if I missed something or if they are going to change that in a future patch?
View 5 Replies View RelatedWe are using SQL Server 2005 SP2 to do transactional replication.
We and have a separate service account for the SQL Agents (sqladmin) vs. SQL Replication Agents (sqlrepadmin). It is my understanding this is a replication security best practice. The sqlrepadmin has full permissions on the snapshot share folder and it's subdirectories. The sqladmin account does not have permissions at all.
I have been getting an error message when we run the distribution clean up job.
Executed as user: PRODsqladmin. Could not remove directory '\Tes01boxRepldatauncqabox01_DB01_TO_ORACLE20070905104896'. Check the security context of xp_cmdshell
I have dropped the publication and recreated which is what appears to have caused the error.
From
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms151151.aspx
Note:
If a publication is dropped, replication attempts to remove the snapshot folder under the security context of the SQL Server service account. If this account does not have sufficient privileges, log in with an account that does have sufficient privileges and remove the folder manually. Removing a folder requires the Modify privilege if the folder is a local path or the Full Control privilege if the folder is a network path.
The note above implies that the SQL Server service account (sqladmin) needs permissions on the snapshot folder as well.
Finally my questions:
Is there a workaround that will allow the distribution cleanup job to run as sqlrepadmin and perform the delete?
If both sqlrepadmin and sqladmin need permissions to the snapshot what is the reasoning from a security perspective of separating them out?
I have a merge replication. Currently works fine. Publisher & Distributor are on the same server. I need to change the location of the alternate folder for the snapshot files.
I’ll probably just change it through the GUI, but would I use sp_changedistpublisher or sp_changemergepublication if I were scripting everything?
My real concern is the subscribers. Do I have to ‘tell’ the subscribers where the alt folder has been changed to? Do I just run sp_changemergepullsubscription on the subscribers?
hi all
when my snapshot folder is on a network drive, on which "simple filesharing" is enabled, i can access that folder without typing a user and password and configuring login security settings.
but in fact the network drive on which the snapshot folder will be located will do have a login and password. (when i go to it with windows explorer, i have to enter my login and password).
won't this cause problems for the replication? as i don't see where to enter net network login when i configure the replication via the wizard.
Thanks for help
I did a full backup of a db from one server(Express2005) and trying to restore it to a different instance of SQL2005 on the same development machine. (Also had some fulltext columns if that means anything)
Many failures but finally got it to report all was successful except the icon in Object Explorer shows (Restoring...) with no indication of any real activity going on. It's a tiny database with hardly any data in it.
Just not sure what the heck is going on there. It also won't let me into the database until this the (Restoring...) goes away.
Any advice on how to get this thing finished out?
While attempting to set up sql replication in MSSQL 2005 one of my user databases is now in the systems database folder. I need to move it back to the user databases folder. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
View 16 Replies View RelatedHi guys, can I know the steps on creating a database snapshot on a mirror database? Thx for the assistance. :)
Best Regards,
Hans
I dont alot about sql server 2005(Express edition). For debugging purposes i want to copy the whole app_data folder(.mdf & .log files) on the production server to another folder on the same machine(or sometimes to a network folder). So when i copy and try to paste this App_data folder to a new location, i get this error message
"cannot copy ASPNETDB: it is being used by another person or program. close any programs that might be using the file and try again."
After reading the above message, i close visual web developer, stop the website in IIS and stop the SQLExpress service on the server and try again but still get the same message.
So how can i make sure that all the programs accessing these database files are closed such that i'm able able to copy them to a different location.
I know a WMI event watcher can be used to watch for a new file being added to a folder. However, I need to check for new folders being added to an existing folder. I haven't been able to find a post on doing this. Is there a way in WQL to check for a new folder being added instead of a new file? I've used SQL for years, but am new to SSIS.
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Ok,
I have a network folder called A
I have a SharePoint (2007) Document Library site called B. Web Client is enabled on the server and B is mapped as a Drive (let's call it Y for this discussion)
I want to move documents in A to B. Easy enough, right? Not so....
I first started by creating a batch file that issues a COPY \A \Y /Y at the command prompt. Viola! Worked Great!
I then moved that command to a SQL Agent job as a CMDExec statement (exact same statement) and attempted to run it.....CRASH! It found the files in A but then said "The system cannot find the path specified"
Ok, so I tried it in SSIS. CRASH! Checked the error log. Same thing...
So I then checked the account under which the SQl Agent was running (special domain account for all our SQL Servers). Thinking it might mater I changed it to run under my name (I'm in Domain admin). I also ensured I had permissions to the SPS 2007 library as well. (I did).
Ran again! CRASH! Same error....
So, I created a batch file , placed thec ommand in the batch file and ran that from the command prompt! Viola! Worked Great.
So, I was thinking of how ingenious I was as I pasted my C:RootCopy.bat into my SQL Agent job. With a big grin on my face I right clicked and picked "Start Job at step".......CRASH! Same error.
Does anyone have any ideas on this ???????????????
Thanks,
Stephen
Hi
I seem to have a strange problem when applying a snapshot when the tables in the publication have been updated while the snapshot was being generated.
Say for example there is a table called RMAReplacedItem in the publication. When the snapshot starts being applied to the subscriber, a stored procedure called sp_MSins_RMAReplacedItem_msrepl_css gets created that handles an insert if the row already exists (ie it updates the row rather than inserting it). However, after all the data has been loaded into the tables, instead of calling this procedure, it tries to call one called sp_MSins_RMAReplacedIte_msrepl_cssm - it takes the last letter of the table name and adds it to the end of the procedure name.
The worst part is that this causes the application of the snapshot to fail, but it doesnt report what the error is, and instead it just tries applying the snapshot again. The only way i have managed to find which call is failing is to run profiler against the subscriber while the snapshot is being applied and see what errors.
I have run sp_broswereplcmds and the data in there is what is applied to the subscriber - ie the wrong procedure name.
All the servers involved are running sql 2005 service pack 2. The publisher and subscriber were both upgraded from sql 2000, but the distribution server is a fresh install of sql 2005.
I have a mirred database and have snapshot created from the mirroed database. I can do data selecting from the snapshot. But when the pricipal server is down , I can re-active the mirroed database.( I did succesfully upto this). Then I need to restore the database from snapshot and which failing with following error message.
Code Snippet
Msg 5123, Level 16, State 1, Line 3
CREATE FILE encountered operating system error 3(error not found) while attempting to open or create the physical file 'E:sql_datadevitst_mirrorlog st_mirror_log.ldf'.
Msg 5024, Level 16, State 2, Line 3
No entry found for the primary log file in sysfiles1. Could not rebuild the log.
Msg 5028, Level 16, State 2, Line 3
The system could not activate enough of the database to rebuild the log.
Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 3
RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.
I have a set of folders with the following structure:
MainFolder
1999
SpreadsheetA.xls
SpreadsheetB.xls
SpreadsheetC.xls
2000
SpreadsheetA.xls
SpreadsheetB.xls
SpreadsheetC.xls
etc.
Is there a way that I can use the foreach loop container to loop the sub folders? My plan was to get the folder name and path into a variable, use this to build the connection string for each file in this folder, carry out the upload for that folder, then move onto the next folder and do the same thing, but I cannot see a way to do this.
Thanks,
Sam
Hi...
Why is it that I encounter an error during execution of database snapshot i SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition. It says that database snapshot is not supported under standard versin. Is this true?
Thanks.
Need some help, i have some database snapshots files provided from an external source. Need to be able to understand how i get them back into a database format if possible.
Files for example are table1.bcp, table2.bcp with als a file called scheme.sql which sets up these tables in sql but does not populate them. Nothing else was provided except a .vcd file which i dont know whtat its for.
any clues?
Dan
I did tried the encryption on server "A" for database "AdventureWorks2012". Then I tried to restore to server "B". There was the certificate issue, and I thought "of course : it's encrypted ! Let's deactivate it". So here I go "ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2012 SET ENCYRPTION OFF".I look at sys.databases : not encrypted.I backup using no encryption, I verify using msdb.dbo.backupset : not encrypted.
I move my backup to my other server where encryption was never configured (so no certificate, nothing...), and I have the error :
Msg 33111, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
Cannot find server certificate with thumbprint '0xFA130E58C999C4919B8975999C83A75A403B11D8'.
Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.
I want to restore a database (from an encrypted .bak file) - but *not* over the live original if you take my meaning. Encryption is the standard AES-256 that comes with Sql Server 2014 btw. I don't want the original touched/altered in any way. I would like to capture a success message if possible.I can extract the physical device name of the database in question using the following code:
SELECT physical_device_name, *
FROM msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily
WHERE media_set_id =(SELECT TOP 1 media_set_id
FROM msdb.dbo.backupset
WHERE database_name='MyDatabase'
AND type='D'
ORDER BY backup_start_date DESC)
I would like if the newly restored database was rename to something different than 'MyDatabase' (as shown above) and has different logs than the original. If possible, and capture a success message when restored.
Does anyone know of a script I can run to take a snapshot of a SQL server 7 database? If not what is the best way to go about getting a snapshot of the db?
Thanks!
Hi everyone,
I am looking for a way to check to see if a database is a snapshot or not. You can for example check different properties of a database by running the following:
SELECT DATABASEPROPERTYEX('databasename','Recovery')
SELECT DATABASEPROPERTYEX('databasename','IsInStandBy')
SELECT DATABASEPROPERTYEX('databasename','Status')
So I am trying to see if there is a way to check for a snapshot
Thanks,
Reghardt
When configuring snapshot replication of the OnePoint database used by MOM i am having the following error being reported in SQL Replication Monitor:
Command attempted:
CREATE TABLE "dbo"."Computer"(
"idComputer" "uniqueidentifier" ROWGUIDCOL NOT NULL,
"Name" "nvarchar"(255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL,
"Description" "nvarchar"(255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
"CustomData1" "nvarchar"(255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
"CustomData2" "nvarchar"(255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
"Domain" "nvarchar"(100) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
"DNSName" "nvarchar"(512) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1
(Transaction sequence number: 0x000004670002E32300BF00000002, Command ID: 375)
Error messages:
Cannot find either column "dbo" or the user-defined function or aggregate "dbo.fn_ComputerHeartbeat", or the name is ambiguous. (Source: MSSQLServer, Error number: 4121)
Get help: http://help/4121
Cannot find either column "dbo" or the user-defined function or aggregate "dbo.fn_ComputerHeartbeat", or the name is ambiguous. (Source: MSSQLServer, Error number: 4121)
Get help: http://help/4121
Unfortunately I can't find much help with this error.
Any suggestions?
Hi all,
To get current data from our Mirrored Database, we can use snapshot.
But,right now, we have logshipped database, so for reports we are getting almost current data.
So, i wanted to know, how current data i can get from Database Snapshots for the Reports.
Thanks.
I have created a snapshot
CREATE DATABASE AdventureWorks_Snapshot1200 ON
(NAME = N'AdventureWorks_Data', FILENAME=
N'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLDataAW_1200.ss')
AS SNAPSHOT Of AdventureWorks
I changed the records
AddressLine1
from 1970 Napa Ct. to 1970 Napa Ct. Apt 1
When i run
select * from Person.Address
AventureWorks_Snapshot1200 where addressid = '1'
select * from Person.Address
AventureWorks where addressid = '1'
Both appear as 1
When i change Apt to 2 and run it both appear 2
Changed again to 3 both appeared as 3 too.
I was under the impression that the snapshot would remain as 1 when the new update 2 has been performed.
Any light be appreciated.
HI,
I found that we can keep .mdf file in App_Data folder and use the same database in our application.
so my questions are .
1.the database which is kept in app_code will work only with Sql Server Express Edition.
2.what will be my connection string in web.config.
If any one can help out that will be appreciate and put some more light about using the data base in this way.
or any article link will also appreciated.
Thanks in Advance.
Rafeeq
I'd be interested to know what the recommended methods are of implementing a SQL database using VS2005 standard and SQLExpress.
I previously used VS2003 and MSDE which allowed me to create a .sql script to create and populate a database.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it now appears that in VS2005 the preferred way of doing this is to create a SQLExpress database in the App_Data folder. This is fine, except that I can't seem to connect to this 'detached' database using SQLCMD when I need to run my .sql scripts to create the tables.
When I used MSDE, I used a command similar to the following:
osql -E -S(local)etsdk -dMyDatabase
Which connected to the 'MyDatabase' database. Now, with VS2005, if I create MyDatabase.mdf in the App_Data folder how would I connect to it using SQLCMD? I've tried:
sqlcmd -E -S(local)SQLEXPRESS -dMyDatabase.mdf
but this just tries to open a database in the SSQL.1MSSQLData folder.
I guess I'd like to store the database in the App_Data folder as it keeps everything together and will be easier when deploying a site to a remote host.
Thanks,Wayne.
Hello Every
I have a problem with ASP.NET connect to Database Snapshot SQL Server 2005.
Step One: I create database snapshot.
Step Two: I want to use ASP.NET to Database Snapshot that create already. But I don't know connection string to database snapshot.
Please help me ............................
Thank You,
The following list of actions leads to a corrupt database on SQL Server 2005.
Create a database snapshot
Drop a table in the database
Backup the database
Restore from backup
Revert to the snapshot
I'm not entirely surprised that it results in a corruption, what is surprising is that I can revert from a snapshot after restoring. There needs to be some kind of check to prevent reverting to a snapshot in a case like this. Until SQL Server prevents you from doing it, I'd recommend a best practice is to delete all snapshots before you restore a database so that you cannot do this by accident.
I would like to use SQL Server's built in database snapshot feature. We have a database (e.g., ThatDatabase), and I would like to capture a snapshot of it at exactly midnight each morning. I would need the snapshot to have the same name each day (e.g., ThatDatabase12AM). My non-technical end users (statisticians with SAS) are going to use the snapshot a lot, but are not going to be able to handle it it having a different name every day.
Obviously, I could set up a job with a start time of 23:59:50 that drops the existing snapshot and then creates a new snapshot. This would have the problem that the snapshot name disappears for a few seconds every day. That would either a) kill user sessions, or b) block the snapshot drop and delay the new snapshot until after exactly 12:00 AM.
Hi All
I am in process of moving a SQL 2005 solution from a development box that used local storage to UAT environment with SAN attached storage. The solution uses database snapshots
The database files are on the SAN storage but during testing I was unable to create a Database snapshot on the SAN disk. Creating snapshots on the local disk worked fine.
Is their some restriction/problem in using the database snapshot technology with SAN storage?
Hi,
I have developed an application on the Intranet, but what I have done is dealing with the database directly using MS SQL Server 2005 server. But I have seen some people or videos where they create the database on "App_Data" folder.
I am going to develop online application on Internet this time, I should develop it offline on my machine. So, I have 2 questions foe now:
1) What is the right way to create MSSQL 2005 database? in "App_Data" or in MSSQL 2005 server?
2) When creating database in "App_Data" folder, is it going to be created automatically or shown on my MSSQL 2005 server?
Thanks,
hi everyone,I'm currently developing a website and have a lot of images to use there(obviously :P), until now I have in some tables in my sql server db where exists a column which stores the path to: 'image folder + filename'And my question is: what are the advantages of using binary images in database instead of this approach to the problem, i.e., having images stored in a server folder.Thanks in advance.
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