I'm wondering if I can take native SQL log backup in addition to DPM backups. We're using DPM for both databases (daily) and logs (every 15min). So, if I take SQL log backup separately, will it break anything in DPM and we won't be able to perform point it time recovery?
View 3 RepliesCan we backup our cluster databases directly to tape using native backups (without using any third party tool) ? It's SQL Server 2012 two node Active/Passive cluster. One of the DB will be huge in size, hence checking if we can directly backup from the cluster instance to a tape.
View 7 Replies View RelatedNative backups to NAS do not complete.We have been experiencing an issue whereby our native backups are hanging with status': SUSPENDED/ RUNNABLE...I ran select * from sys.sysprocesses. All of the backup SPIDs processes show BACKUPTHREAD/PREEMPTIVE_OS_FILEOPS
This first occurred last Wednesday evening. When I discovered this on Thursday, I attempted to kill the backup jobs. This also hung with 0% completed/0% time remaining. Backups hung on more than one instance.That evening, I attempted to restart the instance which also failed with something along the lines of: could not start MASTER file in use.
I then restarted the server--which I really did not want to do--and this cleared it. I was also able to manually kick off maintenance plans (DBCC CHECKDB and full backup) without issue.I was off Friday and the weekend. I came in this morning and found the maintenance plans (diff/tlog backups) did not complete in some of the instances--in one case, the instance affected now was not affected before. They appeared to have hung on their next scheduled kickoff which was later that night after I went home
Remembering the "file in use" error, I have run process monitor to see if anything unusual had a lock on any files. I saw only SQL Server and Double-Take processes accessing log files.Being a relatively new DBA, I am user where to go next in trying to track down the cause of this issue. This is fairly urgent as one of the instances that has had this problem both times is our production SharePoint environment.
ENVIRONMENT:
SQL version:
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SP1) - 11.0.3368.0 (X64)
May 22 2013 17:10:44
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
Enterprise Edition: Core-based Licensing (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.2 <X64> (Build 9200: )
I'm currently trying to using this bcp script to export results to a csv.
USE crm001_spark
GO
EXEC xp_cmdshell 'bcp "SELECT top 10 * FROM [datebasename].dbo.table name]" queryout "C:Customers.csv" -c -b 10000 -t , -T -S [server]datebasename'
and the ERROR that is coming out is
SQLState = 08001, NativeError = -1
NULL
Error = [Microsoft][SQL Native Client]Login timeout expired
Error = [Microsoft][SQL Native Client]SQL Network Interfaces: Error Locating Server/Instance Specified [xFFFFFFFF].
SQLState = 08001, NativeError = -1
Error = [Microsoft][SQL Native Client]An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections.
SQLState = S1T00, NativeError = 0
I have checked the server config manager TCP port and it is pointing to the correct port 1433. What else could be causing the error ?
I have a bcp command that works in 2008 standard edition but not in sql 2012 developer edition.
I'm using the SA account in both cases to a local sql server.
Results are attached.
set nocount on
SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('productversion'), SERVERPROPERTY ('productlevel'), SERVERPROPERTY ('edition')
go
select @@version
go
select @@MICROSOFTVERSION
go
exec sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell'
[Code] ......
In our packages, we are using Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 10.0 provider to connect our SQL Server 2008 DBs, which is working fine till we are migrating 2008 DB server to 2012. after the upgrade, some of our packages are working fine, some are not. I'm just curiuos to know will the
old provider(Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 10.0) will work fine for connecting 2012 DBs? or I need to update all our packages to re-point to new 2012 Provider.
On 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?
Using 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?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI'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?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI scheduled automatic backup process but its only showing backup of the only one .sql file in the backup folder. Other created .sql files are not backed up. Why is it so?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to create a maintenance plan to backup one of my databases however it's failing and I'm receiving the below erorr.I am able to back up other databases without issue to the same location and I have sysadmin permissions.
Message
Executed as user: W2K8SQLSYSTEM. ...ion 9.00.5000.00 for 32-bit Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-2005. All rights reserved.
Started: 10:13:53 AM Progress: 2014-09-02 10:13:54.01 Source: {A7AE97F0-9186-4385}
Executing query "DECLARE @Guid UNIQUEIDENTIFIER
EXECUTE msdb..sp".: 100% complete End Progress Progress: 2014-09-02 10:13:54.35
[Code] .....
On a SQL 2012 Enterprise (SP2) instance, I have a database that is 12gb. The size of its backup file is 10gb. With compression I was expecting the backup size to be around 4gb. This database was migrated from SQL 2005 along with other databases that seem to be compressing ok. The instance is set to compression as the default. The database is not encrypted. It contains mainly character data. Compression is also specified in the maintenance plan. Have also trying running backup as a script. The instance is hosted on a virtual server (Windows Server 2012 R2).why this backup is not compressing?
View 9 Replies View RelatedLooking at the documentation, it would suggest that as well as data files, when a backup file's created it will also be zeroed out unless the service a/c's been given Perform Volume Maintenance.
We take our backups to dedicated backup servers, meaning backup performance should improve significantly if instant file initialization's given to the Service account logins for the source boxes if I'm right.
We need to setup an AO availability Group for a database for which a full backup exists but the DB is in simple recovery mode now. If i change the recovery mode to full and try to configure AG will this full backup will be used or do i need to create a new full backup.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm setting up my first pair of Sql 2012 servers using AlwaysOn. I set up backups to run on the primary and I understand that you can set up backups to run on both the primary and secondary servers but the secondary will fail. Is there a way I can stop the secondary server from sending out error messages about failed backups? Is it possible to script it so that the server looks at whether it's primary or secondary and turns on or off alerts based on that?
View 8 Replies View RelatedWe're changing Netbackup to DPM but not sure if "backup compression default" option should be ON or OFF or doesn't matter.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIf I try to backup of database in sql 2012 with t-Sql as follows:
Backup database db1
to disk='c:myfullbkup.bak' with init
go
This code works absolutely fine.
But if I try to take backup through SSMS -Task -Backup in object explorer and gave the same path of c: drive or any other folder outside sql default "Backup" folder.It gives error as access denied.This was not the scene in Sql server 2008.
When performing a backup I'm reciving the error message: "System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Cannot open backup device. Operating system error 5(error not found). (Microsoft.SqlServre.Smo)
This is backing up to a network location and I'm able to backup other database on the same server/instance without error so it shouldnt be a permissions issue?why I can backup some databases to this location and not others?
My intention is to make a copy of a database with some data excluded. One way to do this:
- Make a copy-only backup of the source database
- Restore the backup as a new database
- Delete undesired data from the new database
In my case, the source database has two file groups, primary and secondary. The secondary has just one table with huge amount of data and this file group appears as one physical file. Is there any way to make a partial backup, which does not include this file group or table, and it would still be possible to restore the backup to a new database? My point is to avoid copying huge amount of data if it won't be needed.
I am using Ola's solution for db backups by the way and its main command is something like this:
sqlcmd -E -S $(ESCAPE_SQUOTE(SRVR)) -d DBgrowth -Q "EXECUTE [dbo].[DatabaseBackup] @Databases = 'MyDatabase1, MyDatabase2', @Directory = N'serverpath', @BackupType = 'FULL', @BackupSoftware = 'SQLBACKUP', @Compress = 'Y', @CompressionLevel = 2, @NumberOfFiles = 5, @Verify = 'N', @CleanupTime = 504, @CheckSum = 'N', @LogToTable = 'Y'" -b
where MyDatabase1 and MyDatabase2 are clients abover 100GB.
Now, I would like to make this dynamic, no user intervention. I already have a table where I'm keeping current and historical data of db sizes.
How can I make this job dynamic, so when a new database passes the 100GB threshold, their names will be part of @Databases parameter? In other words, added automatically, based on my query.
I have TDE backup one serverA but There is no backup of certificates or keys from Server A. And no one knows the password used to create those backups. How do you restore the database XYZ at that time on Server B?
View 9 Replies View RelatedLooking at the recovery model on MSDN - was under the belief from it that if you set your database to use the simple recovery model, then when you preform a full back up it would truncate the transaction log file but this doesn't seem to be the case?We aren't looking to do a point in time recovery for this particular databse.
View 7 Replies View Relatedwhat is the concept of smart backup in sql ?
View 1 Replies View RelatedProposed 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.
2 Boxes in HA, identical hardware (VMs) and both utilising identical storage systems (Nimble SANs).Was needing to do a copy only backup of a few databases for an escrow environment we have, so decided to perform this on the secondary box.Small ~10GB ish database first, seemed to be really slow, so opened resource monitor and noticed that disk read / write was getting limited to about 15MB/s so took a little while (the big one is over 1TB)
Tried this again on the primary it was done in seconds disk rate in the order of 250MB/s (same settings re compression etc).. I decided to make a copy of the backup file on the secondary, the copy disk to disk went in the region of 150MB/s , so it appears that SQL Server is the bottleneck?
I made a point type by C# for deploying in SQL2005.
It builds successfully every time.
When I deploy, it gives the following error:
"Error: Type "SqlServerProject1.TypePoint" is marked for native serialization, but field "x" of type "SqlServerProject1.TypePoint" is not valid for native serialization." although x variable is value type decimal.
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data.SqlTypes;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Server;
[Serializable]
[SqlUserDefinedType(Format.Native, IsByteOrdered=true)]
public struct TypePoint : INullable
{
private bool m_Null;
private Decimal x;
private Decimal y;
public override string ToString()
{
// Replace the following code with your code
if (IsNull) // added part
{
return "null";
}
else
{
return x + ":" + y;
} // end of this part
// return "";
}
public bool IsNull
{
get
{
// Put your code here
return m_Null;
}
}
public static TypePoint Null
{
get
{
TypePoint h = new TypePoint();
h.m_Null = true;
return h;
}
}
public static TypePoint Parse(SqlString s) // Most Important Part
{
if (s.IsNull)
{
return Null;
}
else // added part
{
TypePoint p = new TypePoint();
string str = s.ToString();
string[] xy = str.Split(':');
p.x = Decimal.Parse(xy[0]);
p.y = Decimal.Parse(xy[1]);
return p;
}
}
public Decimal X
{
get
{
return x;
}
set
{
x = value;
}
}
public Decimal Y
{
get
{
return y;
}
set
{
y = value;
}
} // end of added part
// This is a place-holder method
public string Method1()
{
//Insert method code here
return "Hello";
}
// This is a place-holder static method
public static SqlString Method2()
{
//Insert method code here
return new SqlString("Hello");
}
// This is a place-holder field member
public int var1;
}
Recently migrated from 2008 to 2012. Everything is working fine; however went to take my first set of backups today and one of them blew up:
Executing the query ...
Backup and restore errors: Unexpected number of disk files associated with database object. Possible cause for that is missing or corrupt cryptokey.bin or detach.log file.
Execution complete
Not finding much online on the specific error.
- Data source is valid
- Can process the cube
- Can query / navigate cube
Next step would be drop/recreate; however this is an older cube that I'd prefer to leave alone at this stage if possible.
I have a DB, MDF is about 170GB, log 200GB. When I do a restore of it, the backup takes about 20 minutes to get to 100% but then it just stays there in Restoring Mode.
I have specified the WITH RECOVERY option.
What is happening that it doesn't commit the backup for some reason?
I'm working on a project where I need to build a small database and then copy it to a server at the client's site. I can't connect directly, so I have to use a VPN connection and use Remote Desktop, copy the database backup from my machine to the cloud, then download it to the client machine. The project is still in the early stages, and the client is still sending me data in CSV files and Excel spreadsheets. I'm periodically needing to do a complete refresh of the database at the client. I've hacked my way through it a couple of times, but I need to know the proper way to do it. I get errors on the restore step, telling me the file is in use.
View 8 Replies View Relatedfinding the database size from the backup file.I have SQL 2012 backup file, is there any way to find the estimated database size from the backup.I tried restoring , i got an error saying " no space need additional xxx bytes " ...does this error gives the exact space needed to restore ?
One more question....one of the backup file size is 7.2 GB, when i try to restore it ....it throws error saying it needs 292GB extra space while only 100 Gb is available. How come 392 Gb sized database becomes 7.2 Gb .bak file ?
I'm using SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition, and i Enable CDC to started the service.
I've set up CDC on multiple tables, and I see them (under system table)
While the database backup (export file 'BAK'), and imports I do not see the tables of the CDC.
1. Condition restore / backup is full.
2. Carried out an attempt to copy the MDF & LDF files (replace them), to no avail.
How to back up data of these tables.
how to backup and restore SQL Server databases using ssms in sql server 2012
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am having issues with Restoring the Backup of same Database on to the same server , as i know like many of you will be asking y i need to restore on same server.. Well the need came in that way , now i think i know the problem (i.e) The Orginla DB is there and also i am restoring the same DB again on that server, so .mdf and .ldf will be same .
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