Looking 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.
I have the need to delete old backup files via TSQL job. Found this solution online:
PushD "
emoteservershareDIFF" &&(
forfiles -m *DIFF*.sqb -d -1 -c "cmd /c del /q @path"
) & PopD
It works remotely if I run it via command prompt. But when I add this to a TSQL job on my remote SQL instance, it runs without deleting anything. What I'm missing?
I 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?
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We've a command which overwrites backups on destination server. But we need to keep backups on destination at-least for 4 weeks (means : retention should be 4 Weeks).
LocalDb cannot restore a backup whose original data and log files are in different folders
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I've written a custom script to delete backup files from location. But unable to modify now to count the number of files are deleted. How to modify the script...
/* 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] .....
Currently we use a SQL maintenance plan to do a full backup of all our databases daily (about 40 databases on our production server). As you can imagine, this eats up disk space quickly so currently we manually zip the backup files and/or move them to an archive drive. I considered writing an application to walk through the backup folder structure and zip any .bak file it finds, but I know there are some third party tools out there that will backup/restore a MS SQL database.
I was wondering if any of these also zip the backups once they are created. Any recommendations or suggestions are welcome.
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?
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I want to do sql db backup.But how can I backup db to split backup files? The reason I want to split the backup file is becasue single file size is too big and I want to write to dvd.
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cheers
hello! can you take a look at my question?
We use ARCServe to backup exchange server file (priv1.stm and priv1.edb) every night. When I select both of the files and start to back up using ARCServe. It showed me that Backup Operation Successful.
When I check the files, it didn’t backup both of the files. I don’t know why. Do you know how to backup these two files?
Many thanks.
Hi,We are about to install MSSQL Server 2000, on a Windows XP HomeMachine. However, we have servers we could set routine backups of filesto be done to. What what be the best way of doing this?Is there functionality in SQL Server 2000, where we can say dump alldata definitions, accounts, and data to files on this drive at regularintervals?What other suggestions do you have apart from obviously the usual RAID,and Tape Drive stuff?ThanksDavid
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I am developing a tool that takes snapshot of a particular database.
By snapshot I mean, attaching the .LDF & .MDF files.
Would you please let me know how to access these files & take a backup of the same.
And also how to restore them back. (using c# programming)
Thanks,
Archana A.A.
I need to know how big SQL Server 7 backup files are in comparison to the database size. For example if I have a database that is 300 Mb and I do a complete backup to disk with SQL Server 7 will the backup file be about 300 Mb?
Thanks,
Mike
Hi Everybody,
I hv worked in 6.5. There we take backup through the command 'Dump Database'(e.g---> "Dump database master to masdump WITH INIT." ). As for as I know, in 7.0 we are taking backup using the command "Backup Database". Is it possible to use "Dump Database" command in 7.0.
Can anyone give explanation on that please.
thanks in advance
Srinivasan
Hello everybody.
I have SQL2000 sp3 standard
with 50 db's
All db set for full recovery
and autoshrink
Backup done with Tivoli
full backup once a week
log backup done every 12 hrs
Problem .. shrinking logs
every 20 min I run job
DBCC SHRINKFILE (My_db_logFile) for every db
70% of the time I am getting
message similar to
-------------
Cannot shrink log file 2 (Wholesale_Log) because all logical log files are in use.
--------------
1. I checked with sp_who2
The is no activity on db 'Wholesale_Log' or any other db returning "Cannot shrink..."
Why i getting "Cannot shrink ..." ?
even if job runs right after backup of the log files ,I still have messages.
Thank you
Alex
hi,
i want to delete the backup files older than 15 days. how can i do this?
Actually i backup the db and log using the TSQL, and the backup files are in d:ackup folder. I tried sqlmaint,xp_sqlmaint but its not running .
Any idea? thanks in adv.
kumar
I am but a lowly DBA unworthy of this task...
I have a large (200+ GB) database with many (100+) files. Please don't ask me why I did it this way; I inherited this database -- really, it wasn't my idea.
My predecessor also seemd to think that backups were unnecessary; there have been no backups of this database -- ever.
While we cast about for a good long term solution, I am trying various short-term options. One I want to explore is to back the database up in chunks -- ie, by backing up individual files. I created a test database with five files (there is only one filegroup on the production server). Here is the DDL:
-- =============================================
-- Create database on mulitple file groups
-- =============================================
IF EXISTS (SELECT *
FROM master..sysdatabases
WHERE name = N'MultiFile')
DROP DATABASE MultiFile
GO
CREATE DATABASE MultiFile
ON PRIMARY
( NAME = MultiFile,
FILENAME = N'e:MSSQLDataMultiFile.mdf',
SIZE = 1MB,
MAXSIZE = 10MB,
FILEGROWTH = 10%),
( NAME = MultiFile2,
FILENAME = N'e:MSSQLDataMultiFile2.ndf',
SIZE = 1MB,
MAXSIZE = 10MB,
FILEGROWTH = 10%),
( NAME = MultiFile3,
FILENAME = N'e:MSSQLDataMultiFile3.ndf',
SIZE = 1MB,
MAXSIZE = 10MB,
FILEGROWTH = 10%),
( NAME = MultiFile4,
FILENAME = N'e:MSSQLDataMultiFile4.ndf',
SIZE = 1MB,
MAXSIZE = 10MB,
FILEGROWTH = 10%),
( NAME = MultiFile5,
FILENAME = N'e:MSSQLDataMultiFile5.ndf',
SIZE = 1MB,
MAXSIZE = 10MB,
FILEGROWTH = 10%)
LOG ON
( NAME = MultiFile_Log,
FILENAME = N'e:MSSQLDataMultiFile_Log.ldf',
SIZE = 1MB,
MAXSIZE = 10MB,
FILEGROWTH = 10%)
GO
I have tried the following backup script:
BACKUP DATABASE MultiFile
FILE = 'MultiFile',
FILE = 'MultiFile2'
TO Backup01
WITH
INIT
BACKUP DATABASE MultiFile
FILE = 'MultiFile3',
FILE = 'MultiFile4'
TO Backup02
WITH
INIT
BACKUP DATABASE MultiFile
FILE = 'MultiFile5'
TO Backup03
WITH
INIT
And here is the restore script:
RESTORE DATABASE MultiFile2
FILE = 'MultiFile',
FILE = 'MultiFile2',
FILE = 'MultiFile3',
FILE = 'MultiFile4',
FILE = 'MultiFile5'
FROM Backup01, Backup02, Backup03
WITH MOVE 'MultiFile' TO 'E:MSSQLDataaMultfile.mdf',
MOVE 'MultiFile2' TO 'E:MSSQLDataaMultifile2.mdf',
MOVE 'MultiFile2' TO 'E:MSSQLDataaMultifile3.mdf',
MOVE 'MultiFile2' TO 'E:MSSQLDataaMultifile4.mdf',
MOVE 'MultiFile2' TO 'E:MSSQLDataaMultifile5.mdf',
MOVE 'MultiFile_log' TO 'E:MSSQLaMultFile_Log.ldf'
However, running the Restore script generates the following error:
Server: Msg 3259, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The volume on device 'Backup02' is not part of a multiple family media set. BACKUP WITH FORMAT can be used to form a new media set.
Server: Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.
I'm not sure what to make of this. What do I need to alter in either the backup script or the restore script to make this work?
I am trying this because my objectives are to:
1. Limit the amount of work that the server is performing during any one given backup session. The idea that I have is to backup the database in chunks using a rolling 3-5 day window.
2. The database must be up and operational 7x24x365 (except for one 4 hour window each month)
3. This is not the long-term solution; but I need something to tide us over until we can purchase additional storage capacity.
I appreciate any thoughts and or guidance you can provide.
Regards,
hmscott
hi
I have had trouble with maintenance plans not deleting expired backups, & this filling the hadrdisk. i have now done an agent job using tsql backup with init/skip, so it just overwrites. problem now is that it fails saying the backup device isnt available (cant delet the file from OS either) - so this was obviously the prob with the maintence plans too - sql/os doesnt seem to be releasing the file after it is completed and a server restart is needed to release it...
anyone know how to sort this?
thanks
des
When a new scheduled job is created for a Differential backup, the file specified in the Destination folder is automatically created by SQL Server. After the first time the job runs, is there a way to configure SQL Server to give each Differential file a unique name, including the timestamp (i.e. similar to Full Backup jobs)? I noticed my only options are 'Append to File" and "Overwrite Existing File." If I choose to enable "Backup Set Expiration," the backup job will not run, because it wants to append/overwrite the filename specified.
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Advance thanks,
Ravi
Hi there,
I have sent a mssql backup file in .bak format to my host admin and asked them restore it. but they told me there are 3 files with 3 different dates in that backup what does it mean? should I ask them to restore all of them or just the last one?
Thanks very much in addvance
(context: MS SQL 2005 express)
Cheers
Shahram
Hello All,
I have to
migrate SQL 2000 DTS-Packages to SQL 2005. My Problem is that I didn't saved my
DTS-Packages as files and the SQL 2000 Server exist no longer.
Actually I
have only the old hard disk with the SQL 2000 databases. Do you have any ideas
what can I do?
Thanks
Jonas
Quick question regarding log backup files.
Currently I have a maintenance plan running a Full backup weekly, differential backups nightly, and log backups hourly. The log backups are all going into a single backup file - but it's hard to see what's going on behind the scenes here.
Does this file get 'reset' when the full backup is performed? Will it just keep growing indefinitely and should I be creating new files for each log backup, or manually deleting the file each week during the full backup task?
Thanks
I have installed Beta 2 over SQL Express and when i wanted to install either Beta 2 or Express it dosn't allow e and i need to backup my databases urgently?
how can i do that?
is it possibe to do it with the phisyical files?
I have created some backups where expiration dates or days to be
retained were not specified.
Using EM, how do I find the old backups.
Using EM, how do I delete the old backups (hoping this will
clean up the MSDB tables and physically delete the files
from disk).
Thanks!!!!
If I'm not mistaken, we can create a backup device OR backup files in SQL7. Can someone tell me which one is better?
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I tried to backup my database in SQL Server 2005 (Express edition).
But the size of the backup file was the same as that of the database file.
Is there any means to compress and backup so that the size of the backup file is much smaller?
Regards,
Yuvanya
I have an old sharepoint db (SQL Server 2000 Standard edition). What I need to try to recover is the data in log backup files from the docs table. I need to see if there is a way to get any data in the log backups from columns dirname, leafname and content. The column content is an image type which old documents (word, excel...). I don't have a full log chain since the last full restore so any data I can get out of the logs is better than nothing. I really just need to get the image files stored in the column content and place them in a shared directory for the users and let them see what they can use.
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