How do you add a specific timestamp to a backup? For example, if the backups are going to the same drive location on disk and you want to retain 3 days worth of backups online, how do you add the timestamp to the filename to make each backup unique?
F:MSSQL.1MSSQLBackup and your user database is <xyz>_<timestamp>.bak
The user database dumps each night at 9 PM.
You want to keep 3 days of online backups.
Facundo writes "Hi:
How can i add a timestamp to a generated file of a complete database backup, the idea is to archive full database backups using the date to identified it.
Thanks a lot.
FB"
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?
Backup failed to complete the command backup database [ ] TO VIRTUAL DEVICE = ' { 853D3FC0 - 45EA -85B1 - 54F0EA379CAC } 24 ' WITH SNAPSHOT , BUFFERCOUNT = 1 , BLOCKSIZE = 1024
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am running backups on SQL Sever express and I take backups via the batch file executing the TSQL as below. This works perfectly fine, I just need to be able to spool out the backup completion log. What TSQL command can I use to do that?
My batch file looks like this:
@echo off
sqlcmd -S SERVER01 -E -i H:master_scriptsTOM_FAM_log.sql
Which will the call the TOM_FAM_log.sql :
DECLARE @name VARCHAR(50) -- database name
DECLARE @path VARCHAR(256) -- path for backup files
DECLARE @fileName VARCHAR(256) -- filename for backup
DECLARE @fileDate VARCHAR(20) -- used for file name
SET @path = 'H:BackupTOM_FAM'
[Code] ....
Usually if we schedule the backups using the maintenance plan, we can chose reporting options that can spool the result of the backup to a text file. What is the T-SQL for the spool report to a text file.
This option produces a file that writes logs with the details I posted below. I would like to do the same or similar using T-SQL in my code.
Microsoft(R) Server Maintenance Utility (Unicode) Version 11.0.3000
Report was generated on "SERVER01".
Maintenance Plan: Backup logs
Duration: 00:00:00
Status: Succeeded.
[Code] ....
I have only one tape drive.
My server is using the SQL server 2005 backup tool and arcserve backup tool to backup different files .
Everytime I need to disable and enable the tape device driver (in device manager /windows) before I can use SQL server 2005 backup tool.
Everytime I need to disable and enable the tape device driver (in device manager /windows) before I can use arcserve backup tool.
It seems that the tape device resource is held by softwares even the tape drive is not in use.
What should I do to make the tape drive shared by different softwares?
Regards,
Manuel
The program shortcut "Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt" seems to be mising from the "Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt" Start menu added by the current Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit. Where is it? How to workaround?
I am trying to do Download details SQL Server 2005 Samples and Sample Databases (April 2006) -> GettingStartedWithSQLSamples.htm which says "a. Open a Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 command prompt. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, point to Visual Studio Tools, and then click Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt." but I can find no such command prompt within "Visual Studio Tools", only "Visual Studio 2005 Remote Debugger{, Configuration Wizard}".
What's wrong? How to fix or workaround? I'd install .NET SDK 2.0 to get it's Command Prompt but that's about 570MB merely for a command prompt!
Thanks for your help, -Mike Parker
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?
Hi
Can i have the output of my queries on the console window as well as in a text file at the same time something that Oracle's SPOOL command does.
Regards
Salil
Can we PIVOT on more than 1 column in SQL SERVER 2005? For eg,
I have this select using Pivot, but I need to pivot on a second column too. I need to see a fourth column, in the output, that will be the TOTAL across for each requesters.
How can I do that.
select case when requester is not null then requester else 'Unknown' end as Requester,
[Pending],[PENDING - RECORDING INFORMATION] from
(select case when requester is not null then requester else 'Unknown' end as Requester,
case when AMPSSTATUS is not null then ampsstatus else 'Null'end as Ampsstatus,loannum
from TABLEA
)p pivot (count(loannum)
for AMPSSTATUS in
([Pending],[PENDING - RECORDING INFORMATION])) as pvt
I have read the forums and fail to be encouraged about using the timestamp to handle concurrency. I have SQL 2005 and am using the DataReader and command objects for data manipulation. The database has about a dozen related tables to each other in some way. Correct me if I am wrong, but using timestamps means I must store each table's original rowversion at read time in several possible combinations of variables (based on the joined tables at the time of read). Is this right? Then at update time, what if some related tables are timestamped with the original value and others have changed since read time? How would each update stored procedure know which other dependent tables were fetched at read time? It's easy to corrupt the data this way.
SELECT s.OrderNumber, a.UserName AS OrderedBy, cn.LastName + ', ' + cn.FirstName AS ContactName, s.CarbonCopy, s.Application, s.OrderDate,
s.FollowUpDate, s.ProdStartDate, s.InternalNote, s.SampleNote, s.UpdatedBy, s.DateLastUpdated, cn.EMail AS ContactEmail, s.MfgID,
co.CompanyName, s.ShipVia, cn2.LastName + ', ' + cn2.FirstName AS ContactName2, co2.CompanyName AS Expr1,
cn3.LastName + ', ' + cn3.FirstName AS ContactName3, s.MfgContactID, s.DistributorID, s.DistContactID, s.CustomerContactID,
s.VersionStamp, a.VersionStamp, cn.VersionStamp, co.VersionStamp, cn3.VersionStamp <------- Is all this really necessary?
FROM Samples AS s LEFT OUTER JOIN
Associates AS a ON s.OrderedByID = a.AssociateID LEFT OUTER JOIN
Contacts AS cn ON s.CustomerContactID = cn.ContactID INNER JOIN
Companies AS co ON s.MfgID = co.CompanyID LEFT OUTER JOIN
Contacts AS cn3 ON s.DistContactID = cn3.ContactID LEFT OUTER JOIN
Contacts AS cn2 ON s.MfgContactID = cn2.ContactID LEFT OUTER JOIN
Companies AS co2 ON s.DistributorID = co2.CompanyID
WHERE (s.SampleID = @SampleID)
What would be a simple way to update a table that depends on other tables having original version stamps? Then at runtime how would I enforce it without generating violations when the users were updating, say, the Samples table and just viewing the dependent tables' columns, not changing them.
When i try to load tables from DB2 OS390 Via DTS and DB2 ODBC it
give me an error with the timestamp field. Its (DTS) says the timestamp
field on SQL is marked read only.
Is there anyway around this problem?
Hello!
I think I am missing some essential idea when working with a timestamp column, maybe someone around here can give me the needed pointers on how-to...
My situation is: I want to copy data periodically from one DB to another. Both are in the same SQL instance, so there are no transaction, networking or similar issues involved. It all really comes down to identifing the new rows in source and moving them over to destination.
I added a TIMESTAMP column to my source, and I can see it count up slowly for every line inserted. On the destination side, I added a table containig just one field, type binary(8) to store the last value to which the last transfer ran.
Notice that on source side I got the counter on every row, but on destination side I got only one value, I thought it would be waste to carry over the data for every row when I really only need the latest one.
Now, what my package does is:
a) Select the last used binary(8) value into a package variable named TS of type object (works)
b) Start a dataflow, where the source is SELECT statement and the WHERE clause is TIMESTAMP > package variable TS (works)
c) Multicast the data into two recordsets
d) One recordset makes most of the columns flow through some Lookups, Derive Columns into a Destination and are written back. (works)
e) The other exit of the Multicast shall go through all lines and catch the highest TIMESTAMP that came by using an Aggregate and write it down, since that is the point I need to pick up later. (and that is the problem)
Problems are: I cannot run Aggregate max on the TIMESTAMP. Only Count is allowed.
So I need to convert the BINARY(8) into a number to be able to catch the max value. Converting between BINARY(8) and DT_I8 or similar seems not possible, or the result is wrong due to the byte ordering (MSB/LSB, most/less significant byte first)
Later on, I need to write out my new found highest value again, but here the same problem applies. How do I convert from DT_I8 back to BINARY(8)?
Having my own reference value stored as bigint instead of binary(8) does not work either: You cannot assign bigint from a select to a package variable, bigint are loaded as string (as I read in a blog, and I think they are right since I get exactly the same errors).
So...
HOW does one work in an efficient way with a TIMESTAMP column to Aggregate it to max and store out this max value?
Or do you all keep the TIMESTAMP from source appended to your rows and stored with each row in destination (Wasting eight precious bytes a row)?
Thanks for your comments!
Ralf
Hello,
Can anyone tell me how to install SQL Server 2005 from command line, so that sqlservr.exe would log on as "Local System" and not as "Network Service"?
Regards.
Hi Everyone....
Crazy one here....
I need to populate a table with all the times that
are available in a 24 hour period, down to the 5 minute
interval.
So the table should look like....
id ds (datetime stamp)
--- --------------------------
0 1/1/2005 00:00:00
1 1/1/2005 00:05:00
2 1/1/2005 00:10:00
3 1/1/2005 00:15:00
.........
xx 1/1/2005 23:55:00
Please advise on a way to accomplish this in a script....
thanks
tony
Hi,
I run the follow command to backup the database log file after a full database backup.
backup log supl_pzhou2 to supl_pzhou2_log
and got the following message.
Processed 3 pages for database 'supl_pzhou2', file 'SUPL_Log' on file 2.
BACKUP LOG successfully processed 3 pages in 0.485 seconds (0.049 MB/sec).
The problem is, the log file .ldf is still the same size after the backup log command. it is 14GB.
THe datafile is only 2GB in size.
How do I write the backup log command properly so the log file can get truncated?
Thanks in advance.
Pingx
Hi
As you know SQL Express by deefault accepts only local connections
For a particular requirement i have to change SQL Server Surface Area Configuration to accept remote connections by dos command
Anyone know this command?
thanks
Marco
What is the correct command line parameters to SQLEXPR32.exe that will default the Log On As: properties for the instance to use the Built-in account of Local System & Local Service?
I need it to be set to Local System immediately on install without having to go into the configuration manager. When I run the SQLEXPR32.exe right now I get the Network Service defaulted.
Thanks for any help,
Greg
greg@ram-software.com
I'm trying to filter out timestamps that land exactly at .000 milliseconds. (e.g. 2007-12-05 16:30:50.000) Do I have to convert the timestamp to a string first and then use the LIKE statement? If so, can somebody show me how. I'm pretty green to SQL but know the basics. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have an Access XP ADE application connected to a SQL Server 7.0 SP4database. I have created a timestamp column in the main table.Unfortunately, I am now getting persistent write conflict errors.The order of operations are:1. The application starts and loads the recordset into the form using astored procedure.2. I modify a field and press a save button which uses me.dirty=false toforce a save.3. The field is saved to the database. Using profiler I can observe themodified field being saved. As I would expect, the update statement isusing the primary key and the timestamp column value. For the sake of thisdiscussion let's assume the value of the timestamp is 5ad9.4. Without navigating off the record, I alter the same field (or adifferent field) and press save again and a write conflict will appear.Using profiler I can see the update statement that is attempting to updatethe record. The update statement is using the previous value (5ad9) of thetimestamp column.I thought that the timestamp column value is incremented each time therecord is updated. The ADE application does not appear to be recognizingthe new timestamp value.Any help or advice you could give would be appreciated.ThanksGeorge
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhat ius the synthax to backup an SQLServer DB from the command line ?
Thanks
This is maybe a dumb question but I couldn't find a definitive answeron BOL.Looking at my backup script. If I issue a CHECKPOINT, does this trulyforce all transaction log entries to the data file? Therefore, makingit unnecessary to BACKUP log (just BACKUP database is needed).Louis
View 1 Replies View RelatedHi Guys,
well as you can see from my thread SQLServer is new to me i am used to mysql and i c'ant find the equivalent anywhere on the net... Seams easy enough but i have been at it for 6 hrs and i give up... I am just making a quick database view tool. So please tell me.
How do i load the all tables of a database via an sql command?
Since it took me a while to find this i thought migth as well slap ip somewhere so here is the command to load all data bases... In any case worked for me so...
- > select * from master.dbo.sysdatabases;
And where in the ... can you find a reference to all sql server commands? ... Please.
Thanks for your help
hi
I need to load a text file into sql server table using SSIS package.
the idea is to load this file with the help of dtexec command by giving the file path and name in the SET switch of dtexec command.
anyone having an idea; would be of great help.
Regards,
Salman Shehbaz.
I just started using SQL 2005 and having a bit of struggle.
I'm having difficulty trying to use the .ini file to install sql express. This is the command I use in Command Prompt:
start /wait expresssetup.exe /settings setup.ini /qn
echo %errorlevel%
Then I get an error level of €˜-204€™, which I couldn€™t find the meaning on the internet or anywhere else.
But when I move the parameters from the .ini file to the batch file and the process worked. SQL started installing, until it comes to the SQL Server Database Services component. Then I get the following error message:
SQL Server Setup could not validate the service accounts. Either the service accounts have not been provided for all of the services being installed, or the specified username or password is incorrect. For each service, specify a valid username, password, and domain, or specify a built-in system account.
Here is how my batch file looks with parameters:
start /wait expresssetup.exe /qb
INSTANCENAME=€?EXAMPLE€?
ADDLOCAL=All SAPWD="difficult"
INSTALLSQLDIR="C:Program FilesMS"
INSTALLSQLDATADIR="C:Program FilesMSData"
SECURITYMODE="SQL" SQLACCOUNT="user"
SQLPASSWORD="password"
AGTACCOUNT="user"
AGTPASSWORD="password"
SQLBROWSERACCOUNT="user"
SQLBROWSERPASSWORD="password"
Please, can anyone help? I don't know what to do anymore.
Thanks.
Regards,
Akwest
Greetings once again SSIS friends,
I have some source tables which contain timestamp fields (that's timestamp data type not datetime). My dimension table holds the maximum timestamp value as a varbinary(8).
I want my package to have a variable that holds that value but I don't know which data type to use for this. The reason for this is because I want to use that variable to then retrieve all records from my source table that have a timestamp value greater than the value stored in the variable.
Please advise on what data type is suitable.
Thanks for your help in advance.
I need to have RETAINDAYS=6hours on a backup command. How can I code that,seems like it should be in integer only,any work-around to have the retain days only few hours(less than a day)?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHi there, I'm not exactly sure where to post this question, so I'll post it here.
I have 2 Windows XP machines, not part of a network domain. One of the XP machines is running SQL Server 2005 Express edition, lets call this DB machine. The other machine is just running my application - App machine. As part of my application, I want to be able to do a backup of the database.
The DB machine is also running the application. If I log into my application on the DB machine using SQL Server Authentication, and run the backup it works fine. (It's using the T-SQL BACKUP command). If it log into my application on the App machine, and try to do the backup, I'm getting an error saying that "The user is not associated with a trusted SQL connection". The same user is being used in both scenarios, and this user can update the database fine on the App machine, so it's not really a connection problem, it seems a permission problem. The SQL user I have created is a member of the db_backupoperator role for the required database.
Is anyone aware as to why I would be getting this error?
I've heard that the Standard version supports the use of CommandNotification and that the Express version does not. What about the Workgroup edition?
The reason I'm asking is because there is a substantial monthly difference in cost between the two versions if I were to have my site hosted. I've been developing with MS SQL 2005 Express so obviously I have not tested this caching feature. Are command notifications reliable? On paper, it sounds impressive and extremely efficient especially if a site is to have heavy traffic and you can't afford the overhead of heavy database processing that is useless if the data is unchanged.
Does the Workgroup edition support automatic change notifications? Have automatic notifications been proven reliable and vastly more efficient than crude polling methods?
Thanks in advance.
Hi all,At this moment I'm trying to get database mail working. According tosome people it should be easy. Well...that is not the case for me.I'm having the following error:The mail could not be sent to the recipients because of the mail serverfailure. (Sending Mail using Account 2 (2006-11-24T08:48:15). ExceptionMessage: Cannot send mails to mail server. (Command not implemented.The server response was: Command not Supported).)SQL Server 2005 is installed on a separate server and the SMTP Serveris Lotus Notes. connecting with port 25.Start and stopping the SQL Server and SQL Server agent i tried already.i tried sysmail_stop_sp and sysmail_start_sp.Sometimes when starting or stopping the Mail with the followingcommands :exec sysmail_stop_spGOexec sysmail_start_spGOI will get the following error:Msg 233, Level 20, State 0, Line 0A transport-level error has occurred when sending the request to theserver. (provider: Shared Memory Provider, error: 0 - No process is onthe other end of the pipe.)So any help would be appreciated.Hennie
View 1 Replies View RelatedIs here any way to update Mobile database from command-line program that ie;
reads sql commands from text file, run query analyzer, insert readed data to SQL tab and deploy these commands?
Or any other way to do this?
Hi,
I'm trying to install SQL Express 2005 with Reporting Services using Install Shield 11.5. The command line parameters which i am using is:
/qn ADDLOCAL=SQL_Engine,SQL_Data_Files,RS_Server,RS_Web_Interface,Client_Components SECURITYMODE=SQL SAPWD=<password> DISABLENETWORKPROTOCOLS=0 RSCONFIGURATION=Default RSSQLLOCAL=1 AUTOSTART=1
It installs the SQL Server and Reporting Services. It configures (creates Virtual Directories for report server and database) but it is not initializing the Report Server.
Having done the installation when i check the Report Server Status it was running and everything seems to be OK except it wasn't initialized.
Any idea??
Thanks,
Moby.
Hello, I'm currently trying to install SQL SERVER 2005 Express through the command line and I'm having problems.
The command I'm currently giving is:
SQLEXPR32.EXE /qb INSTANCENAME=MSSQLSERVER ADDLOCAL=ALL SQLACCOUNT=name SQLPASSWORD=password AGTACCOUNT= name AGTPASSWORD=password SQLBROWSERACCOUNT=name SQLBROWSERPASSWORD=password
Everything goes on fine until the SQL Server Database Sersvices configuring and a pop-up says the following:
SQL Server Setup could not validate the service accounts. Either the service accounts have not been
provided for all of the services being installed, or the specified username or password is incorrect. For
each service, specify a valid username, password, and domain, or specify a built-in system account.
I have no idea how to come over this.
Any help would be appreciated.
PS I don't know what AGTACCOUNT or AGTPASSWORD is, so maybe the error might be there. If not, anybody willing to explain to me what it is, it would be GREATLY appreciated.