I am having a problem with a regular backup of an SQL Server (MSDE
2000) database to a local drive. I initiate the backup once a week, by
issuing the required T-SQL, via ADO. In this case, the T-SQL is:
BACKUP DATABASE GPRS_Dimensioning_Archive TO local_backup WITH
RETAINDAYS=21, NAME='GDA_20040706'
Note that "local_backup" is a file sitting on the same physical drive
as the database itself, and has > 80 GB free. It is not a RAID device.
The database that I am backing up is 1.6 GB. Oddly, the backup of
another database to the same file was successful; it was ~900 MB.
Even more strangely, I also back these databases up to a network
drive, which has been running successfully for a number of weeks now
(longer than the local backup), and continues to work without any
trouble. The resultant backup file is much larger than the one sitting
on the local drive (6.8 GB on the network drive vs ~4 GB locally) This
network drive has less space (~50 GB) and is configured as RAID 0. It
is a Linux box, using Samba to present the drive to the Windows
network.
Any ideas?? I am completely stumped. Obviously, Microsoft
documentation has been particularly unhelpful.
The excerpt below is taken from the SQL server error log, covering a
couple of attempts.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
Nick Tompson.
2004-07-06 09:56:01.99 spid54 BackupMedium::ReportIoError: write
failure on backup device 'C:Front EndLocal BackupDB_Backup.bak'.
Operating system error 112(error not found).
2004-07-06 09:56:02.01 spid54 Internal I/O request 0x02672360: Op:
Write, pBuffer: 0x02890000, Size: 65536, Position: 4294914560, UMS:
Internal: 0x103, InternalHigh: 0x0, Offset: 0xFFFF3200, OffsetHigh:
0x0, m_buf: 0x02890000, m_len: 65536, m_actualBytes: 0, m_errcode:
112, BackupFile: C:Front EndLocal BackupDB_Backup.bak
2004-07-06 09:56:02.01 backup BACKUP failed to complete the command
BACKUP DATABASE GPRS_Dimensioning_Archive TO local_backup WITH
RETAINDAYS=21, NAME='GDA_20040706'
2004-07-06 09:56:17.08 spid54 Starting up database
'GPRS_Dimensioning_Archive'.
2004-07-06 09:56:33.11 spid54 BackupMedium::ReportIoError: write
failure on backup device 'C:Front EndLocal BackupDB_Backup.bak'.
Operating system error 112(error not found).
2004-07-06 09:56:33.11 spid54 Internal I/O request 0x02674360: Op:
Write, pBuffer: 0x028A0000, Size: 65536, Position: 4294914560, UMS:
Internal: 0x103, InternalHigh: 0x0, Offset: 0xFFFF3200, OffsetHigh:
0x0, m_buf: 0x028A0000, m_len: 65536, m_actualBytes: 0, m_errcode:
112, BackupFile: C:Front EndLocal BackupDB_Backup.bak
2004-07-06 09:56:33.11 backup BACKUP failed to complete the command
BACKUP DATABASE GPRS_Dimensioning_Archive TO local_backup WITH
RETAINDAYS=21, NAME='GDA_20040706'
We currently have a production server (prodserver) and backup server (backupserver) in the same domain, and I am attempting to backup dbs from the production box on to the backup box using the following:
backup database db to disk = '\backupservere$ackupdb.bak' with init
when executing from SSMS, I receive the following error:
Msg 3201, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Cannot open backup device '\backupservere$ackupdb.bak' Operating system error 1326 (Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password)
Here's where the issue lies for me:
Both the production and backup box are running services under the same domain accounts, let's call it "domainsqlagent"
domainsqlagent has domain admin rights on backupserver and prodserver
I can login to both the production and backup servers using the domain account, map drives, hit administrative shares, drag and drop files, etc between the servers
If I use xp_cmdshell to try and simply move a file between prodserver and backupserver, I receive the above error as well. However, if I open an cmd window and execute the move command from DOS, it will successfully move.
There is a development server on the domain as well (devserver) using domainsqlagent to run the service accounts, and I can successfully backup databases from dev to prod, dev to backup, backup to dev, backup to prod, prod to dev, but NOT prod to backup Finally, if I create a maintenance plan in SSMS, I cannot create a connection to the backup server (error reads the connection may not be configured correctly or you may not have the right permissions on this connection)
The backup server was changed to a different domain (domain2) before I arrived here, but has been switched back now, rebooted, service accounts changed via Configuration Manager, services restarted (and rebooted again for good measure). Does SSMS use a different security context to create the connections to remote servers? From all my tests, the domainsqlagent account has all the correct rights and is working OK. Could this be a network issue? The network admin and I have been banging our heads against a wall for the past couple of days, so if anyone has seen something like this, I'd appreciate any help.
Running SQL Server 7: Looking at the jobs under SQL Server Agent in Enterprise Manager, I notice that several of my backup jobs failed last night, is there anywhere I can look that will give me a more descriptive error message? I looked at the SQL Server Logs and didn't find anything that gives me any clue. Thanks. joe
I have backing SQL Server which consists of several database. The scheduled Maintenance plans backs up all the database except the larger one. Backup is across network at night. I get the following errors.
Write on '\tetnassqlbackupTetnetreports201006.BAK' failed, status = 121. See the SQL Server error log for more details.
looking at log gives the following details : (both associated to the same backup)
BACKUP failed to complete the command BACKUP DATABASE [Tetnetreports] TO DISK = N'\tetnassqlbackupTetnetreports_db_200610192302 .BAK' WITH INIT , NOUNLOAD , NOSKIP , STATS = 10, NOFORMAT
and
BackupDiskFile::RequestDurableMedia: failure on backup device '\tetnassqlbackupTetnetreports_db_200610192302. BAK'. Operating system error 64(The specified network name is no longer available.).
Yet it allows me to BACKUP to LOCAL C: DRIVE without issues:eek:
HiMy DB backup and transaction backup of a database keep on failing withthe following error:Microsoft SQL-DMO (ODBC SQLState: 42000)] Error 3202: [Microsoft][ODBCSQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Write on'E:SqlServer estdb_db_200604221313.BAK' failed, status = 112. See theSQL Server error log for more details.[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]BACKUP DATABASE isterminating abnormally.Any idea what it really means ?ThanksDavid
I have created a Maintenance plan using Wizard, In this plan I am doing full backup of 12 DBs to share drive, I created only one step as full backup. And Scheduled this at 7 pm everyday, the following is the error I am getting in the Logfile, can some one please through some light on this.
" failed with the following error: "Cannot open backup device \shq-ss2sql backupSQL_PRODDBWorkFlow_backup_200708291911.bak. Operating system error 5(Access is denied.). BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally.". Possible failure reasons: Problems with the query, "ResultSet" property not set correctly, parameters not set correctly, or connection not established correctly.
SQL Server Instance and SQL Agent are running under domain admin account, Share Drive folder has full control by domain admin.
I am the local admin on the SQL Server box, and I have read, write and delete, create permissions on the share drive for backups folder.
I seem to have a problem with my SQL Server log backup system. First I was receiving alerts that the log file was filling up, so I increased it from 3Mb to 150Mb, but then I got another alert saying the same thing, later on I got an alert saying that the log backup had failed. I then decided to truncate the log and do a full backup after as suggested, however this did not work, I don't know if I am doing something wrong, this is really confusing and frustrating.
I have scheduled transaction log backups to occur every 15 minutes with database backups every sunday at 1.00AM and differential db backups every day at 1.30AM.
While viewing the job history of the transaction log backups through enterprise manager, I noticed that one transaction log backup had failed at 1.00AM on sunday. The error message was,
"Backup, CHECKALLOC, bulk copy, SELECT INTO, and file manipulation (such as CREATE FILE) operations on a database must be serialized. Reissue the statement after the current backup, CHECKALLOC, or file manipulation operation is completed. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 3023) Backup or restore operation terminating abnormally. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 3013). The step failed. "
Please let me know what the error message implies. Will there be any problem if the transaction log backup takes place at the same time as the full database backup or diff. db backup?
Help! I am getting a Job failure for a DB Backup Job when I open up the EM -> Management -> SQL Server Agt -> Jobs When I check the SQL Logs, there is no Error message, nor is there an error message in the DB Maintenance Plan History. I checked the Server to make sure the DB was being backed up, and the current file is there. Does anybody have any suggestions? Thanks! (make me look good to the rest of my group!)
Greetings,I am seeking information related to this subject.BOL suggests backing up the active transaction log immediately after afailure, so that the backup can be used in a recovery scenario if necessary.This is the relevant text from BOL "Transaction Log Backup":----//The transaction log backup created at 8:00 P.M. contains transaction logrecords from 4:00 P.M. through 8:00 P.M., spanning the time when thedatabase backup was created at 6:00 P.M. The sequence of transaction logbackups is continuous from the initial database backup created at 8:00 A.M.to the last transaction log backup created at 8:00 P.M. The followingprocedures can be used to restore the database to its state at 10:00 P.M.(point of failure).Restore the database using the last database backup created.1.. Create a backup of the currently active transaction log.---// end of excerptIf the failure results in loss of the instance and/or the log's parent db,how would we back up that log? Even if we could, what confidence would wehave that the backed up log was not corrupted at failure time?Thanks,PSG
I have recently started receiving failures on a differential backup thatpreviously succeeded. Nothing has changed with the structure of the db.Here is the message, any ideas are welcomed. Thanks.Executed as user: fsafood-netisqlservice. The backup data in'E:SQL_BackupsBiz_SalesBiz_Sales_Diff.bak' is incorrectly formatted.Backups cannot be appended, but existing backup sets may still beusable. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 3266) BACKUP DATABASE is terminatingabnormally. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 3013) Associated statement is notprepared [SQLSTATE HY007] (Error 0) The media family on device'E:SQL_BackupsBiz_SalesBiz_Sales_Diff.bak' is incorrectly formed. SQLServer cannot process this media family. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 3241)VERIFY DATABASE is terminating abnormally. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error3013). The step failed.*** Sent via Devdex http://www.devdex.com ***Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!
I have a job that runs full backs and that was successfull but all my transaction log backups failed. This is the error message i get:
1.VDI error 1010: Failed to get configuration from server. Check that the SQL Server instance is running, and that you have the SQL Server Systems Administrator server role. Error code: (-2139684861: The api was waiting and the timeout interval had elapsed.)
2.SQL error 3013: BACKUP LOG is terminating abnormally.
3.SQL error 4214: BACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current database backup.
According to our stratergy we are taking trans log backup of every user database everuy two hours.things seem to work great and with success at the day time and at night once at 12.03 and 2.03 they fail and when i checked the error log i found that there is only one database for which its failing and it gives the following error.
Database ors: Transaction Log Backup... Destination: [D:BackupTranLogorsors_tlog_200108280203.TRN] [Microsoft SQL-DMO (ODBC SQLState: 42000)] Error 4213: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Cannot allow BACKUP LOG because file 'ors_Data' has been subjected to nonlogged updates and cannot be rolled forward. Perform a full database, or differential database, backup. [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Backup or restore operation terminating abnormally.
We had a option called select into/bulccopy set which i disabled once this failure has occured but still the problem persists....there are no other options set...i am out of resources i donno what to do..could you suggest me something and how to solve this problem its happening in prod.
According to our stratergy we are taking trans log backup of every user database everuy two hours.things seem to work great and with success at the day time and at night once at 12.03 and 2.03 they fail and when i checked the error log i found that there is only one database for which its failing and it gives the following error.
Database ors: Transaction Log Backup... Destination: [D:BackupTranLogorsors_tlog_200108280203.TRN] [Microsoft SQL-DMO (ODBC SQLState: 42000)] Error 4213: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Cannot allow BACKUP LOG because file 'ors_Data' has been subjected to nonlogged updates and cannot be rolled forward. Perform a full database, or differential database, backup. [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Backup or restore operation terminating abnormally.
We had a option called select into/bulccopy set which i disabled once this failure has occured but still the problem persists....there are no other options set...i am out of resources i donno what to do..could you suggest me something and how to solve this problem its happening in prod.
As Said by someone i took a full backup...tooooo it does not solve the issue.
I'm getting "Executed as user: SPIESQLService. sqlmaint.exe failed. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 22029). The step failed." on the TRN backup portion of the maintenance plan for the msdb and model databases. On review of files created it's clear that the msdb trn log backup is failing, but there's no other error to indicate the underlying problem.
I have not been able to find any details about backup failures forMSSQL 2000. I am researching the following:1. when a backup fails at a certain point during the process does thebackup:A. stop there having recorded some details?B. quit without backing up any of the data it already processed?C. skip the data it cannot read and move on?2. Does the error log record any of the details above? For instance, ifthere is a table that the backup could not write to .bak, does theerror log report exactly where the error was?I need a way to obtain a Backup Exception 'Report' that when a backupfails it can tell me what did not get into the .bak file. I wouldprefer automatic notification. Our Oracle DBs have something setupthat can be run when a piece of the DB does not get backed up lettingthe Oracle DBA know where there are issues.Thank you,Stephanie
Can someone help me with this error? It only occurs when I try to backup to the UNC name (which is local to the machine). When I do it with a drive letter, I have no problem.
My DB recently goes weird after the Hard Disk failed and replaced last week. The SQL have 3 database running on my computer, DB1, DB2 and DB3. my computer has Disk C and Disk D, they both work fine that i can save and delete on them both. But now, the database backup of DB1 fails everytime, first i thoguth it's the Hard DIsk's problem, but after i tried to backup the other DB (DB2 and DB3) on Disk D, it works fine....therefore...i am here...without any idea. What even weird is, I can backup my DB1 on Disk C without any problem, but just can't do it on Disk C. Can anyone help ~ thank you
Here comes the error message i got : BackupMedium::ReportIoError: write failure on backup device 'D:DB_BAKmy_DB1.bak' Operation system error 2 (The system Can't find the file)
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 am getting a failure on the db backup job of one of my maintenanceplans. It is coming back with the generic error message of,"sqlmaint.exe failed. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 22029). The stepfailed."I then checked the Database Maintenance Plan History page, but thisshows all the steps having run successfully. If I check the drives forthe actual backup files, they exist and look healthy too!There is plenty of space on the drives, so it is not that.I've checked the NT logs and all they say is,"SQL Server Scheduled Job 'DB Backup Job for DB Maintenance Plan 'DBMaintenance Plan for All User Databases''(0xC06E15E2A9E1414087BE19541D167861) - Status: Failed - Invoked on:2005-06-29 21:00:04 - Message: The job failed. The Job was invoked bySchedule 35 (Schedule 1). The last step to run was step 1 (Step 1). "Which doesn't give me any clues.Since the backups have actually run to success, I am going to take offthe option on the maintenance plan to "Verfiy the integrity of thebackup upon completion". Maybe it is this that is causing problems,rather than the backup?Anyone had anything similar?
Hello, My master database (MS SQL 2005) has simple recovery model, however, when performing diff backup of "all databases", I am getting the following error:
Executing the query "BACKUP DATABASE [master] TO DISK = N'X:\Database Backups\diff backups\master\master_backup_200803251235.bak' WITH DIFFERENTIAL , NOFORMAT, NOINIT, NAME = N'master_backup_20080325123514', SKIP, REWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10 " failed with the following error: "You can only perform a full backup of the master database. Use BACKUP DATABASE to back up the entire master database. BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally.". Possible failure reasons: Problems with the query, "ResultSet" property not set correctly, parameters not set correctly, or connection not established correctly.
If I choose to back up only "All user databases", then it performs just fine. Why I cannot run diff backup of master?
Im planning to setup sqlserver 2005 log shipping between two servers.The size of the database is around 50GB and we are taking transaction log backup and shipping at 30mins interval.
Suppose if the backup job couldnt take the transaction log backup with in the specified interval ie 30mins,then how does the copy and restore job works. Will it give an error saying tht the transaction log could nt be copied and restored ??? How to deal with this kind of situations where the backup is taking more time than the threshold time limit and ur copy,restore fails. Is there a way to handle this kind of situation in logshipping Sqlserver 2005. and how does it affect the Secondary database. ??
I've got a couple of backup database tasks setup to run one after the other. The are set up the same, Alldatabases, backup to a device each, and overwrite every time. The task on databases full works fine but the one on logs fails every time, right away with the following rather esoteric error pulled from logging in the event log. Event Type: Error Event Source: SQLISPackage Event Category: None Event ID: 12550 Date: 29/01/2008 Time: 09:54:11 User: OILCATSsqlservice Computer: GUNKVBPROC Description: Event Name: OnError Message: The Execute method on the task returned error code 0x80004003 (Object reference not set to an instance of an object.). The Execute method must succeed, and indicate the result using an "out" parameter.
Operator: OILCATSSqlService Source Name: Back Up Database Task 1 Source ID: {BF117128-FB4C-470D-AC00-4C68797C2C97} Execution ID: {450BA60C-2EBF-453B-B3E4-80FBC2042F83} Start Time: 29/01/2008 09:54:11 End Time: 29/01/2008 09:54:11 Data Code: -1073594108
What is this elusive Execute method that is only relevant to the log aspect of this task?
The problem is as follows. SQL Express 2008 R2, backup is made by the means of bat file and sp. Need to have a table that would hold columns like 'date_of_backup', 'duration', 'message' (the one that appears on 'messages' tab in the result area after backup completion/failure). This is an example of real message that I want to catch:
Server: Msg 911, Level 16, State 11, Line 1 Database 'not_existing_db' does not exist. Make sure that the name is entered correctly. Server: Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally.
SQL Server 2008 r2 - 6 GB memory...I attempted a backup on a 500GB database but it was taking way too long. I checked the resources on the box and saw the CPU at 100%. I checked the SQL Server activity log and saw a hung query (user was not even logged on) that had multiple threads so I killed it and now the CPU utilization is back to normal.
Trouble is, now all of the threads in the activity monitor for the backup show 'suspended' and the backup appears to be not doing anything.
Data got deleted on Friday evening, need to have database restored to FRiday afternoon and also some data has been entered on Monday, which needs to be there.
Windows 2003 backup utility uses the shadow copy option that allows it to copy open files. Therefore, can I use this utility to backup the .mdf and .ldf files for my SQL 2000 database? I can then attach the .mdf files if I need to restore the database to another server. Can anyone tell me if this is safe? I've tried it and it worked but I'm worried there maybe some lurking danger in using this approach.
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
