I want to know how people are backup up their win2k system and SQL 2000 server. If you want a run backup once a night and first backup win2k file system and then run backup using sql agent will that work?
Thanks.
Hi,I am new to Win2k and SQL server and need to back up everything each night.I used the supplied NT backup utility to schedule a backup but this missedsome files that were open or in use.I am more used to Unix/Informix where I could backup everything whether itwas in use or not.How or what would you recommend I use to do my backups?Thanks.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWindows 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.
Hi there
I'm getting this message on my third automated backup of the transaction logs of the day. Both databases are in full recovery mode, both successfully backed up at 01.00. The transaction logs backed up perfectly happily at 01:30 and 05:30, but failed at 09:30.
The only difference between 05:30 and 09:30's backups is that the log files were shrunk at 08:15 (the databases in question are the ones that sit under ILM2007, and keeping the log files small keeps the system running better).
Is it possible that shrinking the log files causes the database to think that there hasn't been a full database backup?
Thanks
Jane
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.
Need to restore database,here's the scenario:
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.
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] .....
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
Hi!
Is it possible to restore a backup made with sql server 7.0
on a SQL Server 2000 without any problems?
I`d need that because I tried to upgrade a 7.0 and got an errormessage
that says, that sp_vupgrade_replication culd't run successfully...
Any Hints?
Thanx in advance
I am trying to backup a database thro' enterprise manager and the msg I am getting is 'SQL Server Agent on target server (local) is stopped. Make sure it is running during the scheduled execution of this job.'
I tried logging into Query Analyzer and I am able to - so the server is up and running. I am not sure what I am missing.
Please help.
Thank you,
I am trying to set a backup of my database on every hour. I know I need to create a job first but I don't know how to create one! Can someone help me out, please ?
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Dear sir,
SQL SERVER 2000 €“ BACKUP PLAN
I have used scheduled backup plan in my SQL Server 2000.In case, suppose users are entering data during the backup time. What my doubt is, at the time of entering data by the users, all the opened data tables are to be took for backup or not.
Regards,
v.annadurai
Hi!!!
I don't know much about SQL Server....
In our office, about 30 clients are connected with SQL server. There are 4 to 5 database each of more than 2 gb.
There are two files of extension LDF and MDF of each database.
* Is it necessary to take back up of both files? LDF files are important???
* Which method / software is best for taking backup?
* Is it possible to take backup while files are used by clients????
* Is it possible to split database in smaller size. because each time I have backup to entire more than 2 gb file....
* Are newer version of SQL 2000 are better than 2000? Should I use it???
please help...
thanks...
Hi,Good morning to All,
I have SQL Server 2005 installed on my system. Recently I have formatted by computer. But I couldn't take backup of my data. Big loss.
For this, I've googled also. but I couldn't get clear information.
I want like the following:I could able to backup entire the Database either into my pen-drive, or some other media.And, latter I could able to put the Data back into my system.
Can anyone please tell how to take backup of my Data, and Restore also.
Thanks in advance,Ashok kumar.
Hai friends,
I am using sql server 2000 as a Backend. I have stored nearly 50 user tables.Now i need backup that(export) , and i need to put that in another pc where sql server 2000 installed(import).
i have a "master" database.
do u have any simple steps , pl reply to me....
THANK U in ADVANCE
Ambrose
5 March 2000
Hai friends.....
I am doing project in ASP.NET(vb) my backend is sql server 2000...in my PC..
I have another pc....where sql server 2000 is installed.....
i have nearly 50 tables...in sql server 2000. in my PC..
I want to backup these tables from my pc and another pc...
can u tell me the steps...
I will try immediately....
Ambrose......
Hi Gurus,
I am new to SQL server and I need your advise on the following .
1. We have two SQL 7.0 Databases at a distant location and we want to move those databases to our location.
2. we plan to take the SQL backup of the databases in tape ( 4Gb and 2 Gb in size) , bring them here, restore them to SQL 2000 server.
- Is this possible , DO SQL 7.0 backups are restored on SQL 2000 without any problems ?.
Also, we plan to take log backups of the DBs at the source after the initial full backups and apply them at the target SQL 2K databases till we cut over to the Target Databases.
Ehat would be the best method of doing this? All your suggestions , pointers to real life scenarios like this, solutions are welcome.
Please let me know if you need any more informations , before suggesting any solution.
Thanks in advance
-Jay
Hi I'm an experienced programmer, but just don't have much experience with ASP or MSSQL. I inherited a website and now need to set up an automated backup system for a fairly large (40MB) MSSQL database hosted by a 3rd party provider of reasonable quality with ASP and SQL Server 2000. Let's avoid ASP.NET solutions since the website I inherited is written in "straight up" ASP (old school).
I have access to the database, login etc. I'm thinking I should combine an ASP script with the database connectivity and write daily/weekly backups to a dir on the hosting server.
Where do I begin? Tools? Examples?
Thanks for any assistance.
Stoob
I am experiencing the following problem when running a backup. This process was working really fine for 3 months.
BACKUP DATABASE [DBLIVE] TO DISK = N'C:BACKUPSdblive' WITH INIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME = N'DBLIVE backup C', NOSKIP , STATS = 10, NOFORMAT
Database size 10G
Recovery Mode : Simple
Daily Backup
Error message:
Executed as user: ACC33Administrator. 10 percent backed up. [SQLSTATE 01000] (Message 3211) 20 percent backed up. [SQLSTATE 01000] (Message 3211) 30 percent backed up. [SQLSTATE 01000] (Message 3211) 40 percent backed up. [SQLSTATE 01000] (Message 3211) 50 percent backed up. [SQLSTATE 01000] (Message 3211) 60 percent backed up. [SQLSTATE 01000] (Message 3211) Nonrecoverable I/O error occurred on file 'D:sqldbDBLIVE_Data.MDF'. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 3271) BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 3013). The step failed.
Thank You.
Hello!
I have a bug in SQL Server 2000 that I would like to discuss.
The bug is described briefly on http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821334.
"The potential for inconsistency in the backup history tables backupset and backupmediafamily is resolved. This issue may cause the restore process to point to the wrong backup files."
According to my experiences the bug is extremely serious. SQL Server backup and restore operations are not fully reliable. If you have a disaster situation there is a possibility that you can not perform a restore.
Technically a media_family_id is generated in a backup operation and inserted into msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily. What could happen is that a media_family_id, that already exists in backupmediafamily, is generated.
The bug is fixed from version 8.00.0859, but only if you have an special undocumented trace flag (3003) enabled.
Here is the information that I have got from Microsoft about this trace flag.
"Trace flag 3003 changes how SQL generates media_set_id for new backup files. It will guarantee that new media_set_id values in backupset table are unique when you create a new file with your backup. This is the only place in code where TF 3003 is used so it will not impact your SQL Server operations."
I have a SQL Server with 80 databases. I have a maintenance plan with full backup every 24 hours and log backup every 5 minutes.
The error happened on my server a few times every 24 hours. I believe it's a general problem.
Best regards
Ola Hallengren
Hi All
I am using Sql Server 2000.
The database is being used since 5 years and the transaction file (mdf) has increased upto 12Gb.
We are thinking of reducing the size of the database and keeping only the data of the past 1 year. So I would like to know if there is some way of backup or export so that I can get latest 1 year data.
Thanking You All:S :S :S
Hi people!!
I was wondering how u can copy a sql server database (to make a backup) on to either a CD or floppy(dunno if theres enough disk space for that)???
Thanks
Hi all,How can I schedule backup in SQL Server 2000 for ALL databases?
With SQL Server 2005 I can create maintenance plan to do this,
but in the 2000 version I don´t know.thanks!!!!
Hi all,
I am using SQL Server 2000 for one of our web application system called eRoom. eRoom uses SQL Server 2000 as a database. Now I have used SQL Server 2000 Database backup features to run the 4 database backup every night at 10pm. The backup runs fine. But recently I have found that for some reason when Our server machine which is hosting eRoom and SQL Server (Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition) is restarted, the database backup does not run anymore.
Now I have checked SQL Server settings and the settings allow SQL Server and SQL Server agent to restart both the services when the operating system starts. But still the database backup does not run when the server machine is restarted. It happened twice last week. Can anyone please help me?
Here are some information to help you understand the problem.
Backup Process Followed:
I went to SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager, then went to the appropriate server and then right click the Database>All Tasks> Backup Database> and then selected the backup file which is a (.BAK) file and then scheduled the database to be backed up at 10:00pm every night. I followed the same procedure for all 4 databases.
I am running SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition R2
Thanks
SQL 7.0 SP1.
We do SQL Server backup and also third part backup (with SQL agent active) of SQL Server databases.
Sometimes happen this situation:
01.00 SQL Server backup of DB1
01.00 third part backup of DB1
02.00 SQL Server T-LOG backup of DB1
03.00 SQL Server T-LOG backup of DB1
03.30 SQL Server differnatial DB backup of DB1
04.00 SQL Server T-LOG backup of DB1
or this situation:
01.00 SQL Server backup of DB1
02.00 SQL Server T-LOG backup of DB1
03.00 SQL Server T-LOG backup of DB1
03.10 third part backup of DB1
03.30 SQL Server differnatial DB backup of DB1
04.00 SQL Server T-LOG backup of DB1
My questions now are:
Are my SQL Server backups valid (DB,Differenatial and T-LOG)?
In case of a restore operation, can I use my SQL Server backups without problem?
In other words, can we leave the third part backup tool active or it should be taken away?
Can anybody clarify this for me?
Thank you in advance.
Franco
howto backup ODBC configure and data on windows 2000 server help me!
thanks.
I want to restore a backup of a SQL Server 2000 database to SQL Server 2005. Would I need to do anything after running the restore to upgrade the database?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHi everyone I am fairly new to SQL server and need some help with creating backups. I am a little confused whether to append or overwrite my backup data when saving full, differential and transaction log backups to disk. Below is my current backup schedule.
1) A full backup every night at 2:00a.m. that overwrites my existing backup. Should this be an appended backup? Wouldn't my file keep growing? How do I manage the backup file size?
2) Differential backups every two hours that is set to append. How do I stop this file from growing? Should I be controlling the size of my backups through the backup set expiry option?
How do I incorporate transaction logs into my backup schedule and manage the size of the log? Should the log backups also be appended or overwriten?
I appreciate everyones help in advance.
Hey all-
I am working to establish a backup plan for SQL Server 2000. We are currently doing log shipping between servers.
A full backup once a week
transaction log backup every hour
We run a bulk deletion (delete * from table where date < ninetydays) which deletes 22,000 rows approximately. We are running in Full Recovery mode.
I wonder if there was anyway to improve my backup plan, preferably minimizing logging when the deletion takes place but still backup the data with log shipping.
Let me know if any of you have ideas. Thanks
Nate
Of course I'll try this before I go live, but I figured I'd askhere first. I've read the docs, and the answer is unclear.My current backup strategy is:Take a full database backup occasionally (like, every two weeks).Back up logs every five minutes.This works, but restoring the database all the way through cantake a while, as I've sometimes spun through 800+ log restores.I'd like to change toTake a full database backup occasionally (like, every two weeks).Take a differential backup every day.Back up logs every five minutes.So, I'd have this set of backups after day twoFULLLOGS 1-100DIFFERENTIALLOGS 101-200When I go to restore, do I always have to doFULLDIFFERENTIALLOGS 101-200or can I doFULLLOGS 1-100LOGS 101-200?I guess what I'm really asking is: is there any reason to keepthe "old" logs around (in this case 1-100), if I assume I alwayshave the latest differential?I suppose I *might* need them to do a "point in time" restore,i.e.FULLLOGS 1-53.but assuming I never want to do that, can I discard the logsthat are earlier than my latest differential?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHello,Recently I've tried to restore backup made on SQL Server 6.5.Unfortunately, the only version of SQL Server I currently possess is SQLServer 2000. I have access only to that backup, because I've made it afew years ago, and the main db file doesn't exist any more ;( I would begrateful if you could help me a little ;)RegardsR.Kruk
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I want to set a full and differential backup to one database in sql server 2000.
Is there a way to set both full and differential to just one database.
i want the full backup weekly once and differential every day to set up.
Please let me know
hi Experts,
any one tell me that how to write code to take back up of sql server database?