after selecting the presetted directory .. i clicked ok and they said this," The file name specified is recongnized as a directory name. The file won't be able to be rewritten. Would you like to continue? "
then i clicked " Yes " .. - nothing happened ..
then i clicked " Yes " .. - nothing happened again ..
now i click ok again to close the "restore database" icon .. and they give me this.. i attached a screenshot .. pls have a look ..
i tried clicking "Manage Attachments" somewhere at the bottom of the page to upload .. but ragezone gave me a page telling me that they are sorry for any inconvenience caused .. so i cant attach it .. here is a link .. its kinda small .. but it says:
"Cannot open backup device 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQLBACKUP'. Device error or device off-line. See SQL Server error log files for more details. RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally."
thank you for helping me .. thanks in advance ..
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I'm using Database Maintenance Plans in Enterprise Manager and I'm trying to backup a database to a different server using a UNC (i.e. \servernameackupdirectory). I have done this successfully with two SQL Servers but every time I try to set the third SQL Server to backup to a UNC I get this message:
The complete database backup directory '\servernameackupdirectory' is invalid.
The only differences that I can think of is that the server is Win2000 Advanced Server and the SQL Server is Enterprise Edn, where as the two that work are Standard Edn and are on Win2000 Servers (not Advanced).
Does anyone know why I am unable to do this on one SQL Server when I have had no trouble on the other two SQL Servers?
I have an MSSQL server where I would like to create a couple of databases, create one user pr. DB, and give them db_owner permissions.
Giving a user db_owner permissions allows the user to make a backup of the database, which is a good thing and I would like it to stay that way.
My problem is that I don't know how to restrict the user from saving the backup to any directory or filename that he wants to. He can not get out of the directories that the user MSSQL is running under has access to. But he can overwrite another users backupfile or placing the file in the MSSQL-programfolder.
The users is using SQL Server authentication.
Can I restrict the backup procedure to save to only one file or in one directory?
What is the best practice regarding backup if you give your users db_owner permissions?
Hello!MSQL2000:I want to make db-backup (maintenance) but haven't enough space on thediscs that are physically in the machine. I have enough on the network, buti can't choose an network-drive, wheni want to specify the backup directory.What to do?/Bjørn
WE HAVE RECENTLY MOVED THE MSSQLBACKUP FOLDER TO EMC DRIVES E:, BUT SQL IS STILL DEFAULTING BACKUPS TO THE ORIGINAL DEFAULT LOCATION WHICH WAS ON THE D: DRIVE. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO CHANGE THIS? I KNOW THE ORIGINIAL LOCATION IS STORED IN THE REGISTRY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN CHANGE THE REGISTRY OR IF THERE IS A DIFFERENT PLACE. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP.
I'm looking to get the drive letter and path for my backups programmatically. I am monitoring my sqlserver boxes remotely and need to get this information to determine if my backups will fit on the backup drive.
I'm looking for either a sql statement or a stored procedure to accomplish this.
For example...the backup script states: EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_create_subdir N'H:MSSQLBackupmaster'
I am getting a backup file in default directory by using this script
Code Block BACKUP DATABASE CPHONE TO DISK = 'CPHONE.Bak' -- send to default pathaway WITH FORMAT, NAME = 'Full Backup of CPHONE'
Is there any way to find where is the default path of the SQL server, in order to show to the user from a VB program in which pathway the database back up is stored
Installation Directory = C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server
Default data directory = D:
Default log directory = D:
I found out that the data is stored in D:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQLdata and backup is done in D:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQLackup
However, Microsoft says we should never put the ..ackup and ..data folders in the same partition.
My question is: How can I move the path of the backup directory?
I have a problem when i restore my .DAT_BAK file. I am getting error like "The backup set holds a backup of a database other than existing database. Restore Database is terminating abnormally".
I tried by using
RESTORE DATABASE <DATABASENAME> FROM DISK = 'D:DATAMYTEST.DAT_BAK' WITH MOVE 'VZAI_DATA' TO D:PROGRAM FILES..MSSQLTEST.MDF', MOVE 'VZAI_LOG' TO D:PROGRAM FILES..MSSQLTEST.LDF', REPLACE
And also i tried like
RESTORE DATABASE <DATABASENAME> FROM DISK = 'D:DATAMYTEST.DAT_BAK'
WITH REPLACE
When i use like this,
RESTORE FILELISTONLY FROM DISK = 'D:DATAMYTEST.DAT_BAK'. I am able to get the output as LogicalName, PhysicalName, Type, FileGroupName, Size, etc.
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?
Has anyone used this successfully from an OLEDB source component, or even from the Execute SQL Task? I've seen some examples of using a script component, but nothing that uses it through a connection manager.
i am creating a program with Local Database (sdf file). i want my application to read the Database file from a different directory and not the application program? does one SQL Database can hold many users Data's or can i create Database per user.. i am novice about SQL and Databases...
hi, I have a database whose mdb and ldb files are located in C drive. I need to change these files to D drive.When i go to the database properties and try to change the location it does not allow me.It has given me a message(The database physical file cannot be changed once it is created). I can drop the table and recreate it from a BackUp but is there a better way to do this.
Is there anyway to load all the raw data in one directory into the database? l've several files with same format but different filename in one folder which l do not know their filename before hand. Is SSIS For Each Loop can help me to accomplish the file loading? If so, where can l find the example?
Which is better, to store the files onto the server's folders or to a database? I tried storing to MSSQL 2000 but the varbinary does not allow me to set "MAX" for the data type.
Hi After install the mdf and log files are stored in the Program Files directory tree. How do I change the place were they are stored to a path of my own choice, so that new DBs get created there too? I've looked though the docs, but I can't find this. Thanks John
As stated in the subject, I need to import a complete directory structure, from a root folder that I specify into a SQL Server database. To add further complexity, I also need to see what files exist in each directory.
At the end of the day what I am trying to achieve is to populate a table that will essentially have two columns, the filename and the directory that the file resides in. I am running SQL Server 2005.
Has anybody ever done anything like this before using T-SQL?
I am trying to find a solution to a thorny problem I have encountered...
I am a newbie in Sql Server 2000, but have quite a bit of experience in databases, both on PC and mainframe.
I am currently writing a program, which needs, among other things, to create Sql Server databases, to be located NOT in the default Mssql2000 directory, but in the user's home directory.
I am using an ADO connection and trying to execute it, as follows:
The text of the relevant part of the program goes like this:
Dim strCreateDatabase As String Dim MyCn As ADODB.Connection
Set MyCn = New ADODB.Connection
With MyCn .ConnectionTimeout = 25 .Provider = "sqloledb" .Properties("Data Source").Value = "MOP" .Properties("Initial Catalog").Value = "" .Properties("Integrated Security").Value = "SSPI" .Open End With
I need to add one of our servers to active directory. I found some documents on SQL 2000 but no good document on SQL 2005. Can you please guide me to the documentation for this? Thanks
We take a full backup in the early morning and hourly transaction log back during the working hours for one database in the production server. The application team made certain changes to the design of the said database in their development server. The backup from the development server was restored to the production server during working hours. After the restoration should we take a full backup before next transactional logbackup? Would the transactional log backup with out a full backup after the restoration of a database be valid?
I have a database that is just over 1.5GB and the Full backup that is 13GB not sure how this is since we have compression on for full backups and my other full backups are much smaller than there respective databases...Now my full backup is taken every Sunday night and the differentials are taken every 6 hours after the full backup. Now I have been thrown into this DBA role with little to no experience just what I have picked up and read. So my understanding of backups are limited but what I think I understand is that we take a full backup and the differential only captures what changes in the database so my question is why is my database 1.5GB but my differential is 15.4GB? I have others database that are on the same instance and don't seem to have this problem. I also just noticed that we do not rebuild the index before a full backup like we do on other instances...
Hi all! I know I might sound stupid, but I have this problem. I have developed my database on my laptop which does not use Active directory. Lets say I access the database with: SPIDERMANDB1 on SQL server, where the name of my laptop is SPIDERMAN, and the database is DB1. Now, I create an SQL script from sql server and make the necessary changes, like changing the computer name to say, SUPERMAN where my deployment server's name is SUPERMAN. But when I run the SQL script on the SUPERMAN server, it gives me an error like: "User or role SUPERMANDB1 does not exist in this database". I have deployed databases in this way on servers without Acive directory, so I'm sure its not a mistake on my side. So how am I supposed to go around this active directory thingi! Please help me out! I'm counting on u guys!
I should restore a SQL Server 2005 Database from backup. The backup contains three files, named user.bak0, user.bak1 and user.bak2.
How is the syntax of the restore filelistonly and the restore database ... ?
I usualy write restore filelistonly from disk = 'path and filenam.bak' restore database. zy from disk = 'path and filename.bak' with replace, move..... move....
This works but I cannot use it with a splitted backup file. The files are much too big to put together to one file.
I have more than 3000 Active Directory Users, I have created Role Level Security on one table by using Suser_name(), Now all the active directory users need to connect sql server and access the database role object. How can I achieve that without Using .net?
I am able to add all active directory users to sql server in one go, but I am also trying to achieve same time to map with database role as well? Is it possible ?
Hi All,I am facing this issue very frist time. I add a logical device asfollowing:USE masterGOEXEC sp_addumpdevice 'disk', 'AdvWorksData','C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQLServerMSSQL.1MSSQLBACKUPAdvWorksData.bak'-- Create a logical backup device, AdvWorksLog.USE masterGOEXEC sp_addumpdevice 'disk', 'AdvWorksLog','C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQLServerMSSQL.1MSSQLBACKUPAdvWorksLog.bak'-- Back up the full AdventureWorks database.BACKUP DATABASE AdventureWorks TO AdvWorksData-- Back up the AdventureWorks log.BACKUP LOG AdventureWorksTO AdvWorksLogThe database backup is completed successfully but log's backup failswith the following messages:Msg 4214, Level 16, State 1, Line 1BACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current databasebackup.Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1BACKUP LOG is terminating abnormally.We are moving from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005. I have ensured that databasehas full recovery mode on. We are using SQL 2005 on Windows 2003 ServerSP1.Further more, I also created a plan to test it, and plan also failswhen backing up the logs.Can anyone shed some light on this issue.Thanks in advance.Najm
I have a MS SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition 9.0.2153 which manages my BizTalk Server 2006 Databases. The BizTalk server installer automatically creates a job named Backup BizTalk Server (BizTalkMgmtDb) which should back up the databases and transaction protocolls.
The SQL Server Agent runs under domain-administrator account which has full access to my backup directory D:ackups.
The job executes the following steps:
Step 1: BackupFull:
Command:
exec [dbo].[sp_BackupAllFull_Schedule] 'd' /* Frequency */, 'BTS' /* Name */, 'D:Backups' /* location of backup files */
Step 2: MarkAndBackupLog
Command:
exec [dbo].[sp_MarkAll] 'BTS' /* Log mark name */, 'D:Backups' /* location of backup files */
My challenges are:
1. The job doesn't back up my databases(D:Backups is empty after executing the job)
2. I get every time the following error in error protocol of the job:
BACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current database backup. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Fehler 4214) BACKUP LOG is terminating abnormally. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Fehler 3013).
I have already switched the Databases from full to simple recovery mode and vica versa, it didn't help. Also, the above stored procedures doesn't include neither the TRUNCATE nor the LOG parameters for the logfiles so I wasn't able to solve this issue by adjusting these flags.
I am using sql server 2000 and windows server 2003 standard edition: My database backup job is failing due to lack of disk space. I am taking the backup onto E drive and the available free space on E drive is 6.85 GB and there are no other drives I can use for the database backups. The size of mdf file is 21 GB and that of ldf file is 4.2 GB. The transaction log back up job of that db ran fine. This database recovery model is Full and Auto shrink is not checked. There is one primary filegroup for the database. In this situation, I am thinking of the following option: 1. Backup the db and log files onto another network shared drive. If I want to still use the same server E drive to backup the db and log files instead of using another network shared drives. how can I do that. Please let me know the best way of handling this issue. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I neglected to backup the transaction log as part of the process of backing up the database. Now i only have the backup file for the database and no transaction log backup. When i try to do a restore on the database, i get the error on a "tail log missing" message (which i'm assuming is that it's looking for the t-log backup?).
Is it possible to restore or even restore to a new database? I'm only looking to retreive data from 2 tables within the backup file.
