i have a tape drive where i backup database every weekends, and i have a tape which shows that set created and size column displays -0 bytes. what does that mean , i also want to know how much space is left in the tape drive so that i can backup accordingly
Please help me out for this issue
I have a SQL 2005 Server (SP1) running on Windows 2003 server machine. Now windows can detect the tape drive attached to the system as 'HP StorageWorks DLT VS160'. Even 'ntbackup' detects it and is able to backup data to the tape drive. However, SQL Server is unable to detect the tape drive. The tape does not show up in the Backup Devices in Server Objects and hence I'm unable to take backups directly to the tape via SQL Server. How do I get SQL 2005 to recognize the tape drive?
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I am running 2003 R2 x64 with 2005 SQL Server x64, and I am trying to set up my DB backup plan but for some reason I can't get SQL to recognize my tape drive, alhough it is listed in device manager.
Anyone have any thoughts? I'm kind of stumped.
Thanks in advance,
Mark.
i have taken full database backup on tape drive one week ago,by automated scripts ,now when i check the maintenance plan history , it says the task failed and gives a message that unable to open the \. ape0 ,with error
([Microsoft SQL-DMO (ODBC SQLState: 42000)] Error 3201: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Cannot open backup device '\. ape0'. Device error or device off-line. See the SQL Server error log for more details.
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally.
)
We are currently trying to restore a copy of our production database to a different server. Unfortunately SQL does not see the tape drives and we are not able to add them. The tape drives are installed and visible in device manager. I have updated all drivers and firmware but still no luck. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks
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I€™m using LTO3 tape drive (400GB) the used media is for LTO2, currently I€™m looking for LTO4(1.6TB) but I need the backward compatibility to support LTO3 tapes so I can go for LTO2 media or LTO3 media.
I need to know the size of the database backup (Ms SQL2005 SP1 x64-bit, on Ms Windows 2003 R2 x64-bit) on the tape drive. I can see the backup size of the database but not the size on the tape which is using hardware compression.
Is there a way or a tool to view that.
First posting to the group. I have received a lot of valuable info from youguys. Now, an OT question:What's a good tape drive to perform unmanned weekly backups for a WindowsXP Pro box running SQL server 2000?--Joel Farris | AIM: FarrisJoel** Their Web. Your Way. http://getfirefox.com **
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Hi
I have been trying to use openrowset with a shared drive, and even though the share has "full control" permissions granted to "everyone" and the accout that SQL runs under has been granted explicit full control permissions I am unable to open the file which itself has no security on it.
Can I not use a \ path and only use mapped drives?
Thanks
below works...
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Excel 8.0;Database=C:5People.xls', [Sheet1$])
below doesn't work...
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Excel 8.0;Database=\cluster02FileManager5People.xls', [Sheet1$])
I am trying to move a log file from one drive to another.
What I have done is add another file to my file group. So now my log has a file on the 'e' drive and one on the 'f' drive. I now want to remove the file on the 'e' drive. I have emptied the file on the 'e' drive. When doing the command:
ALTER DATABASE Uniprodruntime
REMOVE FILE m_rk_runtime_log
I get the following error message..
Server: Msg 5020, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The primary data or log file cannot be removed from a database.
I have also gone into enterprise manager and tried to delete the file and it does nothing.
Has anyone run into this?
How do you compare SAN drive vs local drive on a 32 bit server?
Is it good idea to move my DB files to a SAN instead of local?
Canada DBA
Server: SQL 2008 R2
 1: TempDB keeps getting filled.  Restart of the server has not fixed it. I shrink it, but the space gets filled again. Now I can't even shrink it anymore
2: TempDB is at the wrong location. Its current location is this :C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL10_50.SQLPROD6MSSQLDATA empdb
How do I change its location?Â
C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL10_50.SQLPROD6MSSQLDATA empdb
Correct location of TempDB should be: TempDB(T:) But its not there
Being a very novice SQL Server administrator, I need to ask the experts a question.
How do I go about moving a database from 1 drive to another? The source drive (C is local to the server, but the target drive (E is on a Storage Area Network (SAN), although it is still a local drive for the server. I want to move the database from C: to E:. Can someone provide me with instructions?
Thanks,
Rick
How to backup half of dbs from a server on C drive and the other half on D drive and vice versa, first half on D drive and other half On C drive using only one job and one stored procedure??
Using scheduling from job add 2 schedules to the job so first schedule backup first half to C and second half to D , the second schedule backup first half to D and second half to D.
hi,
We have a service provider that handles the SQL database for us. And every month we will receive a Tape backup of the updated database from them for in house development purpose.
Anyways, I tried to restore the Tape backup I recently received and I kept on getting this error message: "The media family on device 'Tape0' is incorrectly formed. SQL Server cannot process this media family. Backup or resotre operation terminating abnormally."
I have set the Complete Database backup and the Overwrite option for this particular restore. Please help, any idea is apperciated.
Thanks,
Ray
Hi,
Does Any one know How to find out How much space left in a Tape Drive?
Is it possible with Win nt OR Win 2000?
or It required some special utility.
Any one know please suggest,
Thanks
Nil.
Just for background info: I am trying to take a backup of a DB made from a Server(#1) located on a client site and restore to a server that is in house Server(#2). Both servers are running SQL Server 6.5 and all configuration settings are the same except Server(#1) has (DB Lib Ver 6.50.213) and Server(#2) has (DB Lib Ver 6.50.201).
When I try to restore the DAT tape (backup made from Server #1) onto Server #2 I get these errors in this order:
1st --[DB-Library] Unexpected EOF from SQL Server. Connection broken.--
2nd --Error 605 [SQL Server] Attempt to fetch logical page 72915 in database 'DBname' belongs to object '0', not to object 'sysobjects'.--
Does anybody have any ideas and what could be causing these errors?
Would the different DB-Library versions cause these errors?
I know the tape isn't corrupt because the tape can be used to restore on Server(#1).
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
I want to store 98.3, 0.4 or 103.4 like numbers in a SQL database, but I'm having a hard time selecting the correct data type. Also what should be the precision and scale. What is a precision and scale? Please help......
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varchar
decimal
numeric
Does anyone know if it is at all possible to restore a single database from tape if no backup jobs have been ran or setup for this database. However, the server itself has been backuped to tape. So I would like to restore this database from the server tape backup. If so, how do I accomplish this?
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I Have 8 small databases around 10 to 30 MB each.
I am taking tape backup. Full database backup Daily.
Now problem i am facing that i am not able to schedule this process because
when it complete one database backup, tape automatically come out. So
due to this reason i am not able to schdule this job.
If any one has solution for this please suggest.
Thanks.
Nil.
Hello,
I need to backup the database to file and then copy it to Tape. Can anyone guide me how I should do it. I need to automate it.
Thanks.
Rea
Perhaps this maybe a silly simple questions SCENERIO: Say i want to make a nightly backup of the Masterdb and the same for a user database. One that kicks off at 8 and the other at 9. For soem reason I am having difficult time with this..
Some help please??
We have Dell Optiplex GX1 PCs with Seagate ST22000 IDE tape backup devices, running NT Workstation or NT Server and SQL 7.0 with SP1, NTSP5.
SQL 6.5 will backup successfully to these devices, but SQL 7.0 will not.
The most common error message is 18257, Device or media does not support ...
42000 Syntax error, permission violation, or other nonspecific error...
Is there a way to check if a tape drive contains a tape? I would like
to check this prior to doing an incremental transaction log dump...
ben
I have a COTS database on MSSQL 6.5, no service packs...
I used sp_help_revdatabase to create the same database on a different server, using the same data and log device sizes and paths. I scripted the database, tables, stored procedures, and user defined datatypes, created them on the new server, and tried to restore a tape dump from the previous server to the new database. It would say "restoring", but then "DBLibrary is dead or connection broken", when I click OK to this message, it sais "restore complete" then the database appears grayed out and reads "loading".
I am trying to backup a database to a tape. It works when it wants to. I get a 3013 error. The drive is fully functional. Seagate backup works fine. SQL Backup does not. I think it might be that the tape needs retensioning sometimes. Here is the sql statement: BACKUP DATABASE pubs TO TAPE='.ape0' WITH FORMAT. Is there a retension parameter I am failing to see?
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I have a SQL Server 7.0 with and exteranl SCSI tape device.
When I attempt to backup a database in EM the tape device is being greyed out.
I have add the backup device using sp_dumpdevice and made sure that it is in sysdevices table. It will not allow me to add this backup device from the drop down.
1. Why does EM not see this device ?
2. If I try to back this up using T-SQL will I be able to use the registared tape device.
Thanks Folks
I want to create a backup device for the tape drive.
So I go in "Server Objects"=>"Backup Devices" and create a new device. Problem is: In "Destination" I can't select "Tape:".
The ntbackup.exe program recognizes the tape drive, but SQL2005 not.
I have this:
-SQL2005 Enterprise edition 64bit.
-Tape drive HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960.
Someone knows how I can create a backupdevice for the tape?
Thanks
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HiWe are running SQL 2000 Enterprice version with SP3a on a DellPoweedge 5600 server running Advance Server. It has Tape drivePowerVault 110T (DLT VS80 Tape Drive) & uses DLT tapeIV tapes. A DBmaintenance job had been specified to backup on to tape daily. I havefollowing issues;1.The backup job sometimes fails with the following error in Eventlog(Event ID:17055)3041: Backup failed to complete the command BACKUP DATABASE [UNIQRS]TO TAPE = N"\.Tape0 WITH NOINIT, NOUNLOAD, NOSKIP, STATS = 10,NOFORMAT. The job is specified with the Verification option.2. If I try to restore a succeeded backup it asks for a initial tapewith a past date which does not exists3. Is there a way to view the content of the tape & free space etc.4. It is recommended to put a disk backup & transfer it to tape usingWindows backup utility. Is there a way to automate this by initiatingthe Backup utility when the SQL finishes the disk backup.ThanksChirath
View 2 Replies View RelatedI've got a new HP ML370 G4 Server 2003 SP1 with a fresh install of SQL 2005 SP1. I'm trying to create a backup device for the internal HP DAT 40 and tape is greyed out as an option. I have the newest HP software drivers and firmware. The tape drive is seen by Server 2003 device manager and by NTBACKUP. I can backup using that program. Why doesn't SQL 2005 see it? I tried a new HP Ultrium tape drive with the same results. Anyone else see this and can recommend a fix? TIA
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I am trying to configure the backup device on SQL Server 2005.
I cannot get the Tape device list.
The Tape Device is attached physicaly to the server ! (IBM Ultrium-TD3 scsi). I can 'see' the device using Windows Backup; but I cannot even get the list of tapes on SQL Server.
Can you please give me some help on this one ?!
Thank you all.
Youss
Hello,
TSQL command works fine,
C:SQLCMD
1> BACKUP DATABASE TestDB TO TAPE = '\.Tape0'
2> GO
but how to append more than one databases( SQL 2005) to the same tape.
Having said this, what is the solution for " I've got a new HP ML370 G4 Server 2003 SP1 with a fresh install of SQL 2005 SP1. I'm trying to create a backup device for the internal HP DAT 40 and tape is greyed out as an option .........." Pls advice me.
Hello!
Me and my collegues was recently assigned to maintain a SQL Server 2000 instance, which pretty much only holds one database.
From what we can tell, a backup of this database has never been created, atleast not through SQL Server.
When asking the previous owner, the answer was "We have been taking 'Legato backups' every day!"
We now intend to schedule a SQL Server backup job, but out of curiosity...
In case of a disaster, would these "Legato backups" have been any use at all?
Please elaborate :-)
Is it possible to switch back to SQL 6.5 after upgrading to SQL 7.0 using the tape method? During the tape upgrade the 6.x devices are deleted. Is there no backout plan?
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