InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comWed, 19 Jun 2013 07:14:08 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic968942-1549-1.aspxSame problem here, executing the commands did not give me any errors, but like Pieter said, there is no option available in the wizard (screenshot)[URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/444/20120112132614.jpg/][IMG]http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/9865/20120112132614.jpg[/IMG][/URL]Uploaded with [URL=http://imageshack.us]ImageShack.us[/URL]Its about SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard edition with SP1 (but the SP1 was merely to see if the option would pop up in the wizard and it did not ;-)Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:15:51 GMTKevin-450586http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic968942-1549-1.aspxAh right ok.Try switching compression on using the command above see if it throws an error message, this may give a clearer indication.Can you go to the Transaction log backup settings dialog and get a screenshot, are you saying the compression drop down list box is unavailable?Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:20:47 GMTPerry Whittlehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic968942-1549-1.aspxProblem is when setting up the log shipping on the primary.No secondary is involved yet.Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:12:51 GMTPieter Vanhovehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic968942-1549-1.aspxWhat version is the secondary?Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:07:20 GMTPerry Whittlehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic968942-1549-1.aspxThanks for the info, but that doesn't explain why I don't have the backup compression option in the log shipping wizard of the Management Studio, however, I'm using the 2008 R2 SP1 SSMS and my server is SQL 2008 R2 SP1...Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:16:30 GMTPieter Vanhovehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic968942-1549-1.aspx[quote][b]ss-457805 (8/13/2010)[/b][hr]log ship wizard in 2K8R2 Std not showing compression option,but compression column is present in log_shipping_primary_databases. The option should still show in the wizard rite? Am i missing something?Did any one else had this issue?[/quote]Backup compression is available in SQL Server 2008 R2 Std. Try the following against your primary database and check the value of the backup_compression column[code="SQL"]exec sys.sp_help_log_shipping_primary_database @database = 'yourdb'[/code]Use the following to enable compression[code="SQL"]exec sys.sp_change_log_shipping_primary_database @database = 'yourdb',@backup_compression = 1[/code]Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:45:38 GMTPerry Whittlehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic968942-1549-1.aspxThe system table’s structure remains same irrespective of server edition. The features availability is dependent on the edition (license / key). These are two independent facts.Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:23:42 GMTDevhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic968942-1549-1.aspxHi,I have the same problem.Did you already found a solution?RegardsPieterThu, 12 Jan 2012 07:08:57 GMTPieter Vanhovehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic968942-1549-1.aspxAny ideas anyone? Many thanks.Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:07:12 GMTss-457805http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic968942-1549-1.aspxlog ship wizard in 2K8R2 Std not showing compression option,but compression column is present in log_shipping_primary_databases. The option should still show in the wizard rite? Am i missing something?Did any one else had this issue?Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:58:30 GMTss-457805