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Posted Tuesday, November 06, 2012 9:52 AM
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Hello,

I am trying to generate a monthly report for sql database backup job. Is there a script that I can use to query msdb to check the backup success or failure status of a specific database?

Thanks for your inputs
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Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2012 4:50 AM


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You can use the following script to query the Error Log and get result for all Database backups and restores:


Declare @ArchiveNum Int
Declare @Arch_Temp Table(ArchiveNo Int, Date DateTime, LogFileSize BigInt)
Declare @Err_temp Table(LogDate DateTime, ProcessInfo NVarchar(30), Text Nvarchar(MAX))
Insert Into @Arch_Temp
Execute xp_enumerrorlogs
Declare Arch_Cursor Cursor LOCAL STATIC FORWARD_ONLY
For
Select ArchiveNo From @Arch_Temp
Open Arch_Cursor
Fetch NEXT From Arch_Cursor Into @ArchiveNum
While(@@FETCH_STATUS = 0)
Begin
Insert Into @Err_temp
EXEC sys.xp_readerrorlog @ArchiveNum

Fetch NEXT From Arch_Cursor Into @ArchiveNum
End
Close Arch_Cursor
DeAllocate Arch_Cursor
Select * From @Err_temp Where ProcessInfo = 'Backup'




You can alter the Script according to your requirement. Hope this is close to what you are looking for.


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Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2012 11:52 AM
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Thanks for the script
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Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2012 1:52 PM


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if your just looking for a report of backups you can query msdb.dbo.backupset which contains allot of information


select top 10 b.database_name, b.backup_start_date, b.backup_finish_date
from msdb.dbo.backupset b

with a join to sys.databases you can eliminate system databases if you dont care about them or can get more detailed info about the databases. no need to run through the error log with a cursor.



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capnhector (11/7/2012)
if your just looking for a report of backups you can query msdb.dbo.backupset which contains allot of information


select top 10 b.database_name, b.backup_start_date, b.backup_finish_date
from msdb.dbo.backupset b

with a join to sys.databases you can eliminate system databases if you dont care about them or can get more detailed info about the databases. no need to run through the error log with a cursor.


I was able to pull that information already. But wanted to identify the status of a database backup (failed/succeeded) which doesnt get logged in msdb.
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Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2012 8:48 PM


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sapen (11/7/2012)
Thanks for the script


You're Welcome Sapen.


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