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vaibhav.a

Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 1:24 AM

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I want to take backup of my server database at my local machine........ how can i do this......

Thanks in advance

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vaibhav.a (7/20/2009)

I want to take backup of my server database at my local machine........ how can i do this......

Thanks in advance

By running BACKUP DATABASE
i'd suggest you read BOL on how to backup a database.

see here

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Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 3:20 AM

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No, actually i want to take it from my local machine only........we are connected to server.........without altering any settings at the server side......

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vaibhav.a (7/20/2009)

No, actually i want to take it from my local machine only........we are connected to server.........without altering any settings at the server side......

You can take database backup from anywhere(client or server). If you provide a local path to backup a database, it's local to the server not the client.(means the backup will be stored on the server itself)
If you want you backup on your local machine. there are two ways.
1. backup database on server. Copy the backup file to your local machine
2. backup database using a shared path pointing to your client(of course, you need a shared folder on client's machine)

backup database mydb to disk='\\myMachine\myBackupFolder\myDB.bak'

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Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 4:54 AM

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[quote][b]2. backup database using a shared path pointing to your client(of course, you need a shared folder on client's machine)

backup database mydb to disk='\\myMachine\myBackupFolder\myDB.bak'

That will only work if the service account that SQL is running under has full read and write permissions on that share and folder.

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Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 5:22 AM

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Thanks Gail Smile

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Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 6:23 AM

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And, if you're backing up a production system, if that system is using differential backups, you should backup using the COPY ONLY option so that you're not interferring with the chain of backups on the production system.

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