Zip Backups and Copy to Secondary (free)

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Zip Backups and Copy to Secondary (free)

chudman

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June 9, 2009 at 7:53 pm

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Manish_ Ten Centuries Points: 1070 More actions · Answer 1

How can i perform the same in SQLSERVER 2008, I got some errors like

"'FORFILES' is not recognized as an internal or external command,"

- Manish

chudman SSCrazy Points: 2452 More actions · Answer 2

Manish,

FORFILES is an OS function that is probably deprecated in Windows 2008. Fortunately, if you get the latest version of gzip, you can simply use the -r switch to recurse through the entire directory and the -k switch to retain the original file untouched. The latest version of gzip makes having to use FORFILES unnecessary. Using FORFILES was lazy of me.

Jeff Bennett

Manish_ Ten Centuries Points: 1070 More actions · Answer 3

Hi Jeff

Thanks for the information, I will look for these.

- Manish

jdexheimer Newbie Points: 3 More actions · Answer 4

why gzip and not something like 7zip that has more options for configuration?

chudman SSCrazy Points: 2452 More actions · Answer 5

The existing team of DBA's I was hired to assist were more comfortable with gzip because it had been used in their previous lives as Unix gnomes.