January 21, 2009 at 7:58 am
Hi guyz! I want to create scripts that can do a backup on a database on regular basis. How can i do that? Please help. The database is in sql server 2005 express edition.
January 21, 2009 at 8:12 am
How about creating a job on SQL agent and schedule it to run on a regular basics 😀
January 21, 2009 at 8:29 am
Thanks Crazy Man, the problem in this case is, i want to do it with express edition. In this case, there is no sql agent. So how do i create the scripts to do the manual back up, then i can get alerts from the agent on when back ups have been done adn when they have not. Please help.
January 21, 2009 at 1:14 pm
You can use the windows scheduler and sqlcmd to do scheduled backups. It's not as easy as SQLAgent, but it does work. For sqlcmd, you'll want to use the -i switch to specify an input file. That query file would then contain all the backup scripts.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
January 23, 2009 at 1:47 am
Hi. Thanks for your reply, but please explain to me how the scheduler and sqlcmd work. I have gotten an understanding of how the scheduler works, but in this case i need to have the script execute like at a given time on daily basis. So how do i do it in the scheduler using scheduler?
May 8, 2013 at 1:21 am
Hi,
in your environment having test servers ? then create one linked server for that 2005 server(express edition) and create job for taking backup in your test servers.
note: in backup command you should have mention the path like '\\your 2005express edition location path'
script: create one job by using the below script in your test server and make sure your mentioned path like '\\ D:\ yoursql server2005 express edition\backup\......'
DECLARE @name VARCHAR(50) -- database name
DECLARE @path VARCHAR(256) -- path for backup files
DECLARE @fileName VARCHAR(256) -- filename for backup
DECLARE @fileDate VARCHAR(20) -- used for file name
-- specify database backup directory
SET @path = '\\C:\Backup\'
-- specify filename format
SELECT @fileDate = CONVERT(VARCHAR(20),GETDATE(),112)
DECLARE db_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT name
FROM master.dbo.sysdatabases
WHERE name NOT IN ('master','model','msdb','tempdb') -- exclude these databases
OPEN db_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @fileName = @path + @name + '_' + @fileDate + '.BAK'
BACKUP DATABASE @name TO DISK = @fileName
FETCH NEXT FROM db_cursor INTO @name
END
CLOSE db_cursor
DEALLOCATE db_cursor
subahan munthamadugu
May 8, 2013 at 8:11 am
Please note: 4 year old thread.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
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