Charles Kincaid (10/22/2009)
I can't speak about 3rd party backup tools. That's because i don't know how they all work. If you are going to take ad-hoc backups, even on a scheduled basis, then COPY_ONLY would reduce the risk of interfering with your other tools. Check with your backup vendor.
The remotebackup is actually using the standard SQL backup to disk commands. Afterward it copies the files to external system.
If I setup a normal backup schedule with full backup in weekend, differential every day and log every hour through SQL server Management Studio (like the one I have for remotebackup) and point it to local disk. Then if I make a new backup to lets say a NAS on the network, then would that have to be a COPY_ONLY backup to not disturb the other full, differential and log backup ?
🙂 Jens