COPY ONLY makes a regular backup, but doesn't reset the backup chain. Typically if I backup on Monday am, logs Mon pm, full backup Tues am, logs Tue PM, and...

It is localized, if that's available. If not US English is used.

The standard < should get replaced and work. Might need a space after it to prevent injection stuff.

Sorry I signed off last night. Had some family issues.

Are you connecting to SQL Server via a sysadmin/sa account? You will need those to move the resource database. Same for...

Also, if you shut down SQL Server before the NAS reboots, and bring it back up after the NAS reboot, you'll be OK.

Is that the Texas Memory Systems SSD? I've heard mixed things from it.

If it works, I'm sure the bottleneck will move around and our tuning advice would change quite a...

You can give them the database role for backup (db_backupadmin) for their database only.

For file system, you would need to limit the rights that their accounts have. As far as...

I wouldn't do that. Rebuilding is a serious step.

Did you see the server startup? Is this a remote server you are connecting to through RDP?

It sounds like media or hardware issues. Have you tried multiple tapes?

The surface utility does not need to connect.

SQLCMD should connect if the database is started. When you start it from the command line, do you see all databases recover in...

I don't quite understand where SQL Agent comes into play, but SQL Server is not recommended to be used with a NAS for this reason.

When your NAS reboots, it's like...

Snapshots could work, however they are Enterprise only and have some limitations. Not the least of which is you lose them all if you need to restore the database.

Is this...

I'm not sure I understand what you did.

The steps for master are to shut down the db. Then copy the files to a new location and edit the path in...

I'd follow Eric's advice. SQL Agent has some good features for scheduling, using proxy accounts, notification, etc.

You could use isql (or SQLCMD) and the Windows Scheduled (Scheduled Tasks), but it's...

Once the snapshot is used to revert the main database, the snapshot is lost.

To get back to a point in time with the main database different from when the snapshot...

I assume you have free space on the drive, correct? Also, is there free space listed in the database?