backup

Hi All,
i want backup my SQL server (2005) but i do not have SQL agnet for backup
can i use follow script to copy whole database file and backup this file
with NTBackup? can it's backup be restore and work fine? pls advise.
net stop "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
xcopy /e /f "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1" "C:\Backup\BIZ"
/Y
net start "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
thanks,
William
yes this should work.
William Cheung wrote:
> Hi All,
> i want backup my SQL server (2005) but i do not have SQL agnet for backup
> can i use follow script to copy whole database file and backup this file
> with NTBackup? can it's backup be restore and work fine? pls advise.
> net stop "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
> xcopy /e /f "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1" "C:\Backup\BIZ"
> /Y
> net start "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
> thanks,
> William
>
|||Why don't you have SQL Agent? (Your other post indicated you had SQL 2005
Standard Edition (which includes SQL Agent.)
Arnie Rowland, Ph.D.
Westwood Consulting, Inc
Most good judgment comes from experience.
Most experience comes from bad judgment.
- Anonymous
You can't help someone get up a hill without getting a little closer to the
top yourself.
- H. Norman Schwarzkopf
"William Cheung" <chun_hei@.msn.com> wrote in message
news:%23azj7ViAHHA.4844@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi All,
> i want backup my SQL server (2005) but i do not have SQL agnet for backup
> can i use follow script to copy whole database file and backup this file
> with NTBackup? can it's backup be restore and work fine? pls advise.
> net stop "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
> xcopy /e /f "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1"
> "C:\Backup\BIZ" /Y
> net start "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
> thanks,
> William
>
|||Why don't you have SQL Agent? (Your other post indicated you had SQL 2005
Standard Edition (which includes SQL Agent.)
Arnie Rowland, Ph.D.
Westwood Consulting, Inc
Most good judgment comes from experience.
Most experience comes from bad judgment.
- Anonymous
You can't help someone get up a hill without getting a little closer to the
top yourself.
- H. Norman Schwarzkopf
"William Cheung" <chun_hei@.msn.com> wrote in message
news:%23azj7ViAHHA.4844@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi All,
> i want backup my SQL server (2005) but i do not have SQL agnet for backup
> can i use follow script to copy whole database file and backup this file
> with NTBackup? can it's backup be restore and work fine? pls advise.
> net stop "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
> xcopy /e /f "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1"
> "C:\Backup\BIZ" /Y
> net start "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
> thanks,
> William
>