Backup Failures

3266 :
The backup data in 'ThursdaylogsAM' is incorrectly formatted. Backups cannot
be appended, but existing backup sets may still be usable.
3041 :
BACKUP failed to complete the command BACKUP LOG [GIS] TO [ThursdaylogsAM]
WITH INIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME = N'ThursdaylogsAM', SKIP , STATS = 10,
DESCRIPTION = N'ThursdaylogsAM', NOFORMAT DECLARE @.i INT
select @.i = position from msdb..backupset where database_name='GIS'and
type!='F'
I have a daily backup procedure that started to fail. It was created by
another technician so I don't know if he copied it or used a Wizard to create
it. For no apparent reason, it fails with thi smessage but only on certain
days. There is an individual procedure for each day of the week and other
than the name of the directory/file being written to, all instructions are
the same. i can't figure this one out!!!
Do you see any errors in the sql error log? And the application logs at the
same time? Assuming this was run perhaps as a sqlagent job, does the
sqlagent.out have any error message?
Vikram Jayaram
Microsoft, SQL Server
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Backup Failures

3266 :
The backup data in 'ThursdaylogsAM' is incorrectly formatted. Backups cannot
be appended, but existing backup sets may still be usable.
3041 :
BACKUP failed to complete the command BACKUP LOG [GIS] TO [ThursdaylogsAM]
WITH INIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME = N'ThursdaylogsAM', SKIP , STATS = 10,
DESCRIPTION = N'ThursdaylogsAM', NOFORMAT DECLARE @.i INT
select @.i = position from msdb..backupset where database_name='GIS'and
type!='F'
I have a daily backup procedure that started to fail. It was created by
another technician so I don't know if he copied it or used a Wizard to create
it. For no apparent reason, it fails with thi smessage but only on certain
days. There is an individual procedure for each day of the week and other
than the name of the directory/file being written to, all instructions are
the same. i can't figure this one out!!!Do you see any errors in the sql error log? And the application logs at the
same time? Assuming this was run perhaps as a sqlagent job, does the
sqlagent.out have any error message?
Vikram Jayaram
Microsoft, SQL Server
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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Backup device

Hi
is there a stored procedure which allows me to query if there is an existing backup device? or which gives me a listing of existing backup devices?
Thanks!SP_HELPDEVICE and in SQL 2K this is used for backward compatibility with earlier versions of SQL Server.

Refer to books online for more information.|||Thanx Satya. Appreciate.

Backup database problem

I am trying to backup database on limited size drive
In options for backup I picked overwrite existing file, but for some reasons it still creates new file with the date associated with it
What strange about that is ,it strippes old file from the date and new file has the date in file nameIf you are using the Database Maintenance planner or the xp_sqlmaint procedure, they will use a file naming convention which may be different than the old backup that is on your system, so they won't touch the old file because they don't recognize it.

Also, when overwriting files, Windows applications typically create a new file and then delete the old file and rename the new file when the new file is complete. So you can still run out of disk space if you don't have enough room for two copies of the file.

blindman

Backup database design

How do I export/create a script into a file with create table...index...
views etc for an existing database ?
Hi,
script the database using the tools from either Enterprise Manager or
Managment Studio (you did not specify the Sl Server version). They have
a task to script out the data, in multiple steps can be defined which
objects should be select for the script creation.
HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de

Backup database design

How do I export/create a script into a file with create table...index...
views etc for an existing database ?Hi,
script the database using the tools from either Enterprise Manager or
Managment Studio (you did not specify the Sl Server version). They have
a task to script out the data, in multiple steps can be defined which
objects should be select for the script creation.
HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
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