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qwertyiop

Back up data – Microsoft SQL Server

To make a backup using the BACKUP command:
1. Open a Command Prompt window.
2. At the prompt, type the following command to start the osql utility, login as sa. (Default Password is empty.)
osql -U sa
3. At the prompt, type the following command, correcting the example parameters as necessary, and hit Enter.
BACKUP DATABASE [Virtis60] TO DISK = N'W:\Virtis\BACKUP\Virtis60Backup.bkp' WITH INIT, NOUNLOAD, NAME = N'Virtis61s Backup', SKIP, STATS = 10, NOFORMAT
· Database name: Virtis60
· Backup file name and location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\BACKUP\Virtis61sBackup.bkp. You have to create the "BACKUP" folder if it doesn't already exist.
· Backup database set name: Virtis60 Backup
4. At the prompt, type the following command and hit Enter.
GO

Zaits

qwertyiop wrote: »

Back up data – Microsoft SQL Server

To make a backup using the BACKUP command:
1. Open a Command Prompt window.
2. At the prompt, type the following command to start the osql utility, login as sa. (Default Password is empty.)
osql -U sa
3. At the prompt, type the following command, correcting the example parameters as necessary, and hit Enter.
BACKUP DATABASE [Virtis60] TO DISK = N'W:\Virtis\BACKUP\Virtis60Backup.bkp' WITH INIT, NOUNLOAD, NAME = N'Virtis61s Backup', SKIP, STATS = 10, NOFORMAT
· Database name: Virtis60
· Backup file name and location: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\BACKUP\Virtis61sBackup.bkp. You have to create the "BACKUP" folder if it doesn't already exist.
· Backup database set name: Virtis60 Backup
4. At the prompt, type the following command and hit Enter.
GO

You can easily do this with a vbscript. I don't know if you have alot of experience coding in vbscript, but here are a couple key lines if you modify just right should give you the results you are looking for.


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Example code for executing commands in DOS
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Option Explicit

Dim objShell
Dim strCmd

'Robocopy is an application found in the microsoft resource kit used to migrate data.
'I wrote a script awhile back to insert this string of commands in dos and execute
'the command.

strCmd = Robocopy y:\data e:\data_E\Data /MIR /SEC /E

Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.Run "%comspec% /k exit"
objShell.Run strCmd, 1, TRUE

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Example code for checking if a file folder already exists.
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Option Explicit
Dim objFSO
Dim strLogFolder

strLogfolder = "E:\Archive\Logs\"

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If Not objFSO.FolderExists(strLogFolder) Then
Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder(strLogfolder)
end if

'Basically this script creates the folder "Logs" under E:\Archive if the folder does not
' already exist. If you want to look for a file chane objFSO.FolderExists to objFSO.FileExists.

I hope this helps and if you have any questions feel free to drop me a private message.