hi,
i can seem to back these 2 files up on a server, i know i need the agent which is installed. i currently backup .mdf + .ldf files from another server with the same backup exec but cant seem to get these to work, i keep getting the files have been skipped.
any ideas?
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hi leew,
thanks for your reply, we do have the sql agent installed and backup other .mdf + .ldf files which are autodesk files on a different server, the 2 files im trying to backup are only used as a test system on another server but it skips these files. could this be a login problem? it will copy the subfolder then finishes.
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by: leewPosted on 2008-09-18 at 01:52:31ID: 22508886
These are SQL Server Databases - I'm fairly certain you will need to use the appropriate SQL Server agent to properly back them up. Otherwise, you have two other options:
1. If the database can be taken offline while the backup runs, you can set a pre-backup script to stop the SQL services - this will free the files for backup. Then set a post backup script to restart them.
2. If the datbases can be taken offline for a short period of time, create a SEPARATE backup that JUST backs up those files (and exclude them from the previous job). Then script it as above - only the total down time will be much shorter as the backup job is ONLY backing up the databases and that should run pretty quick (few minutes for a GB or two in Database size).
3. Configure SQL to create backups itself to a backup file. Then when your regular backups run, this backup file is also backed up.
Ok, so that's three options - but one and two are similar.