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Enable transaction log backup for SQL db in Backup Exec
I run Backup Exec 12.5 and both my daily and weekly backups are failing on all of the SQL Servers with the following error message, "The transaction log for database 'mydbname' is full". After doing some digging around, it seems that the regular Backup Exec backups do not backup the transaction log on the DB. It instructs you to run a seperate backup job after the normal backup that will backup the transaction log for the DB. However, I don't know how to configure this in Backup Exec.
Enable transaction log backup for SQL db in Backup Exec
Enable transaction log backup for SQL db in Backup Exec
http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2006/12/30/sql-server-shrinking-truncate-log-file-log-full/
Following code always shrinks the Truncated Log File to minimum size possible.
USE DatabaseName
GO
DBCC SHRINKFILE(<TransactionLog
BACKUP LOG <DatabaseName> WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY
DBCC SHRINKFILE(<TransactionLog
GO
Reference : Pinal Dave (http://www.SQLAuthority.com),
Following code always shrinks the Truncated Log File to minimum size possible.
USE DatabaseName
GO
DBCC SHRINKFILE(<TransactionLog
BACKUP LOG <DatabaseName> WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY
DBCC SHRINKFILE(<TransactionLog
GO
Reference : Pinal Dave (http://www.SQLAuthority.com),
I would suggest looking at policies within BE12.5; that way you can create a single policy (SQL Full, SQL Diff, SQL Log) and just create a new job from policy.
Simples.
Simples.
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Very helpful answer with the picture included. Exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks.
Thanks.
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/300158.htm
To back up SQL transaction logs
On the navigation bar, click the arrow next to Backup.
Click New Backup Job.
On the Properties pane, under Source, click Selections, and then select the data you want to back up.
To select SQL data, click the domain name icon or icons that contain the SQL installations, and then click the actual Windows computer icon that contains the SQL installation. If you are using a cluster server, make backup selections from the virtual server.
A list of shared network directories appears, along with an icon that represents the SQL installation.
To select SQL backup job properties, on the Properties pane, under Settings, click Microsoft SQL.
After selecting job options, start the backup job or select other backup options from the Properties pane, and then start the backup job.