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 backing up a db with a full-text catalogue

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pitmanfan
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Posted - 2007-06-25 : 06:52:47
i'm trying to backup a database with a full-text catalogue and keep getting the following error

Msg 7694, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Failed to pause catalog for backup. Backup was aborted.
Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally.

the account thats running the full text service and doing the backup has permission to the directory where the catalogue is stored.

any ideas?

thanks!!

spirit1
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Posted - 2007-06-25 : 06:57:05
your catalog seems to be in use while you're trying to back up your db. you have to stop using it for the duration of the backup

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pitmanfan
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Posted - 2007-06-25 : 07:16:49
in BOL, it says the service is temporarily suspended when a backup is started. i thought this would stop it being in use. i've also tried to stop the service and changing it to manual but it automatically starts again and the backup fails....
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spirit1
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Posted - 2007-06-25 : 08:01:45
do you have an open transaction that's using the full text while you're trying to do a backup?

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pitmanfan
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Posted - 2007-06-25 : 09:22:16
doesnt look like theres any open trans.

as a workaround i'm backing the database up with the file = <logical name> option and it seems to work.
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spirit1
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Posted - 2007-06-25 : 09:25:50
interesting...

how were you backing it up before?

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pitmanfan
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Posted - 2007-06-25 : 09:54:59
backup database <db_name> to disk = '<disk location>'

added in the file = <logical name> and it seems to work.

doing a restore filelistonly shows the fulltext catalogue has been backed up aswell.... :-/

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