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 What is triggering my backups?

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NewHampshire
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14 Posts

Posted - 2008-12-31 : 15:14:40
I just inherited a SQL Server 2000 server. Many of the dbs on it have not been backed up in three weeks. I cannot find any jobs that would be automating the backups. I have found a couple of OS CmdExec .bat files being executed, which if i recall correctly from v 7.0, could be used to automate backups.

How can I figure out how the old backups were created, so that I can figure out why they no longer are?

Thanks.

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2008-12-31 : 15:22:59
If the jobs or processes aren't in place to backup your databases, then there isn't a way to figure out how it was done in the past.

You can use my script to automate your backups: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/archive/2008/08/19/Backup-SQL-Server-Databases.aspx

Here's how I setup all of my production environments: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/archive/2008/06/30/SQL-Server-jobs-on-production-instances.aspx

Tara Kizer
Microsoft MVP for Windows Server System - SQL Server
http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/

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NewHampshire
Starting Member

14 Posts

Posted - 2008-12-31 : 15:46:57
Thank you.
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