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ksr39
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Posted - 2012-02-01 : 13:08:48
Hi Experts,

Is this possible to take a full backup on a log shipping database in SQL Server 2008R2.
I heard that we can take a full backup on log shipping database in Sql Server 2008.Please conform me whether we can take a full backup or not.

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tkizer
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Posted - 2012-02-01 : 13:13:55
Yes you can. The only issue is with transaction log backups. All tlog backups taken on the primary server must be applied to the secondary server. You can't miss a single one.

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ksr39
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Posted - 2012-02-01 : 13:32:30
Hi Kizer,
Thank you for the information. Do we need to restore all the transaction log backups which are taken after full backup or all the tlogs which are taken from first.
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tkizer
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Posted - 2012-02-01 : 14:16:53
I'm a little confused by your question. Do you already have log shipping setup or are you asking how to set it up?

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ksr39
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Posted - 2012-02-01 : 20:49:17
Sorry for the delay Kizer,

We already have a log shipping setup. On that database if we take a Full Bcakup, will the log shipping breaks or not in sql server 2008R2. As i need to take a emergency full backup of that database which is under log shipping.
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tkizer
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Posted - 2012-02-01 : 21:32:52
I already said you can take full backups without impacting log shipping. Full backups have no effect on log shipping. Transaction log backups do.

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ksr39
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Posted - 2012-02-01 : 22:48:45
Oh Ok Thank you very much for this valuable information Kizer.
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tkizer
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Posted - 2012-02-01 : 23:35:38
You're welcome, glad to help.

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