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Backups

  • 12-01-2015 3:37pm
    #1
    Firblog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭


    Hi anyone recommend backup software to run on Server 2003, to backup SQL database to ext hdd?

    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    ObeyTheSuit
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭ObeyTheSuit


    Why not just use SQL to run scheduled backups?


  • #3
    uch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,012 ✭✭✭uch


    You just need to send the backup to the UNC path of the \\Drive\folder

    21/25



  • #4
    Firblog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭Firblog


    Need to backup a program that uses SQL database to manage client data, but which also creates other files, also users create various documents everyday, would like to use a single program to back all this up.


  • #5
    ObeyTheSuit
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭ObeyTheSuit


    Just use the in-built backup utility (ntbackup) for the files and the SQL backup for the DB.

    Or you can just go buy Veeam or something if you are determined to use a 3rd part utility.


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    One Server 2003 server , just use Ntbackup
    it can backup to a file and you can copy the file to a different server if you don't like tapes

    use a scheduled Ntbackup job to backup the database dumps and logs from the SQL scheduled jobs , turn off circular transaction logs unless you have a good reason not to
    you can do full at weekends and differential during the week or whatever
    it depends on how far you need to roll back and how long it takes to backup ,

    do full backup system drive and system state , weekly or nightly and differential daily so you have something to restore to
    stop the sql services and then start them again after the backup



    disaster recovery #1 - YMMV
    you can install 2003 on a new machine patch up to date and restore from ntbackup over the top , say Y to overwrite all files then restore the data backups , then import the dumps into SQL or whatever you normally do

    disaster recovery #2 - YMMV
    https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx
    save file as .vhd and play it back as a virtual machine


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