Hi All,

i want backup my SQL server (2005) but i do not have SQL agnet for backup
can i use follow script to copy whole database file and backup this file
with NTBackup? can it's backup be restore and work fine? pls advise.

net stop "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
xcopy /e /f "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1" "C:\Backup\BIZ"
/Y
net start "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"

thanks,
William

yes this should work.


William Cheung wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> i want backup my SQL server (2005) but i do not have SQL agnet for backup
> can i use follow script to copy whole database file and backup this file
> with NTBackup? can it's backup be restore and work fine? pls advise.
>
> net stop "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
> xcopy /e /f "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1" "C:\Backup\BIZ"
> /Y
> net start "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
>
> thanks,
> William
>
>

Why don't you have SQL Agent? (Your other post indicated you had SQL 2005
Standard Edition (which includes SQL Agent.)

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Westwood Consulting, Inc

Most good judgment comes from experience.
Most experience comes from bad judgment.
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top yourself.
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"William Cheung" <chun_hei@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> i want backup my SQL server (2005) but i do not have SQL agnet for backup
> can i use follow script to copy whole database file and backup this file
> with NTBackup? can it's backup be restore and work fine? pls advise.
>
> net stop "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
> xcopy /e /f "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1"
> "C:\Backup\BIZ" /Y
> net start "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
>
> thanks,
> William
>

Why don't you have SQL Agent? (Your other post indicated you had SQL 2005
Standard Edition (which includes SQL Agent.)

--
Arnie Rowland, Ph.D.
Westwood Consulting, Inc

Most good judgment comes from experience.
Most experience comes from bad judgment.
- Anonymous

You can't someone get up a hill without getting a little closer to the
top yourself.
- H. Norman Schwarzkopf


"William Cheung" <chun_hei@msn.com> wrote in message
news:%23azj7ViAHHA.4844@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Hi All,
>
> i want backup my SQL server (2005) but i do not have SQL agnet for backup
> can i use follow script to copy whole database file and backup this file
> with NTBackup? can it's backup be restore and work fine? pls advise.
>
> net stop "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
> xcopy /e /f "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1"
> "C:\Backup\BIZ" /Y
> net start "SQL Server (MSSMLBIZ)"
>
> thanks,
> William
>

Arnie Rowland wrote:
> Why don't you have SQL Agent? (Your other post indicated you had SQL 2005
> Standard Edition (which includes SQL Agent.)
>

I think that he means that he hasn't got the backup SW's SQL agent - not
the SQL Server Agent.


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Regards
Steen Schlüter Persson
Database Administrator / System Administrator