Backing up to a remote machine.

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February 10th, 2004, 09:24 PM

PFunk

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Backing up to a remote machine.

I have been searching for a very long time for an effective way to replicate mysqldump on SQL Server.

My particular problem is this - I have databases on 3rd party database servers that I don't have access to the hard drive for.
Therefore I can't use 'All tasks>Backup database'.

Is there a way to do this in SQL? In particular I'm looking for a way to create this backup using a script in ASP. (I am just looking for the SQL, not the ASP script).

February 12th, 2004, 09:31 AM

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If you can access the database through Query Analyzer, wouldn't it be possible to backup the database to your computer with the following command?

USE MASTER
GO
BACKUP DATABASE <DATABASENAME>
TO DISK = '\\ComputerName\Drive\Directory\BackupName.BAK
GO

Just a thought...

February 12th, 2004, 03:43 PM

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As far as I know, that won't work without access to the machine the server sits on, or another machine on the network.

If there is a syntax for specifying the drive as being one that is local to Enterprise Manager rather than the database server then it will work.

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