April 23, 2008 at 9:33 am
Hi all,
Can you guys help me in changing the backup path of a database to another drive, the backup is schedule with a ssis package. I dont know how to change the path in the ssis package.
And another thing is that after the backup is changed to the other drive , i need to create a job which deletes the bak file older than one day. so that i can have only 1 backup file in the drive.
Thanks
April 23, 2008 at 11:03 am
Hi Alif,
Can you try the below steps on SSIS package on Control Flow task.
To Change Path
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Right click On Backup database Task-->Edit-->On "Backup databases across one or more files"-->select and remove the existing path and ADD your new path.
Example:
E:\Backup\ABC.bak (Remove this)
F:\Backup\DEF.bak (Add this)
To clean backup history
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Add the Maintenance cleanup Task
Right click On it-->Edit-->SELECT "Search folder and delete files based on an extension" Radio button --> specify the Cleanup Path
Specify the "File Extension" like bak
On File Age
SELECT "Delete files based on the age of the file at task run time"
Specify the file age needs to be deleted "Delete files older than te following"
Have a great day...
warmest
Jay.
Thanks
Jay
http://www.sqldbops.com
April 23, 2008 at 11:19 am
thanks for your reply,
I did in that way, but the problem again is there are 4 drives, but when i am adding the new path its showing only 2 drives and the other 2 are not shown. Do you know what is the problem i am facing.
April 23, 2008 at 11:26 am
In my server i could see all the available drives.
If your SQL instance in cluster environment, then you can do only for the specified drive resources in the cluster administrator, if the drives not added in the SQL cluster group, you've to add them.
If not the above scenario, you've to check with your IT Team guys.
Have a great day...
Jay.
Thanks
Jay
http://www.sqldbops.com
April 24, 2008 at 4:38 am
May 17, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Nicole,
Even though the drive is not listed, you can use a UNC path to backup to. Even if you receive a path error, you can use the default share for the drive or create a folder and share it on the drive that you are attempting to backup to.
If no share: \\SystemName\DriveLetter$ (example: \\Server1\F$ )
If share created: \\SystemName\Share
Just beware though, that the Log On As account used to run the SQL instance must have access to the path in order for the backups to be successful.
Hope this helps!
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