is there not a different machine that has ssms is installed on where you can connect into the sql server from there

do you mean

'xp_cmdshell'

have a look on books on line or type into google, I think this might be what you are looking !

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do you mean transactions that have not been commited or rolled back if that is the case have you tried the

select @@trancount

function to check what is outstanding

Backup database 'dbname' to disk = 'C:\pathname'

is the basic why but I would look on BOL for the extras like the different type of backups, adding backup devices