Backing up SQL with Batch - and Backup Name Prompt

Hello. I update our SQL QA server about four times a day and back it up
before every update. There are three DBs that I have to backup. Each
backup is given a specific name accoring to the 'Update Name and Number".
This take a lot of time to go through Enterprise Manager every time.
For one backup session the the backup names would be:
DDMMYY_QA_UpdateNumber_DB1.bak
DDMMYY_QA_UpdateNumber_DB2.bak
DDMMYY_QA_UpdateNember_DB3.bak
I know how to backup the DBs with a dos batch, but I have to then change all
the names which is still a pain.
If I could have a batch file that I click on and it prompts me for:
DDMMYY_QA_UpdateNumber and I could plug that in say: 092404_QA_Update283 and
hit enter, and it would produce:
092404_QA_Update283_DB1.bak
092404_QA_Update283_DB2.bak
092404_QA_Update283_DB3.bak
My life would change!
Is this possible? How could it be done?
Thanks in advance for any help!!!
Hi,
No need to write a batch program, Go with a small procedure which generates
the backup file names based on MMDDYYHHMinSS
See the below site for script and details:-
http://www.microsoft.com/india/msdn/articles/190.aspx
Note:
Change the script slightly to backup to local drives...
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"Tom" <none@.none.com> wrote in message
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> Hello. I update our SQL QA server about four times a day and back it up
> before every update. There are three DBs that I have to backup. Each
> backup is given a specific name accoring to the 'Update Name and Number".
> This take a lot of time to go through Enterprise Manager every time.
> For one backup session the the backup names would be:
> DDMMYY_QA_UpdateNumber_DB1.bak
> DDMMYY_QA_UpdateNumber_DB2.bak
> DDMMYY_QA_UpdateNember_DB3.bak
> I know how to backup the DBs with a dos batch, but I have to then change
> all
> the names which is still a pain.
> If I could have a batch file that I click on and it prompts me for:
> DDMMYY_QA_UpdateNumber and I could plug that in say: 092404_QA_Update283
> and
> hit enter, and it would produce:
> 092404_QA_Update283_DB1.bak
> 092404_QA_Update283_DB2.bak
> 092404_QA_Update283_DB3.bak
> My life would change!
> Is this possible? How could it be done?
> Thanks in advance for any help!!!
>

Backing up 2 databases..

Hi,
Is it ok to backup 2 databases in one file. Our vb.net app uses 2 databases (created on MSDE) and we want to prompt user to do backup during uninstallation but do not want to ask them twice (for each database). Then later on we want to be able to restor
e from the backup files too.
Any suggestions.
Thanks
hi,
"dev" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Hi,
> Is it ok to backup 2 databases in one file. Our vb.net app uses 2
databases (created on MSDE) and we want to prompt user to do backup during
uninstallation but do not want to ask them twice (for each database). Then
later on we want to be able to restore from the backup files too.
> Any suggestions.
> Thanks
each backup file can contain more than 1 single database backup set, even
from multiple databases...
you have to specify the syntax as
BACKUP DATABASE databasename
TO DISK = N'c:\..\phisical path.bck'
WITH INIT
for the very first backup, in order to insure it overwrites any existing
one, while you have to omit the WITH INIT clause for additional database
backup set you want to include in the same backup device..
in order to restore from it, you have to use the syntax as
RESTORE DATABASE databasename
FROM DISK = N'c:\..\phisical path.bck'
WITH FILE = n
where n is the backup set file position within the backup device...
you can see the whole content of your backup device executing
RESTORE HEADERONLY
FROM DISK = N'c:\..\phisical path.bck'
hth
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
http://www.asql.biz/DbaMgr.shtmhttp://italy.mvps.org
DbaMgr2k ver 0.7.0 - DbaMgr ver 0.53.0
(my vb6+sql-dmo little try to provide MS MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 a visual
interface)
-- remove DMO to reply
|||Thanks Andrea,
But is it regarded as good programming practise or not..
dev
|||There is nothing inherently "bad" with having several backups in one backup device.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
"dev" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Andrea,
> But is it regarded as good programming practise or not..
> dev

Avoiding the user login prompt for a reporting services report

Most of the stuff I have read on this is from 2004. I am wondering if
there is a easier fix to this problem.do you use NT authentication or basic authentication?
using NTLM the users can add the web site to the intranet list then the
current login/password will be used. (IE only) so there is no prompt for the
user.
basic authentication allways ask the user.
anonymous access... its anonymous, so no login but no security.
Enterprise edition of RS allow you to create your own authentication system
(like a form based authentication)
"Tim" <TimGoard@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Most of the stuff I have read on this is from 2004. I am wondering if
> there is a easier fix to this problem.
>|||Also, just in case you have a weird problem. I had a case where the issue
was that the server (it was a test server) was using DHCP (dynamic tcpip
address instead of fixed). When I went to a fixed IP address the probelm
went away. Obscure but thought I would mention it.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"Jéjé" <willgart@.BBBhotmailAAA.com> wrote in message
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> do you use NT authentication or basic authentication?
> using NTLM the users can add the web site to the intranet list then the
> current login/password will be used. (IE only) so there is no prompt for
> the user.
> basic authentication allways ask the user.
> anonymous access... its anonymous, so no login but no security.
> Enterprise edition of RS allow you to create your own authentication
> system (like a form based authentication)
> "Tim" <TimGoard@.gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1135719831.735427.54260@.f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> Most of the stuff I have read on this is from 2004. I am wondering if
>> there is a easier fix to this problem.
>|||I am new to web programming. I thought I needed to say that.
In my ASP.net app authentication is set to Windows. Is that the
authentication you are talking about? I set it to none and it stills
comes up with the login prompt.|||Could you open the following file:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting
Services\ReportServer\rsreportserver.config
Check the tag <UrlRoot> to see if your servername is entered correctly (e.g.
not set to localhost)
Hth,
Pieter
"Tim" <TimGoard@.gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I am new to web programming. I thought I needed to say that.
> In my ASP.net app authentication is set to Windows. Is that the
> authentication you are talking about? I set it to none and it stills
> comes up with the login prompt.
>|||The <UrlRoot> is entered correctly.
The authentication tag in this file is:
<Authentication>
<Extension Name="Windows"
Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.Authentication.WindowsAuthentication,
Microsoft.ReportingServices.Authorization"/>
</Authentication>
I still have no idea how to overcome the windows login prompt for
showing the report in my asp.net app.|||Does your url to your reporting server include your server's ip address? If
it does, you'll have to enter the address into the end users local Intranet
security site.
From the end users machine, open IE.
Click on Tools>Internet Options
Click on the Security Tab then Local Intranet
Click on Sites
Click on Advanced
Enter in the url of your reporting server and click add.
Save your changes and try to access the site.
HTH
"Tim" wrote:
> The <UrlRoot> is entered correctly.
> The authentication tag in this file is:
> <Authentication>
> <Extension Name="Windows"
> Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.Authentication.WindowsAuthentication,
> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Authorization"/>
> </Authentication>
> I still have no idea how to overcome the windows login prompt for
> showing the report in my asp.net app.
>|||Where are you running the report off from? Your local Machine? or some
other machine?

Avoid windows login prompt while accessing report server.

Hi,

We are using Microsoft Reporting Service 2005 to develop reports and we are accessing these reports through a J2EE application.
The front end is implemented using Tapestry and we using JBoss as our applicaiton server.
We are using Shared Data Sources for the reports and we set its data source type to SQL Server Analysis Services.
In the credential tab, by default "Use Windows authentication" is selected. All other options are disabled.

When I access my reportserver through my web application, I am always prompted for a windows login and password.
How can I avoid being shown the windows login prompt, since our web application will be used by several users and we do not want the users to type in a username/password everytime they want to access our reports.

Please suggest me solution for this scenario.

Thanks in advance!

Hi,

i think the core problem is, that you use windows integrated authentication. In this case the current login user on the client is used to authenticat the access to the database, if this user dont have access rights to the database, you get the login prompt.

Perhapse it is possible for you to set fixed credentials in the shared datasource?

Tibor Csizmadia

|||

How do I give the users access rights to the database? and there may be so many users invoking the reports through our web application.

As I mentioned in my earlier post when I create a new shared data source in my report project, in the Credentials tab "Use Windows Authentication (Integrated Security)" is selected by default. All other options are disabled so I cannot set any other credentials.

Why is it that I can select credential only as "Windows Authentication" is it because the data source type is selected as SQL Server Analysis Services?

Also one thing I forgot to mention is that we are using SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition

|||

Hi,

if you want to use the integrated security, i would create a security-group the the users who have access to the database. Then asign in the SQL-Server-Management Studio this security group to the database (Security/Logins, Add new User, choose the security-group from the AD, assign the Database to access throu this group).

I doent know why you can only use the windows Authentication for "Microsoft SQL-Server Analyse Services" in VS.NET, but if you define the share datasource in the reporting-managment website (http://localhost/Reports) you can set outher authentications...Perhaps MS have for this an explanation.

I hope this help you.

Tibor Csizmadia