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calvis
Joined: 08 Jul 2012
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 Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 3:39 am Post subject: Adding Notes to Backups |
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How do we add notes to our backups so we can be more informative on why a particular backup was made?
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petey
Joined: 24 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 2:34 am Post subject: |
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You can do this using the DESCRIPTION option e.g.
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| EXEC master..sqlbackup '-sql "BACKUP DATABASE AdventureWorks TO DISK = [e:\backups\AdventureWorks.sqb] WITH DESCRIPTION = [Backup prior to applying patch #001]"' |
To view the description, use the RESTORE HEADERONLY command e.g.
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| EXEC master..sqlbackup '-sql "RESTORE HEADERONLY FROM DISK = [e:\backups\AdventureWorks.sqb]"' |
DESCRIPTION accepts up to 255 characters, and the value is also stored in the SQL Server backup history tables. E.g.
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SELECT a.description
FROM msdb..backupset a
INNER JOIN msdb..backupmediafamily b ON a.media_set_id = b.media_set_id
WHERE b.physical_device_name = 'e:\backups\AdventureWorks.sqb'
AND b.device_type = 7
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