Backup transaction log stored procedure - new version
EDIT: Please see my new version of the isp_Backup stored procedure.
Here's the new version for the backup transaction log stored procedure:
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-- OBJECT NAME : isp_Backup_TLog
--
-- AUTHOR : Tara Duggan
-- DATE : May 12, 2004
--
-- INPUTS : @Path - location of the backups
-- @Retention - number of days to retain transaction log backups
-- OUTPUTS : None
-- DEPENDENCIES : None
--
-- DESCRIPTION : This stored procedure performs a transaction log backup on the non-log
-- shipped user databases that do not have SIMPLE set as the recovery model.
--
-- EXAMPLES (optional) : EXEC isp_Backup_TLog @Path = 'C:\MSSQL\Backup\', @Retention = 5
--
-- MODIFICATION HISTORY :
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--
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CREATE PROC isp_Backup_TLog
(@Path VARCHAR(100), @Retention INT = 2)
AS
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @Now CHAR(14) -- current date in the form of yyyymmddhhmmss
DECLARE @DBName SYSNAME -- stores the database name that is currently being processed
DECLARE @cmd SYSNAME -- stores the dynamically created DOS command
DECLARE @Result INT -- stores the result of the dir DOS command
DECLARE @RowCnt INT -- stores @@ROWCOUNT
DECLARE @disk VARCHAR(200) -- stores the path and file name of the TRN file
CREATE TABLE #WhichDatabase
(
dbName SYSNAME NOT NULL
)
-- Get the list of the databases to be backed up
INSERT INTO #WhichDatabase (dbName)
SELECT [name]
FROM master.dbo.sysdatabases
WHERE [name] NOT IN ('master', 'model', 'msdb', 'tempdb') AND
[name] NOT IN (SELECT database_name FROM msdb.dbo.log_shipping_databases) AND
DATABASEPROPERTYEX([name], 'Recovery') <> 'SIMPLE'
ORDER BY name
-- Get the database to be backed up
SELECT TOP 1 @DBName = dbName
FROM #WhichDatabase
SET @RowCnt = @@ROWCOUNT
-- Iterate throught the temp table until no more databases need to be backed up
WHILE @RowCnt <> 0
BEGIN
-- Get the current date using style 120, remove all dashes, spaces, and colons
SELECT @Now = REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(CONVERT(VARCHAR(50), GETDATE(), 120), '-', ''), ' ', ''), ':', '')
-- Build the .BAK path and file name
SELECT @disk = @Path + @DBName + '\' + @DBName + '_' + @Now + '.TRN'
-- Build the dir command that will check to see if the directory exists
SELECT @cmd = 'dir ' + @Path + @DBName
-- Run the dir command, put output of xp_cmdshell into @result
EXEC @result = master.dbo.xp_cmdshell @cmd
-- If the directory does not exist, we must create it
IF @result <> 0
BEGIN
-- Build the mkdir command
SELECT @cmd = 'mkdir ' + @Path + @DBName
-- Create the directory
EXEC master.dbo.xp_cmdshell @cmd, NO_OUTPUT
END
-- The directory exists, so let's delete files older than two days
ELSE
BEGIN
-- Stores the name of the file to be deleted
DECLARE @WhichFile VARCHAR(1000)
CREATE TABLE #DeleteOldFiles
(
DirInfo VARCHAR(7000)
)
-- Build the command that will list out all of the files in a directory
SELECT @cmd = 'dir ' + @Path + @DBName + ' /OD'
-- Run the dir command and put the results into a temp table
INSERT INTO #DeleteOldFiles
EXEC master.dbo.xp_cmdshell @cmd
-- Delete all rows from the temp table except the ones that correspond to the files to be deleted
DELETE
FROM #DeleteOldFiles
WHERE ISDATE(SUBSTRING(DirInfo, 1, 10)) = 0 OR DirInfo LIKE '%
-- Get the file name portion of the row that corresponds to the file to be deleted
SELECT TOP 1 @WhichFile = SUBSTRING(DirInfo, LEN(DirInfo) - PATINDEX('% %', REVERSE(DirInfo)) + 2, LEN(DirInfo))
FROM #DeleteOldFiles
SET @RowCnt = @@ROWCOUNT
-- Interate through the temp table until there are no more files to delete
WHILE @RowCnt <> 0
BEGIN
-- Build the del command
SELECT @cmd = 'del ' + @Path + + @DBName + '\' + @WhichFile + ' /Q /F'
-- Delete the file
EXEC master.dbo.xp_cmdshell @cmd, NO_OUTPUT
-- To move to the next file, the current file name needs to be deleted from the temp table
DELETE
FROM #DeleteOldFiles
WHERE SUBSTRING(DirInfo, LEN(DirInfo) - PATINDEX('% %', REVERSE(DirInfo)) + 2, LEN(DirInfo)) = @WhichFile
-- Get the file name portion of the row that corresponds to the file to be deleted
SELECT TOP 1 @WhichFile = SUBSTRING(DirInfo, LEN(DirInfo) - PATINDEX('% %', REVERSE(DirInfo)) + 2, LEN(DirInfo))
FROM #DeleteOldFiles
SET @RowCnt = @@ROWCOUNT
END
DROP TABLE #DeleteOldFiles
END
-- Backup the transaction log
BACKUP LOG @DBName
TO DISK = @disk
WITH INIT
-- To move onto the next database, the current database name needs to be deleted from the temp table
DELETE
FROM #WhichDatabase
WHERE dbName = @DBName
-- Get the database to be backed up
SELECT TOP 1 @DBName = dbName
FROM #WhichDatabase
SET @RowCnt = @@ROWCOUNT
-- Let the system rest for 5 seconds before starting on the next backup
WAITFOR DELAY '00:00:05'
END
DROP TABLE #WhichDatabase
SET NOCOUNT OFF
RETURN 0
GO
Legacy Comments
aiken
2004-09-23 |
re: Backup transaction log stored procedure - new version Hey, given that there's so much duplication between the tx and full backup scripts in the retention area, wouldn't it make sense to break that out to a seperate SP? |
DavidM
2004-09-26 |
re: Backup transaction log stored procedure - new version I love these scripts Tara! Nice work. Straight in the vault they go. Aiken, I can see where you are coming from but having dependencies on admin scripts can be a pain. I like the fact that each is fully contained and can work "solo". |
NetDeveloper
2005-08-05 |
re: Backup transaction log stored procedure - new version I was trying to run the above-mentioned TSQL in the Northwind Database However I was recieved the following error message: Invalid object name 'msdb.dbo.log_shipping_databases'. Would you let know how can i fix this progress? |
Tara
2005-08-05 |
re: Backup transaction log stored procedure - new version These stored procedures were developed with Enterprise Edition for SQL Server 2000. Since these log shipping tables do not exist in certain other versions, you'll need to remove that part from the query. |
wildmist
2005-08-23 |
re: Backup transaction log stored procedure - new version Thanks for publishing this. Some nice alternatives to the ones I am using now. |
Matthew Martin
2005-09-12 |
re: Backup transaction log stored procedure - new version Thanks for posting the great scripts. I got a weird error when using the script when there was a read only database on the server. Since the readonly dbs are changing anyhow, I added the following: AND DATABASEPROPERTYEX([name],'Updateability')<> 'READ_ONLY' to the query below. Which prevented the weird error. SELECT [name] FROM master.dbo.sysdatabases WHERE [name] NOT IN ('master', 'model', 'msdb', 'tempdb') AND [name] NOT IN (SELECT database_name FROM msdb.dbo.log_shipping_databases) AND DATABASEPROPERTYEX([name], 'Recovery') <> 'SIMPLE' ORDER BY name |
Dursaliye Yıldız
2005-11-19 |
re: Backup transaction log stored procedure - new version there is mistake in the second sp. SET @command1 = '"' + @path + 'FBZip.exe" -a ' + @path + @fileName2 + ' ' + @fileName should be as SET @command1 = '"' + @path + 'FBZip.exe" -a ' + @path + @fileName2 + ' ' + @path + @fileName |