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 DB Backup Job does not complete

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iatola007
Starting Member

3 Posts

Posted - 2004-07-29 : 12:01:03
I have 3 maintenance plans. The back up jobs ran fine for a few days but last night the first job scheduled to run completed but did not update in the job screen. That is it still shows executing and I dod not get the e-mail notification showing the job completed. The server log shows it completed but the job screen still shows executing. Since this is the case, it sounds like it is either a verification problem or a mail problem since I have verify backup on completion and e-mail when complete set up. Any suggestions???

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2004-07-29 : 12:13:58
Have you tried restarting the SQLSERVERAGENT service?

An alternative to the maintenance plans:

http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/archive/2004/07/02/1705.aspx

Tara
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Kristen
Test

22859 Posts

Posted - 2004-07-29 : 12:36:53
Enterprise Manager
Right click Maintenance Plans and choose History
If loads and loads of entries change the Status dropdown to "Failed"
Double click the failure ones and see if the error message mean anything useful

Kristen
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derrickleggett
Pointy Haired Yak DBA

4184 Posts

Posted - 2004-07-29 : 14:37:13
Which it seldom does. :)

MeanOldDBA
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When life gives you a lemon, fire the DBA.
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Kristen
Test

22859 Posts

Posted - 2004-07-29 : 14:53:38
iatola007, what derrickleggett means is that he's desperate for you to post the error message here and challenge him to answer it 'coz hes having a slow day. Honestly ...

Kristen
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iatola007
Starting Member

3 Posts

Posted - 2004-07-29 : 16:01:48
That is part of the problem. There is no error message. If I look in the log, it states that they backed up. If I look in the job history, it does not show the job went through, there is no entry that the job even ran on that date. I tried stopping the Agent and it worked one time but then it happened again. I wish I could give you more info. Really I do! Usually I can do a search from the error message and come up the a cuase but there isn't one.
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2004-07-29 : 16:06:04
That's exactly why the maintenance plan wizards shouldn't be used!

Tara
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derrickleggett
Pointy Haired Yak DBA

4184 Posts

Posted - 2004-07-29 : 19:11:31
Told you Kristen. :) The stupid maintenance plans are a piece of crap. Go into the jobs that the maintenance plans created and choose the option to have them output to a file. This will output the results of everything to a text file. See if that give you any more information when they fail. You should look at Tara's scripts at http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad

MeanOldDBA
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Kristen
Test

22859 Posts

Posted - 2004-07-30 : 01:33:01
Darn, you know more about the maintenance plans than I do - isn't the REPORTING stuff on by default? With a bit of luck iatola007 will have existing files to cut&paste from.

Kristen
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iatola007
Starting Member

3 Posts

Posted - 2004-08-02 : 10:21:40
Thanks for the suggestions. I actually had a patch to install over the weekend and since the re-boot, everyhtin has been working okay. I am going to look into running the scripts rather than the maintanence plans.
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