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CanadaDBA
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 Posted - 2008-07-08 : 09:53:20
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| How can I change the default backup folder in a SQL 2005?Canada DBA |
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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
7174 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-08 : 10:35:59
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| Are you talking about while creating maintenance plan for Backup? |
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CanadaDBA
583 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-08 : 10:54:46
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| I think at the time of installation it is set to D:\somewhere and I want to change it to somewhere else. The problem is that when I want to backup manually, get an error that D:\somewhere does not exists and then I have to enter the new path.Canada DBA |
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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
7174 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-08 : 11:33:44
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Originally posted by CanadaDBA
I think at the time of installation it is set to D:\somewhere and I want to change it to somewhere else. The problem is that when I want to backup manually, get an error that D:\somewhere does not exists and then I have to enter the new path.Canada DBA
How did you backup? |
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maninder
Posting Yak Master
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Posted - 2008-07-08 : 15:15:05
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| You can create a BACKUP DEVICe with appropriate path and BAckup to the DEVICE.ManinderSQL server Architect / Admin (DEV&PROD) |
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rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
7266 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-09 : 23:02:34
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| >> How can I change the default backup folder in a SQL 2005?In registry. |
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Backup default folder