Monday, March 19, 2012

Database dump size

Hi there. Running a Sql 2000 installation with latest service pack on
Windows 2000 server. My database dump to disk backup keeps increasing
by about 1 meg per day. The database itself is increasing by a small
percentage of that. In fact the dump is now about the same size as the
database. What's going on? Thanks.What kind of backup are you doing? If you don't use the INIT option the
current backup will append to the existing ones in the dump device.
Andrew J. Kelly
SQL Server MVP
"cscott" <christopher@.uncommonlaw.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there. Running a Sql 2000 installation with latest service pack on
> Windows 2000 server. My database dump to disk backup keeps increasing
> by about 1 meg per day. The database itself is increasing by a small
> percentage of that. In fact the dump is now about the same size as the
> database. What's going on? Thanks.|||Hi ,
To add on to Andrew post, Execute the below comand from query analyzer to
check if BACKUP is executed in append mode.
restore headeronly from disk='Directory\dbname.BAK'
If this list more than 1 entry (Check the postion column in output), means
you have taken the backup in Append mode. To remove he append mode add an
OPTION
INIT along with backup database command
BACKUP DATABASE dbname to disk='c:\dbname.bak' with INIT
Thanks
Hari
MCDBA
"Andrew J. Kelly" <sqlmvpnooospam@.shadhawk.com> wrote in message
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> What kind of backup are you doing? If you don't use the INIT option the
> current backup will append to the existing ones in the dump device.
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly
> SQL Server MVP
>
> "cscott" <christopher@.uncommonlaw.com> wrote in message
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>|||Used the maintenance plan wizard to set it up. It's a dump to disk.
There aren't many options to select really. It does seem like it's
appending the dump. Is there an option in Enterprise manager to disable
append or will I have to do it the hard way? Thanks.
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Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!|||Maint plan doesn't append. It creates a new backup device each time it perfo
rms a backup. Verify using RESTORE
HEADERONLY.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Christopher Scott" <christopher@.uncommonlaw.com> wrote in message
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>
> Used the maintenance plan wizard to set it up. It's a dump to disk.
> There aren't many options to select really. It does seem like it's
> appending the dump. Is there an option in Enterprise manager to disable
> append or will I have to do it the hard way? Thanks.
> *** Sent via Devdex http://www.devdex.com ***
> Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!

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