Just downloaded SQL Backup yesterday, installed it.
Everything looked great, SQL Backup could access all database.
So, I set up a schedule task to do full backup at night.

This morning, I checked it, found that SQL Backup failed to do the backup.
So, I tried backing up manually from SQL Backup MMC, and here's an error that I got:

backup_error.jpg

It seems like SQLBackup doesn't recognize our database instance, but if it doesn't, how come I could see all my database from SQL Backup MMC?
:?:
Any ideas?
daniel_c
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  • petey
    One situation where the login may fail is if you are using Windows 2000, and the SQL Server instance name is identical to that of your machine name or cluster's virtual server name.

    Is your setup similar to this?
    petey
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  • daniel_c
    petey wrote:
    One situation where the login may fail is if you are using Windows 2000, and the SQL Server instance name is identical to that of your machine name or cluster's virtual server name. This is addressed in

    Is your setup similar to this?

    Yes. Any solutions for this?
    daniel_c
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  • petey
    Pls contact support for a patch to version 4.2 for this. Version 4.5 will contain the fix.
    petey
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  • daniel_c
    I got the patch for 4.2, but even after I applied it, I still got the same error message. Any more ideas?

    My environment:
    Windows 2000 Server
    SQL Server 2000
    daniel_c
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  • petey
    Could you pls use the command line interface and post the entire output (if it doesn't backup) e.g.

    sqlbackupc -sql "BACKUP DATABASE pubs TO DISK = 'c:\pubs.sqb' WITH INIT"

    If using a named instance:

    sqlbackupc -sql "BACKUP DATABASE pubs TO DISK = 'c:\pubs.sqb' WITH INIT" -I <instance name>

    Thanks.
    petey
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  • daniel_c
    Yes, and here is the snapshot of the error
    error2.jpg
    daniel_c
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  • petey
    What is the name of the SQL Server instance, and the name of the server? Is this SQL Server instance running as a cluster resource? Thanks.
    petey
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  • daniel_c
    The SQL Server Instance Name: ERESDEV02
    The Server Name: (LOCAL)


    Not a cluster resource, it is just one server (Win2K server) with SQL Server 2000 installed in it.
    daniel_c
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  • petey
    You mean the host name of the server is actually (LOCAL) ?
    petey
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  • daniel_c
    I must be sleepy when I typed it.
    I meant:
    The SQL Server Instance Name: (LOCAL)
    The Server Name: ERESDEV02
    daniel_c
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  • petey
    The problem was finally traced to a setting in the Client Network Settings, where an alias was created for the local server, on the server itself.
    petey
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