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Non yielding scheduler dump during SQLBackup backup
Hi, We are running on SQL2005 SP2 build 3282 and SQLBackup 5.4 and had a non yielding scheduler dump with a Stack Signature for the dump of 0x00000337 last night. We had the same error 2 months ago...
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De-activating SQLBackup
Hi, I am about to de-activate an SQLBackup licence so I can move it to another server. As I haven't seen any instructions about this action I wanted to know if I de-activate do I then need to unins...
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SB-3421 progress
This is to keep the SB-3421 issue on the forum so I will know when to expect it to be fixed. Chris
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SQLBackup 5.4 Verify problem still exists with SQL2000
Hi, I am starting to upgrade from 5.3 to 5.4 on my servers. One of the issues that was fixed in 5.4 was with a job that has VERIFY it would not always show the verify in the History and that the jo...
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Wait Type of MSQL_XP
Hi, I raised a question about wait type MSQL_XP in the Summer and was told it was fixed in 5.4. We currently have a unique situation where a backup is taking a very long time because of slow disk t...
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SQLBackup and Compressed SQL2008 Databases
Hi, I understand that SQLBackup 5.3 works with SQL2008 and 5.4 is needed if you are running on Windows 2008 Server. Hopefully 5.4 will be released soon. SQL2008 includes the ability to compress the...
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SQL Backup supporting SQL2008 on Windows 2003
Hi, I just used the brand new SQL2008 Upgrade Advisor on an SQL2005 SP2 build 3239 SQL Server running on Windows 2003 SP2 and it flagged the SQL Backup extended stored procedures as extended stored...
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Wait Type MSQL_XP on a log backup job
Hi, Running 5.3.0.178 on SQL2005 build 3239 I have a job that is stuck with a waittype of MSQL_XP. I understand this means waiting on an extended stored procedure, in this case sqlbackup. All the o...
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Next Version of SQL backup
Hi, With SQL2008 now at RC0 level is the next version of SQL Backup going to be 5.4 and support all versions of MS SQL or will it be 6.0 to support SQL2008 and beyond? I am just trying to get an id...
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SQLBackup 5 using the COPY_ONLY option
Hi, SQL2005 intriduced the with COPY_ONLY option. I can see that SQLBackup 5.3 has COPY_ONLY as a parameter but there is no actual description in Help. Is the SQLBackup COPY_ONLY option making what...
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