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SQLBackupAndFTP: the SQL Backup master

SQLBackupAndFTPEveryone knows that the most important task that any DBA has to be able to do is to take safe and reliable database backups.
 Large organizations or companies usually have a team of Database Administrators (DBAs) which execute these tasks and keep their data safe and easily accessible.

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Sql Server Remote Backup

Please see the more recent and detailed article:

Remote SQL Server backups explained or

How to backup remote SQL Server database using SQLBackupAndFTP

Original article:

In this article, we will talk about the remote backups option which is provided as a Beta feature in SQLBackupAndFTP. Continue reading this article to find out more details. Continue reading Sql Server Remote Backup

Configure SQLBackupAndFTP NLog

Configure SQLBackupAndFTP NLog
If you encounter a situation in which you run a job to backup your database to Dropbox for example or to another storage service you get an error saying: SBFDS5006″: Dropbox exception > Failed to upload file”; “Status: 0. Description: The operation was cancelled
Although the application might try multiple times to run this job, but without success.

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Set Amazon S3 access policy to minimum permission

Amazon S3 access policy to minimum permission
Most admins will prefer to create, due to security reasons, accounts for any system with minimum privilieges.
So, now you might wonder how to create a user for Amazon S3 service that has minimum permissions in order to backup databases with SQLBackupAndFTP in a certain bucket and folder? It’s quite easy…

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Set TraceLog attribute of Google Drive destination to TRUE value

Set TraceLog attribute of Google Drive destination to TRUE value
When using SQLBackupAndFTP with Google Drive as your cloud storage for your backup files, you might encounter an error that reports “Invalid credentials”. 
Read the below article in order to find out what to do in order to quickly solve this.
 

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Advanced SBF Service log configuration

If you have been using SQLBackupAndFTP with the advanced options to schedule the automatic creation of your backups, there is a possibility that during the backup operation someone manually stops the process.

In the event that such a thing happens, there is a chance that trying to re-run the operation through a schedule you are going to encounter a problem with the schedule not being initiated.

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