SQLBackupAndFTP v11 – What’s New?

Have you seen our brand-new version 11 of SQLBackupAndFTP?  If yes, then you have also noticed that its looks and feels very different from its predecessor (compare features in the new & old versions). That’s right – this release is built from scratch based on our eight-year experience creating SQL Server backup software and close to 1,000,000 installations of the previous versions.

If you have used the old version, this post will help you to quickly grasp the main points that make the new version better. If you are new to SQLBackupAndFTP, you can read this as a quick introduction. More…

How Tos – SQLBackupAndFTP

Licensing

Database Backups

Backup Storages

Database-related settings

Security & Reliability

Errors

Where Do People Prefer Keeping Their SQL Backups?

Have you been asking yourself what kind of storage is the most appropriate for keeping your database backup? While there is no 100% perfect answer, in this blog post we are going to share with you some statistics that may help you in this matter. More…

A nonrecoverable I/O error occurred on file

Making scheduled SQL Server database backups you can receive the following error message:

DETAILED LOG: 
10/10/2016 11:32:40 Creating backup of Adventureworks to C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup (full) 
10/10/2016 11:32:40 ERROR: A nonrecoverable I/O error occurred on file "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\Adventureworks201610101132.bak:" 112(failed to retrieve text for this error. Reason: 15105). 
BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally.

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Access denied for user “Server\User”

Making scheduled SQL Server database backups with the help of SQLBackupAndFTP you can face some issues. Here we are going to discuss one of them. Let’s assume you created a scheduled database backup job and made all necessary settings, even clicked the “Run Now” button to check the backup job and everything works perfectly. But when a time comes to make a backup according to the schedule you receive the following error message:   More…

BACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current database backup

Working with SQL Server you face a  lot of different error messages. Some of them can be solved in a minute, others required more time. In this blog post, we are going to talk about error messages like “BACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current database backup.” Here is a full error message:

Msg 4214, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
BACKUP LOG cannot be performed because there is no current database backup.
Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
BACKUP LOG is terminating abnormally.

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