Comments on: Creating a Sequence of Transaction Log Backups http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/creating-a-sequence-of-transaction-log-backups/ Wed, 22 May 2013 02:14:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: mistermac http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/creating-a-sequence-of-transaction-log-backups/#comment-49928 mistermac Thu, 20 May 2004 23:23:41 +0000 #comment-49928 I still think Maint Plans are a pretty good, quick and dirty method with some (not all) flexibility. After all, the wizard simply generates a scheduled job like this:

EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_sqlmaint N’-PlanName MyUserDBMaintPlan -Rpt “..someLocalLogPathDBMP–UserDBs_LogBackup.txt” -DelTxtRpt 1WEEKS -WriteHistory -VrfyBackup -BkUpMedia DISK -BkUpLog “F:SQLBACKUP” -DelBkUps 4DAYS -CrBkSubDir -BkExt “TRN”‘

… which creates log dumps that look like this:
…
MyDB_tlog_200405201700.TRN
MyDB_tlog_200405201800.TRN
…

However, if you need more flexibility in the naming of the dump file (or other criteria), I’d suggest creating a single proc that’s scheduled every hour to do the backups. If it’s the first log dump of the day (based on a datediff check with getdate() or perhaps based on a query of the last full backup time), init the backup file; otherwise, append.

Good luck…

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