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I realise there is a command:
BACKUP DATABASE [DB Name] TO DISK [PATH]
Is it possible to backup to a remote location? – E.G. the web server rather than the database server?
Yes. Exactly the same syntax as the normal backup command, but replace the path as appropriate, eg:
There’s an example on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms179313.aspx that shows this.
You will need to make sure that the SQL server account is able to write files to the named path.