I’ve been too lax with performing DB backups on our internal servers.
Is there a simple command line program that I can use to backup certain databases in SQL Server 2005? Or is there a simple VBScript?
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I’ve been too lax with performing DB backups on our internal servers.
Is there a simple command line program that I can use to backup certain databases in SQL Server 2005? Or is there a simple VBScript?
To backup a single database from the command line, use osql or sqlcmd.
You’ll also want to read the documentation on BACKUP and RESTORE and general procedures.