Managing backup files using SQL Agent

My client has about 3 servers with several databases on each. These databases
are backed up to disk using maintenance plans. This client wants to copy SQL
backup files on the disks of these servers to an additional server with a
tape drive to do consolidated backup to tape.
Is the best way to copy backup files already on disk to a network share to
use a DOS copy command through SQL Agent?
If so, is it best to run SQL Agent using a domain account with substantial
rights to ensure that SQL agent has appropriate file permissions both locally
and on network paths? When SQL agent runs under the local system account,
file copy operations fail with "Access denied" messages.
Does anyone have suggestions on how to do this task?
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Larry Menzin
American Techsystems Corp.I run my SQL Agent using a Domain User account that is local administrator
on the server.
In your case, just add a step to the jobs that the maintenance plans created
that calls XP_Cmdshell to do a DOS copy of the files after the backup is
complete.
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"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B52A63D9-A817-430C-9B0F-17139F121FBC@.microsoft.com...
> My client has about 3 servers with several databases on each. These
> databases
> are backed up to disk using maintenance plans. This client wants to copy
> SQL
> backup files on the disks of these servers to an additional server with a
> tape drive to do consolidated backup to tape.
> Is the best way to copy backup files already on disk to a network share to
> use a DOS copy command through SQL Agent?
> If so, is it best to run SQL Agent using a domain account with substantial
> rights to ensure that SQL agent has appropriate file permissions both
> locally
> and on network paths? When SQL agent runs under the local system account,
> file copy operations fail with "Access denied" messages.
> Does anyone have suggestions on how to do this task?
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.|||Hi
Do it as a OperatingSystemCommand (cmdExec) in SQL Agent.
Something like:
xcopy *.bak \\servername\sharename\*.* /E /Y
SQL Server has to use a domain account to run under, otherwise it does not
have a way to authenticate itself with the other server.
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"Larry Menzin" <LarryMenzin@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B52A63D9-A817-430C-9B0F-17139F121FBC@.microsoft.com...
> My client has about 3 servers with several databases on each. These
> databases
> are backed up to disk using maintenance plans. This client wants to copy
> SQL
> backup files on the disks of these servers to an additional server with a
> tape drive to do consolidated backup to tape.
> Is the best way to copy backup files already on disk to a network share to
> use a DOS copy command through SQL Agent?
> If so, is it best to run SQL Agent using a domain account with substantial
> rights to ensure that SQL agent has appropriate file permissions both
> locally
> and on network paths? When SQL agent runs under the local system account,
> file copy operations fail with "Access denied" messages.
> Does anyone have suggestions on how to do this task?
> --
> Larry Menzin
> American Techsystems Corp.