RE: Network Copy to Multiple locations

Hi, thank you for your forum post.

It is most definitely possible for SQL Backup to use multiple COPYTO parameters.

However you cannot configure this using the wizards available through the SQL Backup GUI.

If using the backup wizard you will need to script out the backup task to a new query window and manually add the second COPYTO comand. You can obtain the backup script in the last step of the Backup wizard via the script tab.

Or if you wish to modify a scheduled backup job, open SSMS ->SQL Agent ->Jobs ->locate the job SQL backup created ->Right Click and select properties ->Steps->Edit the job step and manually add the second COPYTO command.

Below, I have included Backup job syntax with two COPYTO parameters for reference, my example uses the code from a scheduled backup job:

Code:

DECLARE @exitcode int DECLARE @sqlerrorcode int EXECUTE master..sqlbackup '-SQL "BACKUP DATABASE [AdventureWorks] TO DISK = ''E:\Backups\<AUTO>.sqb'' WITH FILEOPTIONS = 5, ERASEFILES = 2b, ERASEFILES_REMOTE = 5b, CHECKSUM, DISKRETRYINTERVAL = 30, DISKRETRYCOUNT = 10, COMPRESSION = 4, COPYTO = ''\\server1\CopyToFolder1'', COPYTO = ''\\Server2\CopyToFolder2'', INIT, THREADCOUNT = 3, VERIFY"', @exitcode OUT, @sqlerrorcode OUT IF (@exitcode >= 500) OR (@sqlerrorcode <> 0) BEGIN RAISERROR ('SQL Backup failed with exit code: %d  SQL error code: %d', 16, 1, @exitcode, @sqlerrorcode) END

I hope the above answers your question.

Many Thanks
Eddie