Hi
I have a MSSQL server (2008 R2 Ent) with several instances and approximately 20 volumes delivered using guest-based ISCSI to some storage.
I back the databases up using SQL Agent (2014) and use ADBO off-host backup to perform these backups. Works great.
I wish to configure a Backup Log+Truncate job to run through one of the instances on a scheduled basis, eg. each Sunday. I am struggling to achieve this in the 2014 product:
- I can't include it in the existing 'policy' (GFS), as the whole 'policy' uses off-host backup (no point truncating on a r/o snapshot right!)
- I seem unable to create a stand-alone job to do a backup log+truncate job, as the first template in the 'policy' only allows a SQL job type of "Full" or "Full (Copy)", the option for Log backups is not there.
I like the look of the new "Automatic" job type for SQL log Backups, where DBs in simple recovery mode won't cause a log+truncate job to fail, so i can target at the instance level rather than manually keeping a list of DBs up to date in the selection list.
What is the recommended approach, and what to do others do, when wishing to do a log+truncate on some databases when off-host backup is used?
I'm using Backup Exec 2014.
Thanks.