What you want to do is add a scheduled task for SQLServerAgent, and let it do the backup on a scheduled basis. If you have enterprise manager, use the database amintenace wizared to create the backup jobs. If not the TSQL code below will create a weekkly backup schedule, rotating the backup file name and overwiting the oldest. (there is a better way to do this, sql can manage the retention for you, but this is all I had handy)
BEGIN
BEGIN TRANSACTION
DECLARE @JobID BINARY(16)
DECLARE @ReturnCode INT
SELECT @ReturnCode = 0
IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM msdb.dbo.syscategories WHERE name = N'[Uncategorized (Local)]') < 1
EXECUTE msdb.dbo.sp_add_category @name = N'[Uncategorized (Local)]'
-- Delete the job with the same name (if it exists)
SELECT @JobID = job_id FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobs WHERE (name = N'MyDatabase backup1')
IF (@JobID IS NOT NULL) BEGIN
-- Check if the job is a multi-server job
IF (EXISTS (SELECT *
FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobservers
WHERE (job_id = @JobID) AND (server_id <> 0)))
BEGIN
-- There is, so abort the script
RAISERROR (N'Unable to import job ''MyDatabase backup1'' since there is already a multi-server job with this name.', 16, 1)
GOTO QuitWithRollback
END
ELSE
-- Delete the [local] job
EXECUTE msdb.dbo.sp_delete_job @job_name = N'MyDatabase backup1'
SELECT @JobID = NULL
END
BEGIN
-- Add the job
EXECUTE @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_job @job_id = @JobID OUTPUT , @job_name = N'MyDatabase backup1', @owner_login_name = N'sa', @description = N'No description available.', @category_name = N'[Uncategorized (Local)]', @enabled = 1, @notify_level_email = 0, @notify_level_page = 0, @notify_level_netsend = 0, @notify_level_eventlog = 2, @delete_level= 0
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
-- Add the job steps
EXECUTE @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobstep @job_id = @JobID, @step_id = 1, @step_name = N'Step 1', @command = N'sp_Hmx_BackupDb ''MyDatabase'',''D:\Database\DbBackups'',''MyDatabase1.BAK''', @database_name = N'MyDatabase', @server = N'', @database_user_name = N'', @subsystem = N'TSQL', @cmdexec_success_code = 0, @flags = 0, @retry_attempts = 0, @retry_interval = 0, @output_file_name = N'', @on_success_step_id = 0, @on_success_action = 1, @on_fail_step_id = 0, @on_fail_action = 2
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
EXECUTE @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_id = @JobID, @start_step_id = 1
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
DECLARE @stDate as int -- default job start date is today
SET @stDate=0
DECLARE @today as datetime
set @today = DATEADD(day,0,GETDATE()) -- get start date
set @stDate = DATEPART(yy,@today)*10000 + DATEPART(mm,@today)*100 + DATEPART(day,@today)
-- Add the job schedules
EXECUTE @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobschedule @job_id = @JobID, @name = N'backup1', @enabled = 1, @freq_type = 4, @active_start_date = @stDate, @active_start_time = 010000, @freq_interval = 14, @freq_subday_type = 1, @freq_subday_interval = 0, @freq_relative_interval = 0, @freq_recurrence_factor = 0, @active_end_date = 99991231, @active_end_time = 235959
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
-- Add the Target Servers
EXECUTE @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobserver @job_id = @JobID, @server_name = N'(local)'
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
END
COMMIT TRANSACTION
GOTO EndSave
QuitWithRollback:
IF (@@TRANCOUNT > 0) ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
EndSave:
END
GO
-- Job Script generated by Cruncher - job |MyDatabase backup2|
-- Do Not Edit
BEGIN
BEGIN TRANSACTION
DECLARE @JobID BINARY(16)
DECLARE @ReturnCode INT
SELECT @ReturnCode = 0
IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM msdb.dbo.syscategories WHERE name = N'[Uncategorized (Local)]') < 1
EXECUTE msdb.dbo.sp_add_category @name = N'[Uncategorized (Local)]'
-- Delete the job with the same name (if it exists)
SELECT @JobID = job_id FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobs WHERE (name = N'MyDatabase backup2')
IF (@JobID IS NOT NULL) BEGIN
-- Check if the job is a multi-server job
IF (EXISTS (SELECT *
FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobservers
WHERE (job_id = @JobID) AND (server_id <> 0)))
BEGIN
-- There is, so abort the script
RAISERROR (N'Unable to import job ''MyDatabase backup2'' since there is already a multi-server job with this name.', 16, 1)
GOTO QuitWithRollback
END
ELSE
-- Delete the [local] job
EXECUTE msdb.dbo.sp_delete_job @job_name = N'MyDatabase backup2'
SELECT @JobID = NULL
END
BEGIN
-- Add the job
EXECUTE @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_job @job_id = @JobID OUTPUT , @job_name = N'MyDatabase backup2', @owner_login_name = N'sa', @description = N'No description available.', @category_name = N'[Uncategorized (Local)]', @enabled = 1, @notify_level_email = 0, @notify_level_page = 0, @notify_level_netsend = 0, @notify_level_eventlog = 2, @delete_level= 0
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
-- Add the job steps
EXECUTE @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobstep @job_id = @JobID, @step_id = 1, @step_name = N'Step 1', @command = N'sp_Hmx_BackupDb ''MyDatabase'',''D:\Database\DbBackups'',''MyDatabase2.BAK''', @database_name = N'MyDatabase', @server = N'', @database_user_name = N'', @subsystem = N'TSQL', @cmdexec_success_code = 0, @flags = 0, @retry_attempts = 0, @retry_interval = 0, @output_file_name = N'', @on_success_step_id = 0, @on_success_action = 1, @on_fail_step_id = 0, @on_fail_action = 2
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
EXECUTE @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_id = @JobID, @start_step_id = 1
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
DECLARE @stDate as int -- default job start date is today
SET @stDate=0
DECLARE @today as datetime
set @today = DATEADD(day,7,GETDATE()) -- get start date
set @stDate = DATEPART(yy,@today)*10000 + DATEPART(mm,@today)*100 + DATEPART(day,@today)
-- Add the job schedules
EXECUTE @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobschedule @job_id = @JobID, @name = N'backup2', @enabled = 1, @freq_type = 4, @active_start_date = @stDate, @active_start_time = 010000, @freq_interval = 14, @freq_subday_type = 1, @freq_subday_interval = 0, @freq_relative_interval = 0, @freq_recurrence_factor = 0, @active_end_date = 99991231, @active_end_time = 235959
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
-- Add the Target Servers
EXECUTE @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobserver @job_id = @JobID, @server_name = N'(local)'
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
END
COMMIT TRANSACTION
GOTO EndSave
QuitWithRollback:
IF (@@TRANCOUNT > 0) ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
EndSave:
END
GO
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