Query for backups - sql

Question

I'm new to sql, and I'm trying to do a query for my backups, but I'm getting an error with some of the lines, I have 20 or more databases, but my query doesn't work on all the DB, its the same query for each DB, it display a message:
query:
USE [DB Name];
GO
BACKUP DATABASE DB Name
TO DISK = 'E:\xxxx\xx\DB Name.Bak'
;WITH FORMAT
MEDIANAME = 'DB Name_SQLServerBackups',
NAME = 'Full Backup DB Name'
Is giving the error message:
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 69
Incorrect syntax near 'DB Name'.
What am I doing wrong? Really appreciate your help.

Answer 1

Try using brackets around the second [DB Name] too and make a few syntax fixes to your command:
USE [DB Name];
GO
BACKUP DATABASE [DB Name]
TO DISK = 'E:\xxxx\xx\DB Name.Bak'
WITH FORMAT
, MEDIANAME = 'DB Name_SQLServerBackups'
, NAME = 'Full Backup DB Name';
(this worked for me)

Answer 2

Your best place to start would be with the scripts put together by Ola Hallengren which are very comprehensive and cover everything you will need.

Answer 3

Try this:
USE master
BACKUP DATABASE [AdventureWorks2012]
TO DISK = N'D:\Backup\AdventureWorks2012.bak'
WITH COPY_ONLY, NOFORMAT,
NOINIT,
NAME = N'AdventureWorks2012-Full Database Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10
GO
--SPlit backup Process
USE master
BACKUP DATABASE [AdventureWorks2012]
TO DISK = N'D:\Backup\AdventureWorks2012_1.bak'
,DISK = N'D:\Backup\AdventureWorks2012_2.bak'
,DISK = N'D:\Backup\AdventureWorks2012_3.bak'
,DISK = N'D:\Backup\AdventureWorks2012_4.bak'
WITH COPY_ONLY, NOFORMAT,
NOINIT,
NAME = N'AdventureWorks2012-Full Database Backup', SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10
GO

Answer 4

Here is a simple script that will backup all databases on your server. I would look carefully at this and learn exactly what it is doing. It's a good starting point but I would try to work to create your own scripts, what works best for you. The cursor allows you to iterate through all the databases and STATIC ensures you capture all databases when querying sys.databases.
/* Full database backup for all user databases. */
DECLARE #dbname varchar (300)
DECLARE #filepath varchar (1000)
DECLARE #filedate varchar (20)
DECLARE #filename varchar (256)
DECLARE #subdir varchar (1000)
SET #filepath = 'C:\TestBackup\' --This is your backup directory
SET #filedate = REPLACE(GETDATE(), ':', '_') --CONVERT(VARCHAR(10),GETDATE(),112) --gets the date and timestamp, replaces : with an underscore
DECLARE backup_cursor CURSOR STATIC FORWARD_ONLY FOR
SELECT [name]
FROM master.sys.databases sd
-- WHERE ... exclude databases
OPEN backup_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM backup_cursor INTO #dbname
WHILE ##FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET #subdir = 'C:\Backup\' + #dbname
EXEC master.dbo.xp_create_subdir #subdir
SET #fileName = #filepath + #dbname + '\' + #dbname + '_' + #fileDate + '.bak'
BACKUP DATABASE #dbname TO DISK = #fileName
WITH CHECKSUM, STOP_ON_ERROR
RESTORE VERIFYONLY FROM DISK = #fileName
WITH STOP_ON_ERROR
FETCH NEXT FROM backup_cursor INTO #dbname
END
CLOSE backup_cursor
DEALLOCATE backup_cursor