SQL Server VDI备份

Question

My application should do backup of SQL Server 2008 R2 data. It works fine when app is on server. When I get app to client PC and connect to Server, server cannot find path...

So I decide to use VDI for Backup, find this page http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/19449/Accessing-the-SQL-Server-Virtual-Device-Interface and after some changes, it works fine on local PC. But when I try to backup on server-client. I cant make VirtualDevice on server.

It looks like I need to set VDI server address to create VirtualDevice on server. After that I will be able to use stream to server.

Does anyone have solution? That c++ code is strange to me.

Or if there is another possibility how to make C# app backup database on remote server without using sharedFolder?

Thanks, Jakub

Answer 1

No matter where your drive is or what your drive is [Virtual/Physical] where you want to take a backup. As long as it is shared you will be able to take a backup there.

Say you have a ClientPC and You have shared a folder P:\\Backup . Now when taking backup you will use the UNC path something like this....

BACKUP DATABASE [Test_DB] 
  TO  DISK = N'\\ClientPC\Backup\BackupFile.bak' 

Answer 2

This question is about VDI (virtual device interface) which is a way to stream the backups to his software - ie it won't use a network share nor a local file - it will stream to his code instead.

I do know you need to be in the sysadmin role to run VDI, however I'm not sure of more information about the exact requirements - I was curious about if something could be done via VDI and ran across this post in researching it.

Good luck..