Database mirroring

Hi,

Is there a way to automatically mirror/backup a SQL Express database with a SQL Server 2005 licenced system?

They will be on seperate machines on the internet.

I have done manual backup and restores but would like to allow constant updates to allow both databases to be synchronized.

I read that the SQL Server 2005 version has a mirroring facility but I also read that this is not possible in the Express version.

What other (automated) options do I have?

Thanks Andrew

Hi Andrew,

SQL Express does not support Mirroring but it can serve as a Witness for other Mirrored servers.

You can automate backup, or any other scriptable action, by generating a .sql script file and then using Windows Task Schedule to create a Task to run the script using SQLCmd. Jasper Smith wrote an article about doing this and also offers a tool called ExpressMaint that you can use as part of your script to run backups.

Mike

database maintenance plan...

I'm running SQL 2000 on W2K on two servers. The DB maintenance is set to
automatically remove old transaction log backups. A couple of months ago,
the transaction log backups stop getting tossed. I don't think it has
anything to do with whether or not the db is set to do a simple backup.
I've split the dbs between different maintenance plans and have had no luck.
I'm thinking it has something to do with a hotfix because both SQL servers
had issues about the same time.
I didn't make any changes to any of the Dbs or the SQL server that I can
remember.
Do I need to register the SQL server with Active Directory? I upgraded the
network from NT4 to W2003 and AD.Registering with AD should have no effect... Does the DBMaint Plan log show
any information?
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"Chris Geiser" <glg.dell@.worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> I'm running SQL 2000 on W2K on two servers. The DB maintenance is set to
> automatically remove old transaction log backups. A couple of months ago,
> the transaction log backups stop getting tossed. I don't think it has
> anything to do with whether or not the db is set to do a simple backup.
> I've split the dbs between different maintenance plans and have had no
luck.
> I'm thinking it has something to do with a hotfix because both SQL servers
> had issues about the same time.
> I didn't make any changes to any of the Dbs or the SQL server that I can
> remember.
> Do I need to register the SQL server with Active Directory? I upgraded
the
> network from NT4 to W2003 and AD.
>