ExpressMaint with SQL 2012

We recently moved from sql express 2005 to SQL express 2012 and backups won't work with expressmaint. Earlier we had db_backupoperator role assigned to the builtin\users and scheduled task was run ...

Id #15945 | Release: None | Updated: Feb 21 at 11:09 PM by sanku | Created: Jan 8 at 8:48 PM by sanku

MSSQL 2012 Version

Hi,   I recompiled the project to run with MSSQL 2012 Express. Please note that it now requires .NET 3.5 to run.   Regards, Felix

Id #15320 | Release: None | Updated: Feb 21 at 11:09 PM by fkollmann | Created: Jun 19, 2012 at 11:06 PM by fkollmann

2008 R2 Support incomplete

Unlike the tool description, R2 support is actually not quite there. When upgrading from 2008 to 2008 R2, things work out just fine - apparently some files are left standing. If however you're tryi...

Id #13104 | Release: None | Updated: Feb 21 at 11:09 PM by rdst | Created: Feb 28, 2011 at 8:32 AM by ssteiner

EXPRESSMAINT "fails silently" when user has no permissions

We created a job and assigned the "run as the following account" to a user that had no SQL Server permissions. I would have expected that EXPRESSMAINT would have failed and returned a ERRORLEVEL>0...

Id #12850 | Release: None | Updated: Feb 21 at 11:09 PM by rickripe | Created: Jan 14, 2011 at 3:49 AM by rickripe

EXPRESSMAINT "fails silently" when user has no SQL Server permissions

We created a job and assigned the "run as the following account" to a user that had no SQL Server permissions. I would have expected that EXPRESSMAINT would have failed and returned a ERRORLEVEL>0...

Id #12849 | Release: None | Updated: Feb 21 at 11:09 PM by rickripe | Created: Jan 14, 2011 at 3:45 AM by rickripe

EXPRESSMAINT "fails silently" when user has no SQL Server permissions

We created a job and assigned the "run as the following account" to a user that had no SQL Server permissions. I would have expected that EXPRESSMAINT would have failed and returned a ERRORLEVEL>0...

Id #12848 | Release: None | Updated: Feb 21 at 11:09 PM by rickripe | Created: Jan 14, 2011 at 3:43 AM by rickripe

Create Event Log Entries

Hello,   Thank you for a wonderful utility. It has proved very useful.   I was wondering if you had given any thought to including functionality that will write to a Windows Event Log if the applic...

Id #12543 | Release: None | Updated: Feb 21 at 11:09 PM by jaspersmith | Created: Nov 21, 2010 at 2:24 PM by jaspersmith

Exclude database(s) from backup

Is there a way to exclude some user databases when using the ALL_USER option ?

Id #12327 | Release: None | Updated: Feb 21 at 11:09 PM by cjzimmer1 | Created: Oct 22, 2010 at 3:49 PM by jaspersmith

Error while backing up a user database with Expressmaint

Getting below error while the same command works for other server   1] Database POS: Backup starting at 8/6/2010 3:21:33 PM An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. ...

Id #11726 | Release: None | Updated: Feb 21 at 11:09 PM by Cherie10 | Created: Aug 6, 2010 at 8:57 PM by Cherie10

Unreliable Directory discovery

We use Expressmaint 2.0.0. for some time now but have every so often a problem with running it. The SQL Server 2005 Express has full read/write rights to the Directory.   With one Customer (Windows...

Id #10870 | Release: None | Updated: Feb 21 at 11:09 PM by braune | Created: May 14, 2010 at 8:58 AM by braune