Stsadm does not flush the logs. I have downloaded the SQL Express management tools, but I still need to research how to use them.
Robert On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Michael B. Smith < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stsadm –o backup DOES include a sql backup. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > > > *From:* Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Monday, August 18, 2008 5:42 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Sharepoint / MOSS woes > > > > Can I start by just saying ARRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! > > > > Thanks > > > > We decided to upgrade our WSS 3 box to MOSS2007 on Thursday. We went > through all the docs before hand, got a copy of the backups (we run full > backups nightly using STSADM and also get backup of the AAM and the > Metabase). As is the way, the install went badly. After 24 hours of us > trying to coax the configuration tool to tell us what useraccount it was > referring to when it said "invalid user account" we called PSS. That's when > the fun really started. We've been assigned a PSS member who's English is > poor and their accent is so strong that we've given up asking them to repeat > themselves and have just asked them email everything to us, which means > things are taking ages. The configuration tool failed to complete at all, > even with PSS talking to it, so we started down the route of uninstalling > MOSS/WSS and then starting again. Guess what?...you can't uninstall MOSS/WSS > unless the configuration tool has completed successfully!! Which is nice, > and the 'official' manual uninstall guidelines from MS require that you > remove it from add/remove, which you can't. > > > > So, after stepping in to the dark, this time with a chap who can speak > English and was happy to sit and chat, we've manually removed MOSS and are > starting again. And this is really where my question comes in. > > > > When using WSS3 in standalone mode (ie just one box running WSS without SQL > server installed), does the "STSADM –o backup ..." command constitute a full > backup? We thought it did, and have checked the docs which also imply it > does. However the PSS chap (now back the non-english speaker) seems to think > that we would also need an SQL backup. This in itself is odd, as the > standalone install of WSS3 appears to use Windows Internal Database (ie SQL > Server 2005 compact or embedded). This doesn't have any management tools > with it, and there's no clear indication that it's meant to be managed > outside of the app thats written to use it. > > > > I'm losing the will to live, and am apparently paying good money for > someone to email me links and to confuse us even more than we are able to do > ourselves. > > > > Rant over :S > > > > Olly > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
