How can I back up to a device with out over writing the last backu

I am using sql2000 sp3 on windows 2003 server. I am trying to back up my
database's to a device,,which works fine but it over writes the files in the
directory. The code i am using is
BACKUP DATABASE [mydb] TO [mydbbackup] WITH NOINIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME =
N'my backup', NOSKIP , STATS = 10, NOFORMAT
Can anyone please help me with this, I tried using a mapped drive but that
does not work. Is there any way I can use a maint plan to back up to a device
and not over write the last back up file? in the use this directory can I use
the unc?
It WILL overwrite the old since you give same name to the backup file. You
must figure out another way to work for you. My backup will write to a
folder depend on what day of the week. So I always have a 7 days of backup.
hth,
"DAVID S" <DAVIDS@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am using sql2000 sp3 on windows 2003 server. I am trying to back up my
> database's to a device,,which works fine but it over writes the files in
> the
> directory. The code i am using is
> BACKUP DATABASE [mydb] TO [mydbbackup] WITH NOINIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME =
> N'my backup', NOSKIP , STATS = 10, NOFORMAT
> Can anyone please help me with this, I tried using a mapped drive but that
> does not work. Is there any way I can use a maint plan to back up to a
> device
> and not over write the last back up file? in the use this directory can I
> use
> the unc?
>
|||The answer to my question is yes you can use the unc path in the use this
dircetory. but I still don't know about the device over write problem.
"DAVID S" wrote:

> I am using sql2000 sp3 on windows 2003 server. I am trying to back up my
> database's to a device,,which works fine but it over writes the files in the
> directory. The code i am using is
> BACKUP DATABASE [mydb] TO [mydbbackup] WITH NOINIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME =
> N'my backup', NOSKIP , STATS = 10, NOFORMAT
> Can anyone please help me with this, I tried using a mapped drive but that
> does not work. Is there any way I can use a maint plan to back up to a device
> and not over write the last back up file? in the use this directory can I use
> the unc?
>
|||NOINIT means append and INIT means overwrite. Your statement posted will append.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"DAVID S" <DAVIDS@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:254A39AA-C621-43B9-A12B-78AFCBF23F8F@.microsoft.com...
>I am using sql2000 sp3 on windows 2003 server. I am trying to back up my
> database's to a device,,which works fine but it over writes the files in the
> directory. The code i am using is
> BACKUP DATABASE [mydb] TO [mydbbackup] WITH NOINIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME =
> N'my backup', NOSKIP , STATS = 10, NOFORMAT
> Can anyone please help me with this, I tried using a mapped drive but that
> does not work. Is there any way I can use a maint plan to back up to a device
> and not over write the last back up file? in the use this directory can I use
> the unc?
>