How do i do a simple backup and restore in SSIS?

Question

I've been searching google and to my avail i've found nothing.  How do i do a simple Database Backup to Database A, and from the Backup File, restore it (incremental backups) to Database B using BIDS?  I just wanted to design a control flow to deal with thisSIRIUS

Answer 1

Hi,
To backup a database using SSIS, drag and drop a Execute SQL task onto your SSIS package designer. Double click on it and set the connection type to OLEDB. Set the Connection property to the Master datatabase, or any database for that matter, on your SQL server. The wizard is pretty simple and you should be able to follow it pretty easily.
Once done, click on the SQL Statement property of the package, and click the small ellipsis button. A new pop-up window opens. Copy and paste below script in the window, save the changes and you are done!!
Script to backup database:
-- Backup database to file
declare @backupFileName varchar(100), @backupDirectory varchar(100),
@databaseDataFilename varchar(100), @databaseLogFilename varchar(100),
@databaseDataFile varchar(100), @databaseLogFile varchar(100),
@databaseName varchar(100), @execSql varchar(1000)
-- Set the name of the database you want to backup
set @databaseName = 'myDatabase'
-- Set the path for a directory on SQL server machine where backup files will be stored after backup process
-- This can be a path of a shared folder on another machine as well, provided Write permissions are granted
-- on this folder.
set @backupDirectory = 'aboslute_path_to_backup_directory' -- such as 'c:\temp\'
-- Create the backup file name based on the backup directory, the database name and today's date
set @backupFileName = @backupDirectory + @databaseName + '-' + replace(convert(varchar, getdate(), 110), '-', '.') + '.bak'
-- Get the data file and its path
select @databaseDataFile = rtrim([Name]),
@databaseDataFilename = rtrim([Filename])
from master.dbo.sysaltfiles as files
inner join
master.dbo.sysfilegroups as groups
on
files.groupID = groups.groupID
where DBID = (
select dbid
from master.dbo.sysdatabases
where [Name] = @databaseName
-- Get the log file and its path
select @databaseLogFile = rtrim([Name]),
@databaseLogFilename = rtrim([Filename])
from master.dbo.sysaltfiles as files
where DBID = (
select dbid
from master.dbo.sysdatabases
where [Name] = @databaseName
and
groupID = 0
print 'Backing up "' + @databaseName + '" database to "' + @backupFileName + '" with '
print '  data file "' + @databaseDataFile + '" located at "' + @databaseDataFilename + '"'
print '  log file "' + @databaseLogFile + '" located at "' + @databaseLogFilename + '"'
set @execSql = '
backup database [' + @databaseName + ']
to disk = ''' + @backupFileName + '''
with
  noformat,
  noinit,
  name = ''' + @databaseName + ' backup'',
  norewind,
  nounload,
  skip'
exec(@execSql)
----------------------------------------------------------End of Backup Script-----------------------------------------
Note: You'll need to change the database name and the directory path in the above script as per your requirements.
Hope that helps.
Cheers!!
Muqadder.