How to catch output message on backup completion/failure?

Question

Hello. The problem is as follows. SQL Express 2008 R2,
backup is made by the means of bat file and sp. Need to have a table that would
hold columns like 'date_of_backup', 'duration', 'message' (the one that appears
on 'messages' tab in the result area after backup completion/failure). Didn't
manage to find sufficient info on this topic. Please, help me resolve this
issue. I will be very grateful for assistance. This is an example of real
message that I want to catch:
Server: Msg 911, Level 16, State 11, Line 1
Database 'not_existing_db' does not exist. Make sure that the name is
entered correctly.
Server: Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
BACKUP
DATABASE is terminating abnormally.

Answer 1

Hi GeorgeKochkin,
As Shanky post, you can review or monitor the single database backups via the above scripts. You also can find the backup history for all the databases on a single instance. The following script shows the database backups status, history of their when they
are done based on schedule, at where are taking and when, backup types , backups physical device and size of the database backups and time to perform backup and all other related backup statistics.
USE msdb
GO
SELECT bs.server_name AS Server,-- Server name
bs.database_name AS DatabseName,-- Database name
CASE bs.compatibility_level
WHEN 80 THEN 'SQL Server 2000'
WHEN 90 THEN 'SQL Server 2005 '
WHEN 100 THEN 'SQL Server 2008'
WHEN 110 THEN 'SQL Server 2011'
END AS CompatibilityLevel,
-- Return backup compatibility level
recovery_model AS Recoverymodel,-- Database recovery model
CASE bs.type
WHEN 'D' THEN 'Full'
WHEN 'I' THEN 'Differential'
WHEN 'L' THEN 'Log'
WHEN 'F' THEN 'File or filegroup'
WHEN 'G' THEN 'Differential file'
WHEN 'P' THEN 'P'
WHEN 'Q' THEN 'Differential partial'
END AS BackupType,-- Type of database baclup
bs.backup_start_date AS BackupstartDate,-- Backup start date
bs.backup_finish_date AS BackupFinishDate,-- Backup finish date
bmf.physical_device_name AS PhysicalDevice,-- baclup Physical localtion
CASE device_type
WHEN 2 THEN 'Disk - Temporary'
WHEN 102 THEN 'Disk - Permanent'
WHEN 5 THEN 'Tape - Temporary'
WHEN 105 THEN 'Tape - Temporary'
ELSE 'Other Device'
END AS DeviceType,-- Device type
bs.backup_size AS [BackupSize(In bytes)],
-- Normal backup size (In bytes)
compressed_backup_size AS [ConmpressedBackupSize(In bytes)]
-- Compressed backup size (In bytes)
FROM msdb.dbo.backupset bs
INNER JOIN msdb.dbo.backupmediafamily bmf
ON ( bs.media_set_id = bmf.media_set_id )
ORDER BY bs.backup_start_date DESC
GO
There is another example scripts about find the backup history for all the databases on a single instance, you can review the following blog.
http://www.toadworld.com/platforms/sql-server/b/weblog/archive/2013/10/03/get-the-backup-history-for-databases.aspx
Regards,
Sofiya Li
Sofiya Li
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