7 Preventable Backup Errors

Archived post from 2011. Dynamics GP and the links it points to have changed since; check current documentation before relying on version-specific steps.

One of the Worst Mistakes you can make with Dynamics GP is not backing up. This piece from Simple-Talk on 7 Preventable Backup Errors is brilliant. It covers all of the common backup errors I see around Dynamics GP and SQL server except for running out of space on TempDB. But that fits in pretty closely with the “Running out of Space” section.

Original article: https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/7-preventable-backup-errors/