[sql-server] SQL Server command line backup statement

Does any one know if there is a way to script out SQL Server backup in to a batch file, so that it could be executed from a command line?

Seba Illingworth's code, In case you need time in your file name (it gives 2014-02-21_1035)

echo off
cls
echo -- BACKUP DATABASE --
set /p DATABASENAME=Enter database name:
For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%a-%%b)
For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ("%TIME%") do (set mytime=%%a%%b)

:: filename format Name-Date (eg MyDatabase-2009.5.19.bak)
set DATESTAMP=%mydate%_%mytime%
set BACKUPFILENAME=%CD%\%DATABASENAME%-%DATESTAMP%.bak
set SERVERNAME=.
echo.

sqlcmd -E -S %SERVERNAME% -d master -Q "BACKUP DATABASE [%DATABASENAME%] TO DISK = N'%BACKUPFILENAME%' WITH INIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME = N'%DATABASENAME% backup', NOSKIP , STATS = 10, NOFORMAT"
echo.
pause

Combine Remove Old Backup files with above script then this can perform backup by a scheduler, keep last 10 backup files

echo off
:: set folder to save backup files ex. BACKUPPATH=c:\backup
set BACKUPPATH=<<back up folder here>>

:: set Sql Server location ex. set SERVERNAME=localhost\SQLEXPRESS
set SERVERNAME=<<sql host here>>

:: set Database name to backup
set DATABASENAME=<<db name here>>

:: filename format Name-Date (eg MyDatabase-2009-5-19_1700.bak)
For /f "tokens=2-4 delims=/ " %%a in ('date /t') do (set mydate=%%c-%%a-%%b)
For /f "tokens=1-2 delims=/:" %%a in ("%TIME%") do (set mytime=%%a%%b)

set DATESTAMP=%mydate%_%mytime%
set BACKUPFILENAME=%BACKUPPATH%\%DATABASENAME%-%DATESTAMP%.bak
echo.

sqlcmd -E -S %SERVERNAME% -d master -Q "BACKUP DATABASE [%DATABASENAME%] TO DISK = N'%BACKUPFILENAME%' WITH INIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME = N'%DATABASENAME% backup', NOSKIP , STATS = 10, NOFORMAT"
echo.

:: In this case, we are choosing to keep the most recent 10 files
:: Also, the files we are looking for have a 'bak' extension
for /f "skip=10 delims=" %%F in ('dir %BACKUPPATH%\*.bak /s/b/o-d/a-d') do del "%%F"

I am using SQL Server 2005 Express, and I had to enable Named Pipes connection to be able to backup from the Windows Command. My final script is this:

@echo off
set DB_NAME=Your_DB_Name
set BK_FILE=D:\DB_Backups\%DB_NAME%.bak
set DB_HOSTNAME=Your_DB_Hostname
echo.
echo.
echo Backing up %DB_NAME% to %BK_FILE%...
echo.
echo.
sqlcmd -E -S np:\\%DB_HOSTNAME%\pipe\MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS\sql\query -d master -Q "BACKUP DATABASE [%DB_NAME%] TO DISK = N'%BK_FILE%' WITH INIT , NOUNLOAD , NAME = N'%DB_NAME% backup', NOSKIP , STATS = 10, NOFORMAT"
echo.
echo Done!
echo.

It's working just fine here!!

if you need the batch file to schedule the backup, the SQL management tools have scheduled tasks built in...

You can use sqlcmd to run a backup, or any other T-SQL script. You can find the detailed instructions and examples on various useful sqlcmd switches in this article: Working with the SQL Server command line (sqlcmd)