Chip,

How about just excluding those databases from log backups?
You do that by adding this to the DSM.OPT file for
Data Protection for SQL:

     EXCLUDE "\...\master\...\log*"
     EXCLUDE "\...\msdb\...\log*"

Thanks,

Del

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Del Hoobler
Tivoli Storage Manager Development
IBM Corporation



"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 02/23/2006
07:23:24 PM:

> I'm getting the following on a particular client...
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> 02/15/2006 15:00:07 Backup of msdb failed.
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> 02/15/2006 15:00:07 ACO5422E Received the following from the MS SQL
> server:
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> 02/15/2006 15:00:07 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]The
> statement BACKUP LOG is not allowed while the recovery model is SIMPLE.
> Use BACKUP DATABASE or change the recovery model using ALTER DATABASE.
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> 02/15/2006 15:00:07 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL
> Server]BACKUP LOG is terminating abnormally. Microsoft SQL-DMO (ODBC
> SQLState: 42000) (HRESULT:0x80041070)
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> 02/15/2006 15:00:04 Backup of master failed.
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> 02/15/2006 15:00:04 ACO5422E Received the following from the MS SQL
> server:
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> 02/15/2006 15:00:04 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL
> Server]Cannot back up the log of the master database. Use BACKUP
> DATABASE instead.
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> 02/15/2006 15:00:04 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL
> Server]BACKUP LOG is terminating abnormally. Microsoft SQL-DMO (ODBC
> SQLState: 42000) (HRESULT:0x80041074)
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> Should I change the db recovery mode in SQL Enterprise Mgr to full? I am
> not a SQL admin by any stretch, but we finally have those skill sets
> in-house. They are asking to run transaction log backups bi-hourly or
> hourly on some clients. In this particular case, the above errors occur.
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> Thanks all!
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> God bless you!!!
>
> Chip Bell
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