Backup failed on disabled sql login.

dklein9930dklein9930 Posts: 20
edited January 2, 2013 11:02AM in SQL Backup Previous Versions
Greetings,

I recently disabled an old sql login, used by a former employee, now a database backup is failing with the following message:

SQL error 18470: Login failed for user ''. Reason: The account is disabled.

Where is redgate using this account, as it is not specified in the backup script? And, how can I switch this user account out for a domain service account?

Thanks,
DK
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  • peteypetey Posts: 2,358 New member
    By default, SQL Backup uses the SQL Backup Agent service startup account to perform all backups and restores. If you require SQL Backup to use a SQL login to perform the operations, you use the sqbsetlogin extended stored procedure to specify the login and password e.g.
    EXEC master..sqbsetlogin '<login>', '<password>'
    To revert to using the SQL Backup Agent service startup account, use sqbsetlogin with empty parameters e.g.
    EXEC master..sqbsetlogin ', ''
    Peter Yeoh
    SQL Backup Consultant Developer
    Associate, Yohz Software
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