Spaces in MS SQL database names

[Eugene777]

Hi,

Have DB in MS SQL 2014 used by third party application that have spaces in the name. Veeam gives errors VSS writer not found. I cannot change the DB name, is there any way to workaround this problem?

Thanks.

[Dima P.]

Hello and welcome to the community Eugene777,

Please update this thread with the case ID, as requested when you click New Topic. If possible please share the exact text of the error or a screenshot. Thank you in advance!

[Eugene777]

Sorry,
Case #04423475.
Error I'm getting is: SQL VSS Writer is missing: databases will be backed up in crash-consistent state and transaction log processing will be skipped

[soncscy]

Heya Eugene,

I've seen this before, and if your DB really has a trailing space, it must be changed. This is a Microsoft limitation, not a Veeam one:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-sg/hel ... ion-may-fa

When a database name contains leading or trailing spaces or non-printable characters, this document may not be created successfully. As a result, VSS based applications will not be able to backup these databases or any volumes that contains these databases.

Sorry but you need to correct your database name to accommodate this Microsoft limitation.