Error 12291 in Event Log

We have a maintainance plan for full/diff/log backups of selected databases
running at regular intervals through SQLAgent. The backups are working; I can
restore the databases. But starting a few weeks ago we've been getting error
messages in the system event log.
First, there's an entry confirming the successful completion of the backups
with ID 18265 (source MSSQL$...)
Then comes the error: ID 12291 "Error in package ..." (source SQLISPackage)
followed by a warning with ID 208 "SQL Server Scheduled Job ... - Status:
Error ..." (source SQLAgent$...)
As I said, the backups themselves seem to be successful, and the SQL Server
"ERRORLOG" text file also contains no error messages in connection with the
plans.
This is still worrying us a bit, because we fear there might be a good
reason for these error messages, and obviously we want to be quite certain
that our backups are working properly and will be available if and when we
need them.
Does anyone have any insight/advice on Error 12291?
Thanks
Tom JuergensHi Tom,
Since some maintenance plans are very easy to create, have you tried
creating a new or very similar maintenance plan and see if you still have the
same problem? Or maybe deleting the existing maintenance plan and creating it
again?
Also, since the maintenance plan is an SSIS package, have you tried running
the package manually from SSIS (like using the Execute Package Utility) and
check for errors or warnings? Have you tried Logging on this SSIS package?
Ben Nevarez
Senior Database Administrator
AIG SunAmerica
"Tom Juergens" wrote:
> We have a maintainance plan for full/diff/log backups of selected databases
> running at regular intervals through SQLAgent. The backups are working; I can
> restore the databases. But starting a few weeks ago we've been getting error
> messages in the system event log.
> First, there's an entry confirming the successful completion of the backups
> with ID 18265 (source MSSQL$...)
> Then comes the error: ID 12291 "Error in package ..." (source SQLISPackage)
> followed by a warning with ID 208 "SQL Server Scheduled Job ... - Status:
> Error ..." (source SQLAgent$...)
> As I said, the backups themselves seem to be successful, and the SQL Server
> "ERRORLOG" text file also contains no error messages in connection with the
> plans.
> This is still worrying us a bit, because we fear there might be a good
> reason for these error messages, and obviously we want to be quite certain
> that our backups are working properly and will be available if and when we
> need them.
> Does anyone have any insight/advice on Error 12291?
> Thanks
> Tom Juergens|||You would need to post the whole log to get a full analysis. The plan should
be generating a log file, not the error log, which may help. If not,
configure it to generate a detailed log.
Also check the package has no reference to mapped drives as the mappings may
not be available to SQL Agent.
Nigel Ainscoe
"Tom Juergens" <antaeus@.newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:9A9C2F9C-A3E6-4131-9BC8-16196C1E6733@.microsoft.com...
> We have a maintainance plan for full/diff/log backups of selected
> databases
> running at regular intervals through SQLAgent. The backups are working; I
> can
> restore the databases. But starting a few weeks ago we've been getting
> error
> messages in the system event log.
> First, there's an entry confirming the successful completion of the
> backups
> with ID 18265 (source MSSQL$...)
> Then comes the error: ID 12291 "Error in package ..." (source
> SQLISPackage)
> followed by a warning with ID 208 "SQL Server Scheduled Job ... - Status:
> Error ..." (source SQLAgent$...)
> As I said, the backups themselves seem to be successful, and the SQL
> Server
> "ERRORLOG" text file also contains no error messages in connection with
> the
> plans.
> This is still worrying us a bit, because we fear there might be a good
> reason for these error messages, and obviously we want to be quite certain
> that our backups are working properly and will be available if and when we
> need them.
> Does anyone have any insight/advice on Error 12291?
> Thanks
> Tom Juergens|||Thanks to you both for the pointers and good ideas. I'll try your suggestions
and post again here if I don't find a solution.
Tom
"Ben Nevarez" wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> Since some maintenance plans are very easy to create, have you tried
> creating a new or very similar maintenance plan and see if you still have the
> same problem? Or maybe deleting the existing maintenance plan and creating it
> again?
> Also, since the maintenance plan is an SSIS package, have you tried running
> the package manually from SSIS (like using the Execute Package Utility) and
> check for errors or warnings? Have you tried Logging on this SSIS package?
> Ben Nevarez
> Senior Database Administrator
> AIG SunAmerica
>
> "Tom Juergens" wrote:
> > We have a maintainance plan for full/diff/log backups of selected databases
> > running at regular intervals through SQLAgent. The backups are working; I can
> > restore the databases. But starting a few weeks ago we've been getting error
> > messages in the system event log.
> >
> > First, there's an entry confirming the successful completion of the backups
> > with ID 18265 (source MSSQL$...)
> > Then comes the error: ID 12291 "Error in package ..." (source SQLISPackage)
> > followed by a warning with ID 208 "SQL Server Scheduled Job ... - Status:
> > Error ..." (source SQLAgent$...)
> >
> > As I said, the backups themselves seem to be successful, and the SQL Server
> > "ERRORLOG" text file also contains no error messages in connection with the
> > plans.
> >
> > This is still worrying us a bit, because we fear there might be a good
> > reason for these error messages, and obviously we want to be quite certain
> > that our backups are working properly and will be available if and when we
> > need them.
> >
> > Does anyone have any insight/advice on Error 12291?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Tom Juergens|||Hi Tom,
To let us better understand your issue, could you please let us know the
following questions:
1. What is the version of your SQL Server? (Run SELECT @.@.VERSION.)
2. Did the maintainance plan only backup your databases?
3. Could you please post all the event error messages here for more
effective research? You may also mail me (changliw_at_microsoft_dot_com)
the event error logs.
Best regards,
Charles Wang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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======================================================|||My client has decided to reinstall the server, which is a good option since
there are some other things that aren't quite right as well... So we just
have to live with this behavior for another couple of weeks and I won't be
investing much more time in finding a solution. Consider this case closed.
Thanks
Tom
"Charles Wang[MSFT]" wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> To let us better understand your issue, could you please let us know the
> following questions:
> 1. What is the version of your SQL Server? (Run SELECT @.@.VERSION.)
> 2. Did the maintainance plan only backup your databases?
> 3. Could you please post all the event error messages here for more
> effective research? You may also mail me (changliw_at_microsoft_dot_com)
> the event error logs.
> Best regards,
> Charles Wang
> Microsoft Online Community Support
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