Backward Compatability in Yukon using backup devices?

My peers have informed me that I should no longer code my backup routine
using a backup alias via sp_addumpdevice because it is 1) Provided only for
backward compatability and 2) Will not be supported in the future.
Should I not be using a backup alias for these reasons? Yukon provides the
commands but no where have I seen where it's only there to support backward
compatability and that it is targeted to be phased out. Can someone show me
this?
Thanks.
-CqlboyI know nothing of dump devices going away any time soon.
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Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
"Cqlboy" <Cqlboy@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My peers have informed me that I should no longer code my backup routine
> using a backup alias via sp_addumpdevice because it is 1) Provided only
> for
> backward compatability and 2) Will not be supported in the future.
> Should I not be using a backup alias for these reasons? Yukon provides
> the
> commands but no where have I seen where it's only there to support
> backward
> compatability and that it is targeted to be phased out. Can someone show
> me
> this?
> Thanks.
> -Cqlboy|||Thanx. Thought so. My fellow peers
are misinformed.
-Cqlboy
"Andrew J. Kelly" wrote:
> I know nothing of dump devices going away any time soon.
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>
> "Cqlboy" <Cqlboy@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4332439A-418D-450F-BD94-5579374C40F3@.microsoft.com...
> > My peers have informed me that I should no longer code my backup routine
> > using a backup alias via sp_addumpdevice because it is 1) Provided only
> > for
> > backward compatability and 2) Will not be supported in the future.
> >
> > Should I not be using a backup alias for these reasons? Yukon provides
> > the
> > commands but no where have I seen where it's only there to support
> > backward
> > compatability and that it is targeted to be phased out. Can someone show
> > me
> > this?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -Cqlboy
>
>|||I'm with Andrew. Ask your colleagues for a reference. It is easy to make claims you can't back up...
:-)
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Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
"Cqlboy" <Cqlboy@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanx. Thought so. My fellow peers
> are misinformed.
> -Cqlboy
> "Andrew J. Kelly" wrote:
>> I know nothing of dump devices going away any time soon.
>> --
>> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
>>
>> "Cqlboy" <Cqlboy@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4332439A-418D-450F-BD94-5579374C40F3@.microsoft.com...
>> > My peers have informed me that I should no longer code my backup routine
>> > using a backup alias via sp_addumpdevice because it is 1) Provided only
>> > for
>> > backward compatability and 2) Will not be supported in the future.
>> >
>> > Should I not be using a backup alias for these reasons? Yukon provides
>> > the
>> > commands but no where have I seen where it's only there to support
>> > backward
>> > compatability and that it is targeted to be phased out. Can someone show
>> > me
>> > this?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > -Cqlboy
>>