There is an existing job which handles Backups for a given DB. The command being run is
BACKUP DATABASE MyDBHere TO SomeNameHere WITH INIT, NOSKIP
The end result is some files on a drive with a .DAT extension being written to.
Also, the name SomeNameHere...is not the same as the actual file name, or else this isnt exactly whats happening.
Im familiar with .BAK files but not backing up to something with a .DAT extension.
Now Ive read it doesnt really matter what the file extension is for the backup file, but for this database, there is NO backup device defined when I select Tasks > Backup
So, how how can the above command function correctly, if there is no backup device defined, only these .DAT files?