Issues Backing Up Database Hosted on GoDaddy

Application issues
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I’ve been using SQLBackupAndFTP to create daily backups of a database hosted on GoDaddy for the last 2 years or so and have never had any issues. That has all changed within the last couple of months.

The logs being generated by SQLBackupAndFTP are as follows:

11/25/2025 9:16 PM Backing up “(insert IP address here)” Remote SQL Server databases.
11/25/2025 9:16 PM Backing up “(insert DB name here)” with “Full” backup type.
11/25/2025 9:16 PM Failed to backup “(insert DB name here)” database with “Full” backup type: Enum objects failed for Database ‘(insert DB name here)’. > Execute with results failed for Database ‘(insert DB name here)’. > An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. > VIEW SERVER SECURITY STATE permission was denied on object ‘server’, database ‘master’.
The user does not have permission to perform this action.

Does anyone know what permissions I need and where? And also, why I only just now need them?

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Hi Joseph,

Thanks for your message.

We’ve just released an alpha build that reduces reliance on server-level permissions (e.g., VIEW SERVER STATE) and includes the latest fixes.

Download: https://sqlbackupandftp.com/download/alpha

You can install it over your existing setup—no uninstall needed.