Backup throws permission error I'm trying to backup SQL Server database to upload it to my database server. I am using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, Database -> Tasks -> Back Up...
And I got the following error: 


  An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
  VIEW SERVER STATE permission was denied on object 'server', database 'master'. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 300)


Any idea of what's happening?
You should make sure that for the database you're trying to back up, you have at least the db_backupoperator database role assigned to the user that's trying to run the backup. 
That should be sufficient.