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tracy5436
Yak Posting Veteran

50 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-07 : 12:03:43
I have setup a cleanup job in SQL Management Studio to delete old backups older than a week. However, this is not being done. What am I doing wrong ?

sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7174 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-07 : 12:22:59
Use Maintenance Cleanup task in SSIS
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tracy5436
Yak Posting Veteran

50 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-07 : 13:08:52
I setup a cleanup task, but it is not deleting the backups.
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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7174 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-07 : 18:13:54
It should work. Did you use Maintenance cleanup task? Have U applied Service pack 2 with updated patches. I Think it was solved in SP2.
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