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Deleting Old Backup Files

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a.shahnazi
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Posted - 2009-09-08 : 22:07:35

Hi,

I set the option 'Remove files older than' in a 'Database Maitenance Plan' to 2 days in sql 2000, but it doesn't work properly
Does anyone have any idea ?

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Ali

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2009-09-09 : 13:06:34

This is one of the main reasons why I stopped using maintenance plans, they simply just don't always work.

You could try deleting the maintenance plan and recreating it, that has worked for many people. Or you could roll your own scripts like I did. Here's my script that supports 2000/2005: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/archive/2009/04/07/Backup-SQL-Server-DatabasesAgain.aspx

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