Database Maintenance Plan not removing older files

I've recently upgraded the SQL server from 7 to 2000 SP3. The database
maintenance plans were set to remove backup and log files older than 2 days,
but does not seem to be working any more. I removed the plan and entered a
new one last week and still the files are building and are not being removed
.
Any suggestions.
Thanks
Jim Tyou can write an ActiveX script and have it execute before your job
runs to clean up the server prior to maintenance.
Jim T wrote:
> I've recently upgraded the SQL server from 7 to 2000 SP3. The database
> maintenance plans were set to remove backup and log files older than 2 day
s,
> but does not seem to be working any more. I removed the plan and entered a
> new one last week and still the files are building and are not being remov
ed.
> Any suggestions.
> Thanks
> Jim T|||I was going to write a vb program and schedule it to clean up, but I'm
surprised that it worked fine in 7 but now fails to work under SQL 2000. May
be I should not be surprised at all.
"GlennThomas5" wrote:

> you can write an ActiveX script and have it execute before your job
> runs to clean up the server prior to maintenance.
> Jim T wrote:
>|||Jim T wrote:
> I've recently upgraded the SQL server from 7 to 2000 SP3. The database
> maintenance plans were set to remove backup and log files older than 2 day
s,
> but does not seem to be working any more. I removed the plan and entered a
> new one last week and still the files are building and are not being remov
ed.
> Any suggestions.
> Thanks
> Jim T
Check the maintenance plan history (right-click on the maintenance plan
in Enterprise Manager). Any error messages reported there?
Tracy McKibben
MCDBA
http://www.realsqlguy.com|||Under the Plan History - No errors were reported - Task says 'Succeeded'
"Tracy McKibben" wrote:

> Jim T wrote:
> Check the maintenance plan history (right-click on the maintenance plan
> in Enterprise Manager). Any error messages reported there?
>
> --
> Tracy McKibben
> MCDBA
> http://www.realsqlguy.com
>|||I also checked the security on the directory which currently has "EVERYONE"
with all rights (Yes, I know it could be a security breach - but had to try
something)
"Tracy McKibben" wrote:

> Jim T wrote:
> Check the maintenance plan history (right-click on the maintenance plan
> in Enterprise Manager). Any error messages reported there?
>
> --
> Tracy McKibben
> MCDBA
> http://www.realsqlguy.com
>|||Jim T wrote:
> Under the Plan History - No errors were reported - Task says 'Succeeded'
>
Is that the JOB history, or the PLAN history?
Tracy McKibben
MCDBA
http://www.realsqlguy.com|||One of the entries from the Plan history.
I looked at your web site and it reminded me to look into the SQL Server
Agnts jobs and checked the steps on the Database maintenance, even though th
e
DB Maint util says 2days, the script steps is saying
EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_sqlmaint N'-PlanID
12E9433F-9CC4-4ACC-BF1D-EC7E4566B3EA -Rpt "D:\SQLDATA\LOG\DB Maintenance
Plan14.txt" -DelTxtRpt 4DAYS -WriteHistory -VrfyBackup -BkUpMedia DISK
-BkUpDB "D:\SQLDATA\BACKUP" -DelBkUps 4DAYS -CrBkSubDir -BkExt "BAK"'
I changed the script to 2DAYS and will check processing tonight. Since I
only found the issue 4 days ago and the plan is set for 2 days of files, it
was surprising to see the script with 4 instead of 2. I'll let you know
tommorrow if that worked.
"Tracy McKibben" wrote:

> Jim T wrote:
> Is that the JOB history, or the PLAN history?
> --
> Tracy McKibben
> MCDBA
> http://www.realsqlguy.com
>|||Resolved, once the script step was changed to 2DAYS it is now cleaning up
after itself. Strange that the PLAN wizard shows 2 days while the script
shows 4DAYS - but I'll keep that in mind.
Thank you Tracy for a good web site
"Tracy McKibben" wrote:

> Jim T wrote:
> Is that the JOB history, or the PLAN history?
> --
> Tracy McKibben
> MCDBA
> http://www.realsqlguy.com
>