Remove Backup Files ?

We are using SQL Server 2000 with SP3 installed.
In the database maintenance plan, we have chosen
to "Remove files older than 1 week" for the production
database.
We would like to know does the setting mean that "SQL
Server will remove backup files generated by the DB
Maitenance Plan will be removed if it is older than 1
week ?". This is because we find that there are some DB
backups (Done in July last year) exist in that directory.
ThanksBelow KB might help:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303292&Product=sql2k
Also, check out below great troubleshooting suggestions from Bill H at MS:
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This is likely to be either a permissions problem or a sharing violation
problem. The maintenance plan is run as a job, and jobs are run by the
SQLServerAgent service.
Permissions:
1. Determine the startup account for the SQLServerAgent service
(Start|Programs|Administrative tools|Services|SQLServerAgent|Startup). This
account is the security context for jobs, and thus the maintenance plan.
2. If SQLServerAgent is started using LocalSystem (as opposed to a domain
account) then skip step 3.
3. On that box, log onto NT as that account. Using Explorer, attempt to
delete an expired backup. If that succeeds then go to Sharing Violation
section.
4. Log onto NT with an account that is an administrator and use Explorer to
look at the Properties|Security of the folder (where the backups reside)
and ensure the SQLServerAgent startup account has Full Control. If the
SQLServerAgent startup account is LocalSystem, then the account to consider
is SYSTEM.
5. In NT, if an account is a member of an NT group, and if that group has
Access is Denied, then that account will have Access is Denied, even if
that account is also a member of the Administrators group. Thus you may
need to check group permissions (if the Startup Account is a member of a
group).
6. Keep in mind that permissions (by default) are inherited from a parent
folder. Thus, if the backups are stored in C:\bak, and if someone had
denied permission to the SQLServerAgent startup account for C:\, then
C:\bak will inherit access is denied.
Sharing violation:
This is likely to be rooted in a timing issue, with the most likely cause
being another scheduled process (such as NT Backup or Anti-Virus software)
having the backup file open at the time when the SQLServerAgent (i.e., the
maintenance plan job) tried to delete it.
1. Download filemon and handle from www.sysinternals.com.
2. I am not sure whether filemon can be scheduled, or you might be able to
use NT scheduling services to start filemon just before the maintenance
plan job is started, but the filemon log can become very large, so it would
be best to start it some short time before the maintenance plan starts.
3. Inspect the filemon log for another process that has that backup file
open (if your lucky enough to have started filemon before this other
process grabs the backup folder), and inspect the log for the results when
the SQLServerAgent agent attempts to open that same file.
4. Schedule the job or that other process to do their work at different
times.
5. You can use the handle utility if you are around at the time when the
job is scheduled to run.
If the backup files are going to a \\share or a mapped drive (as opposed to
local drive), then you will need to modify the above (with respect to where
the tests and utilities are run).
Finally, inspection of the maintenance plan's history report might be
useful.
Thanks,
Bill Hollinshead
Microsoft, SQL Server
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
Archive at: http://groups.google.com/groups?oi=djq&as_ugroup=microsoft.public.sqlserver
"Roger Lee" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We are using SQL Server 2000 with SP3 installed.
> In the database maintenance plan, we have chosen
> to "Remove files older than 1 week" for the production
> database.
> We would like to know does the setting mean that "SQL
> Server will remove backup files generated by the DB
> Maitenance Plan will be removed if it is older than 1
> week ?". This is because we find that there are some DB
> backups (Done in July last year) exist in that directory.
> Thanks|||Dear Tibor,
Thank you for your advice.
However, what I missed in last message is that -
Is it possible to make ad hoc backup of the production
database in the same directory where "Daily backup is
generated by the database maintenance plan that 'Remove
files older than 1 week' option is chosen for the
production database".
This is because if the "Database Maintenance Plan" only
remove backups generated by itself, it is perfect for us
to put ad hoc backup there as we don't want to create
another directory for holding ad hoc backup.
Thanks

Remote Server question

sql2k sp3
Ive always used Linked Servers and as such dont really know about Remote
Servers. Anyways, here is the deal.
Box1 -- Replication Publisher. Has a Remote Server defined for Box2, which
is a Subscriber to Box1.
So, Im trying to exec a proc on Box2 while logged on to Box1 while logged in
as SA. But I get the message:
Server: Msg 18483, Level 14, State 1, Line 1
Could not connect to server 'BLA'because 'sa' is not defined as a remote
login at the server.
The SA password is the same on both these boxes, so while logged in as SA I:
sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @.rmtsrvname = 'cpdbovs01'
, @.useself = 'true'
but that doesnt make my problem go away. The really funny thing here is that
I googled it, saw that I posted the same question years ago, see that I got
it, but cant read the answer.
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Is it possible that your remote server is set up to use Windows
Authentication only? (Even though you can set the 'sa' password, that
doesn't imply you can actually login using that standard SQL login.)
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*mike hodgson*
blog: http://sqlnerd.blogspot.com
ChrisR wrote:
>sql2k sp3
>
>Ive always used Linked Servers and as such dont really know about Remote
>Servers. Anyways, here is the deal.
>Box1 -- Replication Publisher. Has a Remote Server defined for Box2, which
>is a Subscriber to Box1.
>So, Im trying to exec a proc on Box2 while logged on to Box1 while logged in
>as SA. But I get the message:
>Server: Msg 18483, Level 14, State 1, Line 1
>Could not connect to server 'BLA'because 'sa' is not defined as a remote
>login at the server.
>The SA password is the same on both these boxes, so while logged in as SA I:
>
>sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @.rmtsrvname = 'cpdbovs01'
> , @.useself = 'true'
>but that doesnt make my problem go away. The really funny thing here is that
>I googled it, saw that I posted the same question years ago, see that I got
>it, but cant read the answer.
>TIA, ChrisR
>
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Ive always used Linked Servers and as such dont really know about Remote
Servers. Anyways, here is the deal.
Box1 -- Replication Publisher. Has a Remote Server defined for Box2, which
is a Subscriber to Box1.
So, Im trying to exec a proc on Box2 while logged on to Box1 while logged in
as SA. But I get the message:
Server: Msg 18483, Level 14, State 1, Line 1
Could not connect to server 'BLA'because 'sa' is not defined as a remote
login at the server.
The SA password is the same on both these boxes, so while logged in as SA I:
sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @.rmtsrvname = 'cpdbovs01'
, @.useself = 'true'
but that doesnt make my problem go away. The really funny thing here is that
I googled it, saw that I posted the same question years ago, see that I got
it, but cant read the answer.
TIA, ChrisR
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Thanks Mike, but no thats not the case.
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Is it possible that your remote server is set up to use Windows =Authentication only? (Even though you can set the 'sa' password, that =doesn't imply you can actually login using that standard SQL login.)
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ChrisR wrote: sql2k sp3
Ive always used Linked Servers and as such dont really know about Remote =
Servers. Anyways, here is the deal.
Box1 -- Replication Publisher. Has a Remote Server defined for Box2, =which is a Subscriber to Box1.
So, Im trying to exec a proc on Box2 while logged on to Box1 while =logged in as SA. But I get the message:
Server: Msg 18483, Level 14, State 1, Line 1
Could not connect to server 'BLA'because 'sa' is not defined as a remote =
login at the server.
The SA password is the same on both these boxes, so while logged in as =SA I:
sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @.rmtsrvname =3D 'cpdbovs01'
, @.useself =3D 'true'
but that doesnt make my problem go away. The really funny thing here is =that I googled it, saw that I posted the same question years ago, see that I =got it, but cant read the answer.
TIA, ChrisR
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Thanks Mike, but no thats not the case.
"Mike Hodgson" wrote in message news:O$vQwAdrFHA.908@.t=k2msftngp13.phx.gbl...Is it possible that your remote server is set up to use Windows =Authentication only? (Even though you can set the 'sa' password, that doesn't =imply you can actually login using that standard SQL login.)
--mike =hodgsonblog: http://sqlnerd.blogspot.com ChrisR wrote: sql2k sp3
Ive always used Linked Servers and as such dont really know about Remote =Servers. Anyways, here is the deal.
Box1 -- Replication Publisher. Has a Remote Server defined for Box2, =which is a Subscriber to Box1.
So, Im trying to exec a proc on Box2 while logged on to Box1 while =logged in as SA. But I get the message:
Server: Msg 18483, Level 14, State 1, Line 1
Could not connect to server 'BLA'because 'sa' is not defined as a remote =login at the server.
The SA password is the same on both these boxes, so while logged in as =SA I:
sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @.rmtsrvname =3D 'cpdbovs01'
, @.useself =3D 'true'
but that doesnt make my problem go away. The really funny thing here is =that I googled it, saw that I posted the same question years ago, see that I =got it, but cant read the answer.
TIA, ChrisR

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