Aug 29, 2024 · Use the Maintenance Cleanup Task to remove old files related to maintenance plans, including text reports created by maintenance plans and database backup files. Note. …

Jan 14, 2016 · Connect to the server using a Windows account that has the required permissions on the folder containing the backups and run the SQL; If the bak files do get cleaned up, then …

Mar 2, 2020 · It allows us to remove full, differential, transaction log backup files and report files from the provided location based on the file extension. It is also possible to remove a specific, …

Check the file to see if it is a valid backup file. If the file is corrupt or in some other way damaged the process to remove the file won't do anything. You can check it by doing: RESTORE …

Aug 7, 2013 · Under ‘File location’ select Search folder and delete files based on an extension. Give the path of the backup files location in Folder and “bak” (for native backups) in File …

Nov 26, 2014 · But the problem is solved: Under File extension: we use “BAK”, and INCLUDE FIRST-LEVEL subfolders was also used, but the BAK files where in a sub-sub folder. By …

Apr 6, 2020 · There are different ways to delete old backup file, in this blog we will learn how to delete old backup file automatically in SQL Server Maintenance plan using the cleanup task. …

Nov 27, 2012 · Is it possible to specify more than one file extension in a single Maintenance Cleanup Task or do you have to specify a new task for each file type? Or can you specify all …

Jan 24, 2017 · Sometimes you just want to get rid of the trn or bak or txt files, so you would just put that extension in. The last important setting on this page is how old of files do you want to …

Sep 12, 2012 · Check the properties of a recent bak or trn file, security, and find out who the owner is. Now check the properties of the backup FOLDER, security and see if the FILE owner …