Backup Failure - Delete old files

I have setup my backup job to delete file older than 12 hours. I want to
keep atleast 2 backup files saved. The backup runs every night.
My backup job fails on alternate days.
The day it fails, it completes just 2 steps 'backup database' and 'verify
database'.
The day is completes sucessfully, it completes 4 steps 'backup database' and
'verify database' and 'delete old backup files' and 'check data and index
linkage'.
It started failing for last few months. The same setting used to work fine
before.
Any kind of help is greatly appreciated.
What is the error message you get at 3rd step?
"helpplease" wrote:

> I have setup my backup job to delete file older than 12 hours. I want to
> keep atleast 2 backup files saved. The backup runs every night.
> My backup job fails on alternate days.
> The day it fails, it completes just 2 steps 'backup database' and 'verify
> database'.
> The day is completes sucessfully, it completes 4 steps 'backup database' and
> 'verify database' and 'delete old backup files' and 'check data and index
> linkage'.
> It started failing for last few months. The same setting used to work fine
> before.
> Any kind of help is greatly appreciated.
|||Does not show the description of error inside the job or the maintenance
plan. The following error message is shown on the Application event log.
SQL Server Scheduled Job 'DB Backup Job for DB Maintenance Plan 'Insite
Maint'' (0xE5E76C0F4E0B7546BB973E5A02710F7F) - Status: Failed - Invoked on:
2006-02-20 21:00:00 - Message: The job failed. The Job was invoked by
Schedule 17 (Schedule 1). The last step to run was step 1 (Step 1).
"bluefish" wrote:
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> What is the error message you get at 3rd step?
>
> "helpplease" wrote:
|||Specify a report file for the maint plan and check the report file for the error messages.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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"helpplease" <helpplease@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Does not show the description of error inside the job or the maintenance
> plan. The following error message is shown on the Application event log.
> SQL Server Scheduled Job 'DB Backup Job for DB Maintenance Plan 'Insite
> Maint'' (0xE5E76C0F4E0B7546BB973E5A02710F7F) - Status: Failed - Invoked on:
> 2006-02-20 21:00:00 - Message: The job failed. The Job was invoked by
> Schedule 17 (Schedule 1). The last step to run was step 1 (Step 1).
>
> "bluefish" wrote: