[Samba] Re: Re: MS SQL server and samba

[Jamrock]

"Hans du Plooy" <hansdp-lists at sagacit.com> wrote in message
news:200510092004.59175.hansdp-lists at sagacit.com...
> On Sunday 09 October 2005 03:47, jamrock wrote:
> > Note that most people use Enterprise Manager to backup from SQL to the
> > local drive.  They then use backup software to backup from disk to tape
or
> > disk to disk.
>
> Thanks for the link - gives me an idea of where to start hacking on it.
>
> We are actually using another product, Cortex Backupassist, which works
like a
> charm and has no problem backup up to a samba share.  But the guys who set
up
> the SQL server before us had Enterprise Manager do the backups to local
disc.
> These backups are now getting to big, and fill up the disc with every
round.
> And for the life of me I cannot get Enterprise Manager to delete that
backup
> schedule.  So I thought, well, double backups isn't such a bad idea, I
just
> need to get them diverted somewhere else...
>
> Thanks
> Hans
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the
> instructions:  https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
>

Have you configured Enterprise Manager to remove backups older than a
specified number of days?

How have you tried to remove the Database Maintenance Schedule?