Backup SQL server db issue: delete old backup files

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Published on 2009-11-17T18:30:28Z Indexed on 2010/04/22 15:34 UTC
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I tried to use sqlmaint.exe tool to back up a database on a remote PC. Here is an example of backup:

sqlmaint.exe -S remoteSQLServer\SQLInstance -U username -P pwdxxx -D myDB 
   -BkUpMedia DISK -BkUpDB C:\MSSQL_Backups -DelBkUps 3days ...

Here I specified to delete backups older than 3 days. However, the job seems not deleting old bak files on the remote PC(where the SQL server sits). The remote PC has Windows 2008 Server. I also set the C:\MSQL_Backups as shared network drive for EnyOne as owner. My understanding is that the job will delete any bak files older than 3 days. Not sure what I missed?

By the way, the job runs at a box with SQL server 2005 installed.

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