Problem removing old back up files....

I am having problems with removing the update files from a folder. When
a do a new backup, I want it to overwrite the old backup files with the
new one. Apparently the code I am using is wrong. Any suggestions?Hi,
Would you be able to post your code so that people can see if they can
see anything with it or if it's fine?
If you are using BACKUP statements then you have to add "INIT" to the
"WITH" section. This will overwrite whatever backup device (e.g. the
file name) that you specify in the statement. For example:
BACKUP DATABASE Test_DB
TO DISK = 'C:\Test_DB_Backup.bak'
WITH INIT
WIll overwrite the previous contents of Test_DB_Backup.bak. Note that
there are some caveats with using INIT (namely that it won't overwrite
in certain situations) but these are described in SQL Server Books
Online in the topic about the BACKUP statement.
Hope that helps a bit|||EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_sqlmaint N'-PlanID
88FF9022-F638-4939-99FF-2FD57140382C -Rpt "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
SQL Server\MSSQL\LOG\<Backup Sever Name> Backup4.txt" -DelTxtRpt 2WEEKS
-WriteHistory -VrfyBackup -BkUpMedia DISK -BkUpDB "\\<Backup Server
Name>\Backup Do Not Touch\<SQL Server Name>" -DelBkUps 1DAYS
-CrBkSubDir -BkExt "BAK"'
There is the one we are using.|||OK, I see...There is an Database Maintenance Plan in place that will
take a backup of the desired database and delete backups older than one
day.
I don't believe that the sqlmaint utility (the utility that will be
called by xp_sqlmaint) has a switch that orders backups to be
overwritten. If you want to take backups but overwrite them each day
then you'll probably need to define your own SQL Server Agent job that
executes the following T-SQL as per whatever schedule you desire:
BACKUP DATABASE <DB_Name>
TO DISK = '<Path Of Backup File (includes the file name)>'
WITH INIT -- Force an overwrite most of the time (some caveats as
described in Books Online)
BTW, I think that generally it is a good idea to keep a few backup
files just in case something goes wrong with the backup you are
currently taking there is something to fall back on.
Hope that helps a bit