Currently I run several SQL2k machines on virtual servers. I have not run into any problems that I can attribute to the platform.

The recovery model for all DB's except temp is either full or bulk-logged.  I created a new maint plan for system DB's and modified the old one to only backup...

I created and viewed the .sql file.  The instruction to delete the logs is in there.  What I have discovered though was that the job has been reported as having failed. ...

I have created a maintenance plan using the wizard.  I have one plan that applys to all databases.

Full backups occur nightly and those files are kept for four weeks (these...