I have not used either of these tools, should be interesting.  Thanks for the links!
Thank you Alex and Sue, your input is greatly appreciated.

Great article/fix, thanks 😀 Just to let yo know the png files do not display. :ermm:

restarting sql agent seems to fix the issue.

yes no errors.

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 84

Incorrect syntax near '?'.

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 87

Incorrect syntax near '?'.

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 94

Incorrect syntax near...

Ouch! 😉

You are correct, the early versions had issues with Maintenance Plans. The server is up to date on service packs. I have deleted and rebuilt the Maintenance plan...

I tried that, did not help. The sql behind the backup task does not use the dropped DB name, but it is listed in the error message.

I am leaning that way to as check disk failed.

That is a nice report (dba dashboard), but the stored procs are locked so that you can not see the code that makes up the report :sick:

Hi Rodney

I will watch the mail next week for my magazine and I will look for your book in May.

Thanks for the info and thanks for giving to the community....

Much thanks to Rodney and David!!!

I to am new to SSIS and now see it as a useful tool. Now.. How would I go about using these packages with...