Check this

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191160.aspx

I think you have to drop and recreate the linked servers again.

Here is a detail step for creating linked server.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Distributed+Queries/anintroductiontolinkedservers/1366/

Have a...

Are you getting any error message while executing the package?

What is the resticted size of your logfile in other what is the free spaceof drive where the log file is located.

it looks like there is insufficient space to grow...

The option which you have selected for that you have only option to reinititae the logshipping.

This sounds great 🙂

Yes, you can insall service pack each of the Instances or if you wish to Install for all Instances.

This may help you to narrow down performance issue by following hardawre performance checklist.

http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/brads-sure-dba-checklist/#_Toc209585605

Do you have the backup of your msdb database?

Considerations for Restoring the model and msdb Databases :-

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190749.aspx

this error comes when backup file or one of the strip file is empty. Check the size of your backup file.?

Here is a good example for this.

http://vyaskn.tripod.com/tracking_sql_statements_by_triggers.htm

best practice is to plan the backup strategy and retaintion period so that data can be recovered till what extend in the contigency situation and this has to be cleared...

BI with SQL server admistration would obviously value add to the skillset .