Thanks for the response.

Understood about the restore sequence...full first, then last differential.

I was curious if anyone had a code snipet that would dynamically pull the latest differential from the msdb...

Would it be possible to get the complete tutorial for the VMWare Server\SQL Server 2008 install?

What about patching? If you have to patch to install and you have a cluster, you can failover to one node and patch the other, then fail back and...

Thanks for the great article....Would it be possible to get the complete tutorial for the VMWare Server\SQL Server 2008 install?

Steve,

Thanks! That's what I was thinking--that's it's possible but not the best option. I'll mention the additional space needs....for the SAN move...

It's a long story, but I've already moved the backups off of this server. So there's no additional space to be gained that way.....

Is it possible to have some...

Everyone--thank--I figured it out. I had to map the shared drive to the computer where I was running the backup. It worked fine....

Again, thanks for your help!

I'm sorry....I have one more question. When you say the SQL Server Service account.....I'm logging onto the system using my admin log on. How can I verify if...

Thanks! I thought as much. I appreciate the confirmation!