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Showing posts with label Script to remove old Database backup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Script to remove old Database backup. Show all posts

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Script to remove old Database backup

Use below script to remove old database backup:


DECLARE @sql varchar(8000)
DECLARE @BAK_PATH VARCHAR(4000)
declare c_bak cursor FAST_FORWARD FOR 
select bmf.physical_device_name
from msdb..backupset bs 
inner join msdb..backupmediafamily bmf
on (bs.media_set_id=bmf.media_set_id)
where DATEDIFF(DAY,bs.backup_start_date,GETDATE())>30
AND DATEDIFF(DAY,bs.backup_start_date,GETDATE())<=60
OPEN c_bak 
FETCH NEXT FROM c_bak INTO @BAK_PATH 
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @SQL = 'EXEC XP_CMDSHELL '+ ''' DEL '+'"'+@BAK_PATH +'"'+''''+', no_output '
PRINT (@SQL)
EXEC(@SQL)
FETCH NEXT FROM c_bak INTO @BAK_PATH 
END 
CLOSE C_BAK
DEALLOCATE C_BAK