How to schedule SQL Maintenance Plan

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1 H&S Heilig und Schubert Software AG How to schedule SQL Maintenance Plan for MS SQL Server 2005 All Rights Reserved. Including all rights concerning reproduction, copying or any other use or transmission of this document and its contents or parts of it. No part of this publication may, no matter in what form, be reproduced without written permission by H&S Heilig und Schubert Software AG, passed on to third parties, edited by electronic retrieval systems, copied, distributed or used for public presentations. H&S Heilig und Schubert Software AG reserves the right to change and update the content at any time. All data shown on screenshots is solely for demonstration purposes of the software. H&S Heilig und Schubert is not responsible for this content. Trade Mark H&S: PAM-STORAGE Microsoft, Microsoft Windows NT and the names of other Microsoft Products are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Other product names are being used for identification purposes of products and can be registered trademarks of the according manufacturers. H&S Heilig und Schubert Software AG page 1/7

2 We recommend to schedule daily maintenance plan in SQL for the database. In this way the database and log files will be backed up and shrunk down. To schedule the maintenance plan for database: 1. Run the Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Manager from Start / Programs / Microsoft SQL server / SQL Server Management Studio. 2. Expand the Microsoft SQL Servers node down to the maintenance plan, e.g. VMXDEMO (SQL Server) / Management / Maintenance Plan. 3. Right-click the Maintenance Plan and from the context menu select Maintenance Plan Wizard to open it. Wizard window opens. 4. Enter the name for your maintenance plan (e.g. pam) and click the Change button to schedule it. 5. The Job Schedule Properties window opens: In the Schedule type down-drop box select Recurring and check Enabled text box. In the Frequency section set it to run daily (Occurs Daily; Recurs every 1 day(s)). In the Daily Frequency section set the maintenance time in the Occurs once at text box. In the Duration section check the No end date radio button. Check your settings in Summary. Finally click OK. H&S Heilig und Schubert Software AG page 2/7

3 6. In the Maintenance Plan Wizard window click Next. In the following window make sure to select these maintenance tasks: Shrink database Clean Up History Back Up Database (Full) Back Up Database (Transaction Log) Click Next. H&S Heilig und Schubert Software AG page 3/7

4 7. In the following dialog configure the shrink task for your database: Click the down arrow in the Database(s) text box. Check These databases radio button and select your database. Click OK, then Next. 8. In the new window check all three check boxes. Set removing of old backup files after few days in the Remove historical data older than. Then click Next. H&S Heilig und Schubert Software AG page 4/7

5 NOTE: Bear in mind that each backup file requires as much space as the database itself. 9. Now configure the full backup for your database: Click the down arrow in the Database(s) text box. Check These databases radio button and select your database. Click OK, then Next. H&S Heilig und Schubert Software AG page 5/7

6 10. Configure transaction log backup: Click the down arrow in the Database(s) text box. Check These databases radio button and select your database. Click OK, then Next. 11. Finally click Finish. When done click Close. H&S Heilig und Schubert Software AG page 6/7

7 12. Back in the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio window make sure that the SQL Server Agent is started. If not (small red cross attached to its icon) right-click the SQL Server Agent and select Start from the context menu to start the agent. H&S Heilig und Schubert Software AG page 7/7