Delete Previous Days Backups

** Once you run this, you must configure the Step for the correct path and the days to keep. Please see

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USE [msdb]

GO
/****** Object: Job [Delete Previous Days Backups] Script Date: 2/5/2016 8:53:46 PM ******/

BEGIN TRANSACTION
DECLARE @ReturnCode INT
SELECT @ReturnCode = 0

/****** Object: JobCategory [[Uncategorized (Local)]] Script Date: 2/5/2016 8:53:47 PM ******/

IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT name FROM msdb.dbo.syscategories WHERE name=N'[Uncategorized (Local)]' AND category_class=1)
BEGIN
EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_category @class=N'JOB', @type=N'LOCAL', @name=N'[Uncategorized (Local)]'
IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
END

DECLARE @jobId BINARY(16)

EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_job @job_name=N'Delete Previous Days Backups',
  @enabled=1,
  @notify_level_eventlog=0,
  @notify_level_email=0,
  @notify_level_netsend=0,
  @notify_level_page=0,
  @delete_level=0,
  @description=N'No description available.',
  @category_name=N'[Uncategorized (Local)]',
  @owner_login_name=N'sa', @job_id = @jobId OUTPUT

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
/****** Object: Step [Delete older than 1 day - worktime]    Script Date: 2/5/2016 8:53:52 PM ******/
EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobstep @job_id=@jobId, @step_name=N'Delete older than 1 day - worktime',
  @step_id=1,
  @cmdexec_success_code=0,
  @on_success_action=3,
  @on_success_step_id=0,
  @on_fail_action=2,
  @on_fail_step_id=0,
  @retry_attempts=0,
  @retry_interval=0,
  @os_run_priority=0, @subsystem=N'CmdExec',
  @command=N'forfiles -p E:\WorkTime_Backups -s -m *.bak -d -1 -c "CMD /C DEL /q @PATH"',
  @flags=0

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
/****** Object: Step [Delete backups - Live]    Script Date: 2/5/2016 8:53:53 PM ******/
EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobstep @job_id=@jobId, @step_name=N'Delete backups - Live',
  @step_id=2,
  @cmdexec_success_code=0,
  @on_success_action=1,
  @on_success_step_id=0,
  @on_fail_action=2,
  @on_fail_step_id=0,
  @retry_attempts=0,
  @retry_interval=0,
  @os_run_priority=0, @subsystem=N'CmdExec',
  @command=N'forfiles -p c:\SQLBackups -s -m *.bak -d -1 -c "CMD /C DEL /q @PATH"',
  @flags=0

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_id = @jobId, @start_step_id = 1

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
EXEC @ReturnCode = msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobserver @job_id = @jobId, @server_name = N'(local)'

IF (@@ERROR <> 0 OR @ReturnCode <> 0) GOTO QuitWithRollback
COMMIT TRANSACTION

GOTO EndSave
QuitWithRollback:
IF (@@TRANCOUNT > 0) ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
EndSave: