sql server msde: I would like to modify the amount of backups that the sql server keeps on
record. My reasoning is that I am trying to minimize the size of my full
backups. I was made aware that the server keeps a certain time period of
backups and that I could modify this and lessen the time period that it keeps

hi,
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all the retaintion for backups can be set manually in the Backup
operation...
you can specify the
RETAINDAYS = 1 -- no of days
or
EXPIREDATE = N'2005/02/03' -- an actual date...
if those 2 settings are not provided, the default expiration is determined
by the media retention configuration setting of sp_configure..
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/tsqlref/ts_ba-bz_35ww.asp
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