No this is a new setup .
below is the query , whic is running fine while executing in mgmt studio
but i have put it in JOB , to perform it periodically
so when the job runs , it gives that error
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declare @SQLCmd varchar(100)
SET @SQLCmd = 'insert into ghi_prod.dbo.account_test SELECT TOP 1 * from mydba.ghi_prod.dbo.account '
EXEC(@SQLCmd) AT [mytesttest\DEV] <------linked server
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