Looks like the GUI has a restriction of 256 characters for the email field. However you can also add the operator using T-SQL and it works.

USE [msdb]

GO

EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_add_operator @name=N'OperatorName',

@enabled=1,...

As replied earlier by Ashish, your code does not overwrite the existing backups. Modify it to something like this

BACKUP DATABASE 'Datbasename'

TO DISK = 'EnterAStaticName'

WITH NOFORMAT,INIT, NAME = N''Datbasename'-Full Database Backup',

SKIP,...

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There is no 64 bit Oracle ODBC drivers. Please refer this

This helps you getting started.

Failing over the resources would confirm if the change has gone well with SQL Server or not

What is the job designed do? What is the error message with which the job fails?

Check if the database files are compressed. If yes remove the Compression option in the Operating System. Refer this

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Here is the one for SQL Server 2005.

SELECT d.name, MAX(b.backup_finish_date) AS last_backup_finish_date

FROM master.sys.databases d

LEFT OUTER JOIN msdb.dbo.backupset b ON d.name = b.database_name AND b.type = 'D'

WHERE d.database_id NOT IN (2,...

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You should have got that option. Not sure though how it did not

You would have got a screen which looks like this. May be you have skipped that.

My 2 cents. It will not put database into SUSPECT mode.

Access from SQL Browser? The error message in the event log may be due to the fact that some other application/user is trying to access with the wrong "sa" password.