sswords,

you have mentioned

"delete old backups after 'n' days or weeks"

how can I delete old backups through a job. If the sheduled jobs append backup sets in to same backup...

thanks Jeremy Kemp.

still it give me runtime error on vb app. (i execute the sp from vb, by giving "exec sp_kkk" )

i want to clear errors from sp and...

It is Dard Drive device.

I do not want to erase all backup sets. I want to keep recent backup sets in it. and i want to erase old ones.