What is the error information associated with Step 1?

Drill into step 1 from the job history.

I agree with Barry. If you post the necessary information outlined in the article, the answers you are given will be less guesswork and more usable by you.

Elliott W (2/16/2010)

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GSquared (2/16/2010)

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Judging from this and other forums, yes, there are troll DBAs. My main concern with them is that they give this kind of garbage out, and...

Alvin Ramard (2/16/2010)

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Steve Cullen (2/16/2010)

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...and pull your...

Here is a reference about disk alignment. SQL server likes the disks aligned and the cluster sizes to be larger than the default settings.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd758814.aspx

And the one that Flunked out is DDS

And shake 'em all about.

Now he appears to be backing off a little bit. See his latest.

I don't get the impression that he is backing down at all from his position. He says he agrees, but I don't get the impression that he truly does...

GT-897544 (2/16/2010)

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I don't have 15 - 20 years as you guys do. If the Disk is offline Server team had notified the DBA's in first place. If you...

He probably is.

I couldn't resist at the point of the...

Elliott W (2/16/2010)

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I think I do too, I'm writing that down..

That whole chain made me laugh.. I...

If one reacts and shoots from the hips, troubleshooting will become more complicated.

Find out the cause first. Fix the root cause. Troubleshooting is a progression of fact finding...

Ok - it is now real interesting. Referencing Paul Randal's blog on corrupt databases. I think that thread is turning for the south.

He is insistent on the data extraction.