Noticed, have I, that Mangal has deleted all but 2 posts of his, the original post and two others.

peace2007 (3/4/2009)

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Peace: Most likely someone took a full backup somewhere in between. Full backups reset the differential base, so you have to make sure you use the correct full backup....

Right, you probably are. PM I sent as well, yet reply I have had not.

My question is are they getting bigger everyday? If they are about the same size every night, then you definately DON'T want to shrink them as they would just...

Jeffrey Williams (3/4/2009)

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How exactly did you get those maintenance plans onto the new 2008 system? Did you restore the msdb database from the 2005 system to the 2008 system?

If...

You probably need to use dynamic sql in your stored procedure. If more help, you will need to post the code.

Okay, I'm at a loss now also. If I think of anything before you resolve the issue (and if you do, please post back), I'll post here again.

From your desktop or the server? Did you run the ipconfig on your desktop or server?

I just glanced back through the posts and I didn't see answer to my question regarding how/where you are creating your maintenance plans.

I may just have missed it, though with...

Not really sure myself other than a entry with a NDS name that has the wrong IP address associated with it.

Just out of curiosity, have you run an ipconfig /displaydns to see what is there?

Nothing wrong with doing a t-log backup prior to a full backup. It will truncate the t-log reducing the amount the t-log that may need to be backed up...

Could it be a DNS cache issue? When you are creating the maintenance plans, are you "physically" on the servers or connecting from SSMS on your PC?

I know you...

What error messages are you getting when attempting to delete data?

Does this mean the virtual servers on the 2008 cluster have the same name as on the 2005 cluster?

Also, are there any error messages in the error logs?