How do we know if a db was cleanly shutdown?

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can execute sp_changedbowner.

I don't think you are having SysAdmin access currently.

You may check your permission details on your current db...

Did you try recyling the instance. Not sure if this would work but just my 2 cents.

This is a generic question. Please be more specific on what you are looking for.

Very good question.Thanks.

Didn't understand your question, we could help if you could explain.

I agree with you Steve, being honest on what you don't know is better than getting exposed terribly.

Try this link

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2006/06/10/625659.aspx

Pls check if you are getting what you are looking for.

Very good scenario based question.

Can you test the maintenance plan on your instance by creating one plan for a single test db and then give backup path as C:\ only.

Pls try this and revert...

I could answer few of your questions

1. Do you think this approach works ?

YES

2. Can REPORT SERVER BE my failover choice (Sicne i am using the...

Please come up with better description of the issue instead of duplicating same question.

After running maintenance plan job what is the error message encountered.

Like I said before, replication would be a good choice.

Going by your description of requirement, you could consider Snapshot replication.

It is not advisable to run Profiler on a continous basis as it would lead to performance related issues.

For auditing, there are some new features available in SQL Server 2008,...