That's about what I implement. Slightly different, I have a central machien that rolls up some of this info. I do add one that checks the version and config of SQL...

Could be NT4. Never had issues with W2K or XP.

The backup is created on the server, so it sees those drives. If you need the file, backup to the server and copy the file to your machine. If you...

Don't know of one, but if you find one, post it here. That would be great!

DTS will move the dbfs, select DTS, use a DBF data source and transfer the files. For the CDX, you will need to manually create the index.

I thought Visual Fox...

You're logs have gotten out of synch. Personally I implement my own log shipping (I'm cheap ), but I'd reset the log shipping. Someone...

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/bknight/transferdiagram.asp

The left join is the preferred method.

If you hit this limit, you probably have other problems

You're not mad. You can't do this (unfortunately). Until DTS is a serparate MMC snap in, they will have all the tools.

I'm guessing you want to do one of two things. create a group in NT and add them as a login to SQL Server with deny access. Add the user...

You can set a limit on the amount of memory the server will use. In EM, right click server, Properties, Memory tab.

Be sure your tape process or something else doesn't have the file open. You can use filemon (http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/filemon.shtml) to see who has a file handle open.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/mom/2000sp1/all/deployguide/en-us/5_al5cs6.mspx

This is the deployment guide. For monitoring SQL Server, you'd setup the agent and then pick what items you need to monitor.

You may not have rights. Also, check the error logs for SQL Server and SQLAgent