> What method you all recommend I use to create a back up of the database (I > would like the back up to happen every night) > > > > I would like this to happen thanks to the Windows Task Scheduler service
With a plain old gbak call? Make sure, that: * You are using a TCP/IP connect string to the database * Use the services manager (-service_mgr) * Additionally, you might use -g to omit garbage collection on the source database Regards, Thomas