My bad, I should have set the step to be executed as
T-SQL and it works now.



--- Parag Kulkarni <[Email Address Removed] wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a job that has this step below.
>
> Exec xp_cmdshell 'del
> F:\ReplicationBackUps\Deltest.bak'
>
> When I run this job , it fails giving me error
>
> ATTENTION: SQLSERVERAGENT reported the following
> error...
> [136] Job TestJob reported: The process could not be
> created for step 1 of job
> 0x217ABAD1F34C564D9343509EAA854079 (reason:
> Overlapped
> I/O operation is in progress).
>
> Job details.
> The owner of job is sa.Step type is "Operating
> System
> command (CmdExec)"
>
> If I run the same command from Query Analyzer then
> it
> deletes the specified file.
>
> Any ideas on this?
>
> Thanks,
> Parag
>
>
>
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