The length of the device name provided exceeds supported limit (maximum length is:259) in sql server backup  job is getting failed due to large name

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The length of the device name provided exceeds supported limit (maximum length is:259) in sql server backup  job is getting failed due to large name
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Vitor MontalvãoIT Engineer
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I guess you're creating the name dynamically, right?
Can you post the algorithm you're using to create the dynamic backup file name?
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we have a maintenance plan created on SQL server via MP only job is executing
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I see. That task creates dynamic backup up file names.
What's the main path? Maybe the length for the folder and subfolder names is too big already and it's time to move it to a root path, something like D:\SQLBackup or so. This will guarantee shorter lengths for the path.
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