# FB Options - SQLMaint.exe? Where is it?

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb-options-sqlmaint-exe-where-is-it/875
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**Created:** [June 12, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb-options-sqlmaint-exe-where-is-it/875 "2008-06-12T10:33:04Z")
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### Author: ![blancaster](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@blancaster](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/blancaster)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb-options-sqlmaint-exe-where-is-it/875/1 "2008-06-12T10:33:04Z")

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I'm trying to do a SQL 2005 Backup with FB. I'm getting&nbsp;the error "SQL Server Options: Path to SQLMaint.exe has not been set." I found OSQL.exe and SQLCMD.exe in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\Binn\" but I can't find SQLMaint.exe.

Where would I look for SQLMaint.exe or how can I work around the problem?

Thanks

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### Author: ![blancaster](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@blancaster](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/blancaster)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2008, 12:40pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb-options-sqlmaint-exe-where-is-it/875/2 "2008-06-13T12:40:36Z")

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One extra note: The database I am trying to backup is on a sql server and not on my build machine.

Thanks again...

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### Author: ![tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb-options-sqlmaint-exe-where-is-it/875/3 "2008-06-13T02:01:38Z")

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Hi Bob,   
  
 You’ll need to have SQLMaint.exe installed on your build machine. I’m not sure what part of the SQL Server installer is required though.   
  
 I found SQLMaint.exe in this location on our server:   
 C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Binn   
  
 hth.

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### Author: ![blancaster](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@blancaster](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/blancaster)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/fb-options-sqlmaint-exe-where-is-it/875/4 "2008-06-13T01:35:00Z")

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Thanks that did it.

I copied the sqlmaint.exe and sqlmaint.rll files to my build machine "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server" directory and set the FB SQLMAINT Location path.

I received an error at first but that was because the process didn't have&nbsp;permissions for the backup destination.

Thanks again!

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