Backup Files

Now that you know how the jobs work, you can verify they actually write backups. Launch Windows Explorer and go to the backup path you noted. Open the MinistryPlatform folder (unless you write all backups to the root directory, which is not common). In the MinistryPlatform folder, you should see two types of files.

Full backup files have a .bak extension, and Transaction Log backup files have a .trn extension. If you don't see .bak or .trn files, the backup portion of the task is not working.

Full Backups (bak)

You should see a .bak file for each day going back to the maximum file age.

Transaction Log Backups (trn)

You should see multiple .trn files for each day going back to the maximum file age. If you see files older than the maximum file age, the Maintenance Cleanup task is not working.