I do not have the Maintenance Plan listed under the Object Explorer. I am running SQL Server 2008 R2 (that is listed in Control Panel/Programs). When I tried to run the install to check that the management tool is configured I received the"instance id" error (SQLManagementStudio_X64_ENU.EXE). After doing some reading online I found where some people used the SQLEXPADV_X64_ENU.exe install. This allowed me to see that the Management Tools were installed. I am not an SQL expert and need to schedule a nightly backup of the database.
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