1 Chapter Overview Defining Operators Creating Jobs Configuring Alerts Creating a Database Maintenance Plan Creating Multiserver Jobs

2 Notification Methods Pager NET SEND

3 Operators

4 Job Steps Three types Operating system commands Transact-SQL statements ActiveX scripts Each step can contain only one type of job step. Each job can contain multiple job steps.

5 Permissions and Job Ownership A job is generally owned by the creator, but it can be assigned to another user. Jobs operate in the security context of the job owner, not in the security context of the user executing the job. By default, only sysadmins can execute operating system and ActiveX job steps. Non-sysadmins can be given permission to run operating system and ActiveX job steps in the security context of a defined proxy account.

6 Multiple Job Steps and Job Responses

7 Job Scheduling

8 Job Creation Using the Create Job wizard Creating directly in SQL Server Enterprise Manager Using Transact-SQL

9 Proxy Account Click on the General tab for the SQL Server Agent Properties dialog box. Enable non-sysadmins to execute operating system and ActiveX scripting jobs. Define a local or domain user account.

10 Job Information and History View status of jobs in the details pane for the Jobs container. View the properties of a job to review or modify it. View the job history log for a job to review its execution history. Manage the job history log size as a property of the SQL Server Agent service. Use the SQL Server Agent error log to view error information.

11 Error Detection Alerts

12 Performance Condition Alerts

13 Alert Creation Using the Create Alert wizard Creating directly in SQL Server Enterprise Manager Using Transact-SQL Using user-defined error messages

14 Alert Information and History View status of alerts in the details pane for Alerts container. Refresh Alerts container to view most recent alert information. When troubleshooting, verify that an alert is enabled. View the properties of an alert to review or modify it.

15 Database Maintenance Plan Wizard Rebuild indexes, and update distributions statistics. Automatically shrink a database. Perform DBCC consistency checks. Back up database and transaction log files. Configure log shipping.

16 Maintenance Plan Information and History View status of maintenance plans in the details pane. Refresh the Database Maintenance Plan container. When troubleshooting, verify that the maintenance plan is enabled. View the history log of a maintenance plan, including each component. View the properties of a maintenance plan.

17 Multiserver Job Architecture

18 Master and Target Server Creation Select a server that can handle the performance hit for the master. Configure it as the master, and designate an MSXOperator. Enlist target servers–they must be registered with SQL Server Enterprise Manager.

19 Job Creation for Target Servers Use same process as for creating local jobs, but designate target servers. Jobs are downloaded by target servers as read- only jobs. Database and file system paths must be valid on each target server.

20 Target Server Information and Job History View the status of a target server, including pending instructions. Force download of instructions immediately. Start jobs on target servers, change polling interval, or synchronize clocks. View information by server or by target job. View job history log on any target server.

21 Chapter Summary Define users and groups to act as operators. Create simple or complex jobs to perform tasks, and specify notifications. Define event and performance condition alerts, and specify notifications and jobs. Use Database Maintenance Plan wizard to automate tasks. Create multiserver jobs to centrally manage jobs.