The idea was taken from this script: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/Maintenance+and+Management/61448/ Which did not work in SQL 2005 due to table changes on MSDB  Read more...

Introduction A few months back, I was asked how long a particular nightly process took to run. It was a super...  Read more...

Learn about a simple way to run uniform tasks in parallel using self-deleting jobs.  Read more...

SQL Monitor’s Job duration unusual alert is a powerful tool for keeping track of most jobs in your SQL Server environment. It works by comparing the running time of any job instance against the median for that job, and identifying when a variation in the job duration could hint at a performance problem. However, if your environment contains big jobs whose durations vary by several orders of magnitudes, it can be tricky to specify what kind of variation is expected and what would be unusual. For these cases, it is possible to go beyond the functionality of the built-in alert with a custom metric.  Read more...

List all active Jobs in SQL Server with the details of the schedule.  Read more...

This script lists the name, running and success status, last executed/currently executing step name, Average and Last duration, next run time and other related information about Jobs.  Read more...

Are there things you need to make sure are running when your SQL Agent starts? Did you know that you...  Read more...

Script to output job name and schedule.  Read more...

MySQL introduced its own brand of job scheduling, called Events, in version 5.1. However, some Database Administrators (DBAs) feel that it isn't quite ready for prime time. This article presents a hybrid solution that uses MySQL Event Scheduling to manage the batch jobs and Windows PowerShell for the error handling.  Read more...

A quick how-to on configuring SQL Server Agent alerts to manage file space usage.  Read more...

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This article has a T-SQL function to detect the SQL Agent job state.  Read more...

will create jobs script for backup or DR purposes to install on another server.  Read more...

This script lists the name, running and success status, last executed/currently executing step name, Average and Last duration, next run time and other related information about Jobs.  Read more...

Continuing with his series on monitoring your SQL Servers, David Bird now looks a a way to fin those long running, active jobs.  Read more...

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The Replication infrastructure in SQL Server is implemented using SQL Server Agent to execute the various components involved in the form of a job (e.g. LogReader agent job, Distribution agent job, Merge agent job) SQL Server jobs execute a binary executable file which is basically C++ code.  Read more...

I work in a fairly large and unwieldy SQL Server shop. Our environment is the wild west. I have DBAs and Developers on my team that create SQL Server Agent Jobs all of the time and there is never an operator setup to email anyone based on a failure condition. I know the right solution here is to "tame the wild west" by locking down the environment and setting up a change management process, but I think that is a topic for another day. Can you give me some idea of how to identify the new recently created SQL Server Agent Jobs and Jobs without an operator setup to email us for a failure condition? I would like to receive emails when either of these conditions occur. Check out the solution to this tip to learn how.   Read more...

Find all Job Parent/Child Relationships and related DTSConfig file locations for each step.  Read more...

This trigger will notify the existing email operator of the job with detailed job step information.  Read more...