MSdistribution_agents (Transact-SQL)
The MSdistribution_agents table contains one row for each Distribution Agent running at the local Distributor. This table is stored in the distribution database.
| Column name | Data type | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
id |
int |
The ID of the Distribution Agent. | |
|
name |
nvarchar(100) |
The name of the Distribution Agent. | |
|
publisher_database_id |
int |
The ID of the Publisher database. | |
|
publisher_id |
smallint |
The ID of the Publisher. | |
|
publisher_db |
sysname |
The name of the Publisher database. | |
|
publication |
sysname |
The name of the publication. | |
|
subscriber_id |
smallint |
The ID of the Subscriber, used by well-known agents only. For anonymous agents, this column is reserved. | |
|
subscriber_db |
sysname |
The Name of the subscription database. | |
|
subscription_type |
int |
The type of subscription: 0 = Push. 1 = Pull. 2 = Anonymous. | |
|
local_job |
bit |
Indicates whether there is a SQL Server Agent job on the local Distributor. | |
|
job_id |
binary(16) |
The job identification number. | |
|
subscription_guid |
binary(16) |
The ID of the subscriptions of this agent. | |
|
profile_id |
int |
The configuration ID from the MSagent_profiles (Transact-SQL) table. | |
|
anonymous_subid |
uniqueidentifier |
The ID of an anonymous agent. | |
|
subscriber_name |
sysname |
The name of the Subscriber, used by anonymous agents only. | |
|
virtual_agent_id |
int |
For internal use only. | |
|
anonymous_agent_id |
int |
For internal use only. | |
|
creation_date |
datetime |
The datetime when the Distribution or Merge Agent was created. | |
|
queue_id |
sysname |
The identifier to locate the queue for queued updating subscriptions. For non-queued subscriptions, the value is NULL. For Microsoft Message Queuing-based publications, the value is a GUID that uniquely identifies the queue to be used for the subscription. For SQL Server-based queue publications, the column contains the value SQL.
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|
queue_status |
int |
For internal use only. | |
|
offload_enabled |
bit |
Indicates whether the agent can be activated remotely. 0 specifies that the agent cannot be activated remotely. 1 specifies that the agent will be activated remotely, and on the remote computer specified in the offload_server property. | |
|
offload_server |
sysname |
The network name of server to be used for remote agent activation. | |
|
dts_package_name |
sysname |
The name of the DTS package. For example, for a package named DTSPub_Package, specify | |
|
dts_package_password |
nvarchar(524) |
The password on the package. | |
|
dts_package_location |
int |
The package location. The location of the package can be distributor or subscriber. | |
|
sid |
varbinary(85) |
The security identification number (SID) for the Distribution Agent or Merge Agent during its first execution. | |
|
queue_server |
sysname |
For internal use only. | |
|
subscriber_security_mode |
smallint |
The security mode used by the agent when connecting to the Subscriber, which can be one of the following: 0 = Microsoft SQL Server Authentication 1 = Microsoft Windows Authentication. | |
|
subscriber_login |
sysname |
The login used when connecting to the Subscriber. | |
|
subscriber_password |
nvarchar(524) |
Is the encrypted value of the password that is used when connecting to the Subscriber. | |
|
reset_partial_snapshot_progress |
bit |
Is if a partially downloaded snapshot will be discarded so that the entire snapshot process can start again. | |
|
job_step_uid |
uniqueidentifier |
The unique ID of the SQL Server Agent job step in which the agent is started. | |
|
subscriptionstreams |
tinyint |
Sets the number of connections allowed per Distribution Agent to apply batches of changes in parallel to a Subscriber. A range of values from 1 to 64 is supported. |
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