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sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_primary (Transact-SQL)

Windows Server 2003

Returns information regarding a primary database from the monitor tables.


sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_primary
[ @primary_server = ] 'primary_server', 
[ @primary_database = ] 'primary_database'

[ @primary_server = ] 'primary_server': The name of the primary instance of the Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine in the log shipping configuration. primary_server is sysname and cannot be NULL.

[ @primary_database = ] 'primary_database': Is the name of the database on the primary server. primary_database is sysname, with no default.

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Column name	Description
primary_id	The ID of the primary database for the log shipping configuration.
primary_server	The name of the primary instance of the SQL Server Database Engine in the log shipping configuration.
primary_database	The name of the primary database in the log shipping configuration.
backup_threshold	The number of minutes allowed to elapse between backup operations before an alert is generated.
threshold_alert	The alert to be raised when the backup threshold is exceeded.
threshold_alert_enabled	Determines if backup threshold alerts are enabled. 1 = enabled; 0 = disabled.
last_backup_file	The absolute path of the most recent transaction log backup.
last_backup_date	The time and date of the last transaction log backup operation on the primary database.
last_backup_date_utc	The time and date of the last transaction log backup operation on the primary database, expressed in Coordinated Universal Time.
history_retention_period	The amount of time, in minutes, that log shipping history records are retained for a given primary database before being deleted.

sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_primary must be run from the master database on the monitor server.

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can run this procedure.

Log Shipping
Log Shipping Tables and Stored Procedures

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