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10/04/2012

sp_help_jobserver (Transact-SQL)

Returns information about the server for a given job.

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Syntax

sp_help_jobserver
     { [ @job_id= ] job_id 
     | [ @job_name= ] 'job_name' }
     [ , [ @show_last_run_details= ] show_last_run_details ]

Arguments

[ @job_id= ] job_id
The job identification number for which to return information. job_id is uniqueidentifier, with a default of NULL.
[ @job_name= ] 'job_name'
The job name for which to return information. job_name is sysname, with a default of NULL.

Note

Either job_id or job_name must be specified, but both cannot be specified.
[ @show_last_run_details= ] show_last_run_details
Is whether the last-run execution information is part of the result set. show_last_run_details is tinyint, with a default of 0. 0 does not include last-run information, and 1 does.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

Column name	Data type	Description
server_id	int	Identification number of the target server.
server_name	nvarchar(30)	Computer name of the target server.
enlist_date	datetime	Date the target server enlisted into the master server.
last_poll_date	datetime	Date the target server last polled the master server.

If sp_help_jobserver is executed with show_last_run_details set to 1, the result set has these additional columns.

Column name	Data type	Description
last_run_date	int	Date the job last started execution on this target server.
last_run_time	int	Time the job last started execution on this server.
last_run_duration	int	Duration of the job the last time it ran on this target server (in seconds).
last_outcome_message	nvarchar(1024)	Describes the last outcome of the job.
last_run_outcome	int	Outcome of the job the last time it ran on this server: 0 = Failed 1 = Succeeded 3 = Canceled 5 = Unknown

Permissions

By default, members of the sysadmin fixed server role can execute this stored procedure. Other users must be granted one of the following SQL Server Agent fixed database roles in the msdb database:

SQLAgentUserRole
SQLAgentReaderRole
SQLAgentOperatorRole

For details about the permissions of these roles, see SQL Server Agent Fixed Database Roles.

Members of SQLAgentUserRole can only view information for jobs that they own.

Examples

The following example returns information, including last-run information, about the NightlyBackups job.

USE msdb ;
GO

EXEC dbo.sp_help_jobserver
    @job_name = N'NightlyBackups',
    @show_last_run_details = 1 ;
GO

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