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SQL Server 2017 Administrator's Guide

You're reading from   SQL Server 2017 Administrator's Guide One stop solution for DBAs to monitor, manage, and maintain enterprise databases

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786462541
Length 434 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Vladimír Mužný Vladimír Mužný
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Marek Chmel Marek Chmel
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Preface 1. Setting up SQL Server 2017 2. Keeping Your SQL Server Environment Healthy FREE CHAPTER 3. Backup and Recovery 4. Securing Your SQL Server 5. Disaster Recovery Options 6. Indexing and Performance 7. Troubleshooting SQL Server Environment and Internals 8. Migration and Upgrade 9. Automation - Using Tools to Manage and Monitor SQL Server 2017 10. Always On High Availability Features 11. In-Memory OLTP - Why and How to Use it 12. Combining SQL Server 2017 with Azure

Using SQL Server Agent

SQL Server Agent is a Windows service serving mainly as a provider for the automation of regular tasks. Tasks that can be automated are not only administrative ones, but also other tasks supporting the operation of information systems. For example, data movements like ETL processes, migration tasks, integration package runs, and so on and so forth. Having SQL Server Agent running for all time is also a prerequisite for some features offered by other SQL Server services, for example, data collection or reporting services unattended report executions or subscriptions.

SQL Server Agent service is installed within the SQL Server setup without an option to skip its installation. Actually, every edition except Express Edition of SQL Server has SQL Server Agent installed.

When we want to start using SQL Server Agent, we need to perform several simple tasks described...

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