sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_secondary (Transact-SQL)

Returns information regarding a secondary database from the monitor tables.

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Syntax

sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_secondary
[ @secondary_server = ] 'secondary_server',
[ @secondary_database = ] 'secondary_database'

Arguments

  • [ @secondary_server = ] 'secondary_server'
    Is the name of the secondary server. secondary_server is sysname, with no default.

  • [ @secondary_database = ] 'secondary_database'
    Is the name of the secondary database. secondary_database is sysname, with no default.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

Column

Description

secondary_server

The name of the secondary instance of the Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine in the log shipping configuration.

secondary_database

The name of the secondary database in the log shipping configuration.

secondary_id

The ID for the secondary server in 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.

restore_threshold

The number of minutes allowed to elapse between restore operations before an alert is generated.

threshold_alert

The alert to be raised when the restore threshold is exceeded.

threshold_alert_enabled

Determines if restore threshold alerts are enabled.

1 = Enabled.

0 = Disabled.

last_copied_file

The filename of the last backup file copied to the secondary server.

last_copied_date

The time and date of the last copy operation to the secondary server.

last_copied_date_utc

The time and date of the last copy operation to the secondary server, expressed in Coordinated Universal Time.

last_restored_file

The filename of the last backup file restored to the secondary database.

last_restored_date

The time and date of the last restore operation on the secondary database.

last_restored_date_utc

The time and date of the last restore operation on the secondary 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 secondary database before being deleted.

Remarks

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

Permissions

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