sp_dbmmonitorchangealert (Transact-SQL)

database_name

Specifies the database for which to add or change the specified warning threshold.

alert_id

An integer value that identifies the warning to be added or changed. Specify one of the following values:

Value	Performance metric	Warning threshold
1	Oldest unsent transaction	Specifies the number of minutes worth of transactions that can accumulate in the send queue before a warning is generated on the principal server instance. This warning helps measure the potential for data loss in terms of time, and it is particularly relevant for high-performance mode. However, the warning is also relevant for high-safety mode when mirroring is paused or suspended because the partners become disconnected.
2	Unsent log	Specifies how many kilobytes (KB) of unsent log generate a warning on the principal server instance. This warning helps measure the potential for data loss in terms of KB, and it is particularly relevant for high-performance mode. However, the warning is also relevant for high-safety mode when mirroring is paused or suspended because the partners become disconnected.
3	Unrestored log	Specifies how many KB of unrestored log generate a warning on the mirror server instance. This warning helps measure failover time. Failover time consists mainly of the time that the former mirror server requires to roll forward any log remaining in its redo queue, plus a short additional time.
4	Mirror commit overhead	Specifies the number of milliseconds of average delay per transaction that are tolerated before a warning is generated on the principal server. This delay is the amount of overhead incurred while the principal server instance waits for the mirror server instance to write the transaction's log record into the redo queue. This value is relevant only in high-safety mode.
5	Retention period	Metadata that controls how long rows in the database mirroring status table are preserved.

For information about the event IDs corresponding to the warnings, see Using Warning Thresholds and Alerts on Mirroring Performance Metrics.

alert_threshold

The threshold value for the warning. If a value above this threshold is returned when the mirroring status is updated, an entry is entered into the Windows event log. This value represents KB, minutes, or milliseconds, depending on the performance metric.

Note
To view the current values, run the sp_dbmmonitorresults stored procedure.

enabled

Is the warning enabled?

0 = Warning is disabled.

1 = Warning is enabled.

Note
Retention period is always enabled.

None

None

Requires membership in the sysadmin fixed server role.

The following example sets thresholds for each of the performance metrics and the retention period for the AdventureWorks2008R2 database. The following table shows the values used in the example.

EXEC sp_dbmmonitorchangealert AdventureWorks2008R2, 1, 30, 1 ;
EXEC sp_dbmmonitorchangealert AdventureWorks2008R2, 2, 10000, 1 ;
EXEC sp_dbmmonitorchangealert AdventureWorks2008R2, 3, 10000, 1 ;
EXEC sp_dbmmonitorchangealert AdventureWorks2008R2, 4, 1000, 0 ;
EXEC sp_dbmmonitorchangealert AdventureWorks2008R2, 5, 8, 1 ;

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