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sp_add_log_shipping_secondary_primary (Transact-SQL)

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Applies to: SQL Server

Sets up the primary information, adds local and remote monitor links, and creates copy and restore jobs on the secondary server for the specified primary database.

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

sp_add_log_shipping_secondary_primary
    [ @primary_server = ] 'primary_server'
    , [ @primary_database = ] 'primary_database'
    , [ @backup_source_directory = ] N'backup_source_directory'
    , [ @backup_destination_directory = ] N'backup_destination_directory'
    , [ @copy_job_name = ] 'copy_job_name'
    , [ @restore_job_name = ] 'restore_job_name'
    [ , [ @file_retention_period = ] 'file_retention_period' ]
    [ , [ @monitor_server = ] 'monitor_server' ]
    [ , [ @monitor_server_security_mode = ] 'monitor_server_security_mode' ]
    [ , [ @monitor_server_login = ] 'monitor_server_login' ]
    [ , [ @monitor_server_password = ] 'monitor_server_password' ]
    [ , [ @copy_job_id = ] 'copy_job_id' OUTPUT ]
    [ , [ @restore_job_id = ] 'restore_job_id' OUTPUT ]
    [ , [ @secondary_id = ] 'secondary_id' OUTPUT ]
[ ; ]

Arguments

[ @primary_server = ] 'primary_server'

The name of the primary instance of the SQL Server Database Engine in the log shipping configuration. @primary_server is sysname and can't be NULL.

[ @primary_database = ] 'primary_database'

The name of the database on the primary server. @primary_database is sysname, with no default.

[ @backup_source_directory = ] N'backup_source_directory'

The directory where transaction log backup files from the primary server are stored. @backup_source_directory is nvarchar(500) and can't be NULL.

[ @backup_destination_directory = ] N'backup_destination_directory'

The directory on the secondary server where backup files are copied to. @backup_destination_directory is nvarchar(500) and can't be NULL.

[ @copy_job_name = ] 'copy_job_name'

The name to use for the SQL Server Agent job being created to copy transaction log backups to the secondary server. copy_job_name is sysname and can't be NULL.

[ @restore_job_name = ] 'restore_job_name'

The name of the SQL Server Agent job on the secondary server that restores the backups to the secondary database. restore_job_name is sysname and can't be NULL.

[ @file_retention_period = ] 'file_retention_period'

The length of time, in minutes, that a backup file is retained on the secondary server in the path specified by the @backup_destination_directory parameter before being deleted. @history_retention_period is int, with a default of NULL. A value of 14420 is used if none is specified.

[ @monitor_server = ] 'monitor_server'

The name of the monitor server. @monitor_server is sysname, with no default, and can't be NULL.

[ @monitor_server_security_mode = ] 'monitor_server_security_mode'

The security mode used to connect to the monitor server.

  • 1: Windows Authentication
  • 0: SQL Server authentication

@monitor_server_security_mode is bit, with a default of 1, and can't be NULL.

[ @monitor_server_login = ] 'monitor_server_login'

The username of the account used to access the monitor server.

[ @monitor_server_password = ] 'monitor_server_password'

The password of the account used to access the monitor server.

[ @copy_job_id = ] 'copy_job_id' OUTPUT

The ID associated with the copy job on the secondary server. @copy_job_id is uniqueidentifier and can't be NULL.

[ @restore_job_id = ] 'restore_job_id' OUTPUT

The ID associated with the restore job on the secondary server. @restore_job_id is uniqueidentifier and can't be NULL.

[ @secondary_id = ] 'secondary_id' OUTPUT

The ID for the secondary server in the log shipping configuration. @secondary_id is uniqueidentifier and can't be NULL.

Return code values

0 (success) or 1 (failure).

Result set

None.

Remarks

sp_add_log_shipping_secondary_primary must be run from the master database on the secondary server. This stored procedure does the following:

  1. Generates a secondary ID for the specified primary server and primary database.

  2. Does the following:

    1. Adds an entry for the secondary ID in log_shipping_secondary using the supplied arguments.
    2. Creates a copy job for the secondary ID that is disabled.
    3. Sets the copy job ID in the log_shipping_secondary entry to the job ID of the copy job.
    4. Creates a restore job for the secondary ID that is disabled.
    5. Set the restore job ID in the log_shipping_secondary entry to the job ID of the restore job.

Permissions

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

Examples

This example illustrates using the sp_add_log_shipping_secondary_primary stored procedure to set up information for the primary database AdventureWorks2022 on the secondary server.

EXEC master.dbo.sp_add_log_shipping_secondary_primary @primary_server = N'TRIBECA',
    @primary_database = N'AdventureWorks2022',
    @backup_source_directory = N'\\tribeca\LogShipping',
    @backup_destination_directory = N'',
    @copy_job_name = N'',
    @restore_job_name = N'',
    @file_retention_period = 1440,
    @monitor_server = N'ROCKAWAY',
    @monitor_server_security_mode = 1,
    @copy_job_id = @LS_Secondary__CopyJobId OUTPUT,
    @restore_job_id = @LS_Secondary__RestoreJobId OUTPUT,
    @secondary_id = @LS_Secondary__SecondaryId OUTPUT;
GO

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