MSdistribution_agents (Transact-SQL)

Applies to: SQL Server

The MSdistribution_agents table contains one row for each Distribution Agent running at the local Distributor. This table is stored in the distribution database.

Column name Data type Description
id int The ID of the Distribution Agent.
name nvarchar(100) The name of the Distribution Agent.
publisher_database_id int The ID of the Publisher database.
publisher_id smallint The ID of the Publisher.
publisher_db sysname The name of the Publisher database.
publication sysname The name of the publication.
subscriber_id smallint The ID of the Subscriber, used by well-known agents only. For anonymous agents, this column is reserved.
subscriber_db sysname The Name of the subscription database.
subscription_type int The type of subscription:

0 = Push.

1 = Pull.

2 = Anonymous.
local_job bit Indicates whether there is a SQL Server Agent job on the local Distributor.
job_id binary(16) The job identification number.
subscription_guid binary(16) The ID of the subscriptions of this agent.
profile_id int The configuration ID from the MSagent_profiles (Transact-SQL) table.
anonymous_subid uniqueidentifier The ID of an anonymous agent.
subscriber_name sysname The name of the Subscriber, used by anonymous agents only.
virtual_agent_id int Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed.
anonymous_agent_id int Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed.
creation_date datetime The datetime when the Distribution or Merge Agent was created.
queue_id sysname The identifier to locate the queue for queued updating subscriptions. For non-queued subscriptions, the value is NULL. For Microsoft Message Queuing-based publications, the value is a GUID that uniquely identifies the queue to be used for the subscription. For SQL Server-based queue publications, the column contains the value SQL.

Note: Using Microsoft Message Queuing has been deprecated and is no longer supported.
queue_status int Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed.
offload_enabled bit Indicates whether the agent can be activated remotely.

0 specifies that the agent cannot be activated remotely.

1 specifies that the agent will be activated remotely, and on the remote computer specified in the offload_server property.
offload_server sysname The network name of server to be used for remote agent activation.
dts_package_name sysname The name of the DTS package. For example, for a package named DTSPub_Package, specify @dts_package_name = N'DTSPub_Package'.
dts_package_password nvarchar(524) The password on the package.
dts_package_location int The package location. The location of the package can be distributor or subscriber.
sid varbinary(85) The security identification number (SID) for the Distribution Agent or Merge Agent during its first execution.
queue_server sysname Identified for informational purposes only. Not supported. Future compatibility is not guaranteed.
subscriber_security_mode smallint The security mode used by the agent when connecting to the Subscriber, which can be one of the following:

0 = Microsoft SQL Server Authentication

1 = Microsoft Windows Authentication.
subscriber_login sysname The login used when connecting to the Subscriber.
subscriber_password nvarchar(524) Is the encrypted value of the password that is used when connecting to the Subscriber.
reset_partial_snapshot_progress bit Is if a partially downloaded snapshot will be discarded so that the entire snapshot process can start again.
job_step_uid uniqueidentifier The unique ID of the SQL Server Agent job step in which the agent is started.
subscriptionstreams tinyint Sets the number of connections allowed per Distribution Agent to apply batches of changes in parallel to a Subscriber. A range of values from 1 to 64 is supported.
memory_optimized bit 1 indicates that the subscriber can be used for memory optimized tables.
job_login sysname
job_password nvarchar(524)

See Also

Replication Tables (Transact-SQL)