You're reading from SQL Server 2019 Administrator's Guide - Second Edition

Product type Book

Published in Sep 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789954326

Pages 522 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

SQL

Concepts

Database Administration

Authors (2):

Marek Chmel

Vladimír Mužný

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Provisioning the SQL Server Environment

2. Chapter 1: Setting Up SQL Server 2019

3. Chapter 2: Keeping Your SQL Server Environment Healthy

4. Section 2: Server and Database Maintenance

5. Chapter 3: Implementing Backup and Recovery

6. Chapter 4: Securing Your SQL Server

7. Chapter 5: Working with Disaster Recovery Options

8. Chapter 6: Indexing and Performance

9. Section 3: High Availability and the Cloud with SQL Server 2019

10. Chapter 7: Planning Migration and Upgrade

11. Chapter 8: Automation – Using Tools to Manage and Monitor SQL Server 2019

12. Chapter 9: Configuring Always On High Availability Features

13. Chapter 10: In-Memory OLTP – Why and How to Use it

14. Chapter 11: Combining SQL Server 2019 with Azure

15. Chapter 12: Taming Big Data with SQL Server

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Using SQL Server Agent

SQL Server Agent is a Windows service that serves 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 such as ETL processes, migration tasks, and integration package runs. Having SQL Server Agent running full time is also a prerequisite for some features offered by other SQL Server services – for example, data collection or reporting services, unattended report execution or subscriptions.

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

In order to start using SQL Server Agent, there are a couple of simple tasks that need to be performed. These will be described in the following sections.