SQL AGENT JOB FAILURE

  • In SQL 2000 you could view job history and look at step 1-x to get more detail on what happened.  How or where do you do this in SQL 2005.  Yes I can see history but I'm trying to find more info on why a job failed.  Any hints?

    Peter Cwik

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  • Did you go into Management Studio's Object Explorer and check the Error Logs under SQL Server Agent?  Also, did you try utilizing the Job Activity Monitor?

  • Yes, I looked in those places and its still not as much information that was available in 2000.

  • A couple of things you might want to consider:

    1. Enable "Informational Messages" by right clicking on Error Logs under SQL Server Agent and then choosing Properties.
    2. Enable "Execution Traces" by right clicking on SQL Server Agent and then choosing Properties then General.

    Understand that both of these options will cause your error log to fill up faster.  You should turn off "Execution Traces" when your not troubleshooting a problem (strictly for debugging).  Otherwise, it could actually impact when you are trying to troubleshoot problems down the road.

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