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How to create a job targeting multiple servers?

  • July 29, 2014 at 12:52 pm

    #297203

    I need to create a job that would run like this:

    Step1 -- server A

    Step2 -- server B

    Step3 -- server A

    Step4 -- server B

    In Job properties, there is nothing suitable besides [Uncategorized (Local)].

    At the Target page, there is only one option available - Target local server.

    Am I doing something wrong or missing something?

    Thanks

  • July 30, 2014 at 3:49 am

    #1733506

    As far as I'm aware there isn't any built-in way of running multiple job steps against different servers.

    Depending on what the jobs steps are doing there are ways to emulate this...

    For example you could use SQLCMD to call a batch file that would then start a job on the remote servers that performs the function for that task.

    Create a linked server on the server the jobs would run from and use this in the job step commands. (Not ideal depending on size of tables involved and what you're doing)

    Using a powershell script that connects the remote server(s) and executes the command.

    I'm sure there's probably other ways but these are the ones I could think of off the top of my head. Personally I've used the 1st method before.

  • July 30, 2014 at 11:43 am

    #1733733

    This can be done - it's called multi-server administration

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191305(v=sql.105).aspx

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms180992(v=sql.105).aspx

    RegardsRudy KomacsarSenior Database Administrator"Ave Caesar! - Morituri te salutamus."

  • July 30, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    #1733834

    This doesn't operate at the job step level though, MultiServer administration is at the job level. So you set the target server for the job and not the individual job steps.

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