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starting a job on another server?

  • January 31, 2007 at 11:56 am

    #72619

    i've tried having one job start another

    job on a different server but

    i'm having some trouble with it, and wondering if

    there was another way i can do this?

    seems like it would be a simple script but i'm

    not familiar with it. does any one know another

    way this can be accomplished without using a

    dts package to do it?

    thanks in advance.

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  • January 31, 2007 at 12:01 pm

    #686927

    I didn't look at the link but here's how I do it :

    EXEC [LinkedServerName].msdb.dbo.sp_start_job @job_name = 'UpdateDeveloppementDatabase - Documentation'

     

    If tat doesn't work can you specify the errors you are getting?

  • January 31, 2007 at 12:18 pm

    #686933

    thanks for the reply.

    well... i can 'can' do it this way, but

    i would have to create, execute the job, then

    remove the linked server as we do not presently

    allow the 2 servers to be linked.

    step 1: sp_addlinkedserver

    step 2: exec job via [linkedServername].msdb.dbo.sp_start_job @job_name = 'myjob'

    step 3: remove linked server

    thought that was a bit much, but i can do it that way if i need.

    is there no other way?

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  • January 31, 2007 at 12:39 pm

    #686942

    Tried the same openrowset/openquery (the one which doesn't required a live linked server)?

  • January 31, 2007 at 12:44 pm

    #686945

    You can start the job on the other server using the OSQL command within an Operating System command (CmdExec) job step or using XP_CMDSHELL.

     

     

  • January 31, 2007 at 12:49 pm

    #686946

    Ya that's the solution he can't make work from the link... Got any working sample you an provide?

  • January 31, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    #686981

    Since he did not provide the actual code that he was having trouble with, or the error he was getting, it is a little hard to provide help.

    "Damn it Jim, I not a mind reader!"

    This code works OK for me.

     

    -- Start_Job_on_Remote_Server.sql
    declare @retcode int
declare @job_name varchar(300)
declare @server_name varchar(200)
declare @query  varchar(8000)
declare @cmd  varchar(8000)
    set @job_name= 'My Test Job'
set @server_name= 'MyRemoteServer'
    set @query= 'exec msdb.dbo.sp_start_job @job_name = ''' + @job_name + '''' 
set @cmd= 'osql -E -S ' + @server_name + ' -Q "' + @query + '"'
    print ' @job_name = ' +isnull(@job_name,'NULL @job_name')
print ' @server_name = ' +isnull(@server_name,'NULL @server_name')
print ' @query = ' +isnull(@query,'NULL @query')
print ' @cmd = '  +isnull(@cmd,'NULL @cmd')
    exec @retcode = master.dbo.xp_cmdshell @cmd
    if @retcode <> 0 or @retcode is null
begin
print 'xp_cmdshell @retcode = '+isnull(convert(varchar(20),@retcode),'NULL @retcode')
end
     

  • January 31, 2007 at 7:56 pm

    #687015

    You can also create a dts package to start the job..

    Use EXEC SQL TASK to execute the job...

    MohammedU
    Microsoft SQL Server MVP

  • February 1, 2007 at 9:19 am

    #687128

    grasshopper,

    your stuff worked G R E A T!!

    thanks for the post!

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  • February 1, 2007 at 10:02 am

    #687150

    Lol, his name is

    Michael Valentine Jones

    Grasshoper is linked to the number of messages he posted .

  • February 1, 2007 at 11:52 am

    #687185

    oops...

    ok then; thanks alot MVJ!

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  • February 1, 2007 at 3:52 pm

    #687252

    You're welcome, Veteran!

     

  • February 1, 2007 at 3:57 pm

    #687256

    LOL.

  • February 2, 2007 at 4:07 am

    #687353

    the downside of the proposed proc is that it will start the job, even if it has been disabled !!!

    Maybe it's better to implement an alert to start the job, so the connection osql-user does not need to be the job-owner or have sa-authority !

    Keep in mind you'll have to stop/start sqlagent when you enable a first alert.

    declare @retcode int
declare @server_name varchar(200)
declare @query  varchar(8000)
declare @cmd  varchar(8000)
    set @server_name= 'MyRemoteServer'
    set @query= 'raiserror (yourpredifinederrornumber,10,1) with log' 
set @cmd= 'osql -E -S ' + @server_name + ' -Q "' + @query + '"'
    print ' @job_name = ' +isnull(@job_name,'NULL @job_name')
print ' @server_name = ' +isnull(@server_name,'NULL @server_name')
print ' @query = ' +isnull(@query,'NULL @query')
print ' @cmd = '  +isnull(@cmd,'NULL @cmd')
    exec @retcode = master.dbo.xp_cmdshell @cmd
    if @retcode <> 0 or @retcode is null
begin
print 'xp_cmdshell @retcode = '+isnull(convert(varchar(20),@retcode),'NULL @retcode')
end

     

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  • July 29, 2008 at 4:20 am

    #849662

    Thanx for that routine as it works great :w00t:

    I realize that I may be stretching this, but would it be possible to modify this, so that the job step on the originating server WAITS for the job on the distant server to complete with SUCCESS/FAILURE?

    Best regards,

    Marek

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