Execute an SP from one server against multiple others

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Execute an SP from one server against multiple others

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February 11, 2014 at 11:04 am

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I'm trying to figure out what is the best way to execute 1 stored procedure against multiple other SQL servers. SSIS, Linked Server, or something else. What do you think?
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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 1

If you're going to execute them from SSMS, there is a piece of functionality that's really cool. In your Registered Servers, right-click the name of one of your groups, then click New Query in the context menu. SSMS opens a new window for you that's connected to all the servers in that group. You can then issue SQL to run against all of them and the result set will include the server name as the first column. You will also notice your status bar at the bottom will tell you that you're connected to multiple servers.

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SQLHeap Hall of Fame Points: 3572 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks for the reply. I should've been more detailed. The SP needs to run on job schedule. It's not a one-time thing.

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 3

Have you tried Central Management Servers?

http://blogs.technet.com/b/lobapps/archive/2013/01/01/manage-multi-servers-effectively-using-sql-server-central-management-server-cms.aspx

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SQLHeap Hall of Fame Points: 3572 More actions · Answer 4

I forgot about CMS, thanks. I'm still not sure how to execute an SP to a CMS group through a job schedule.

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simmonssql Old Hand Points: 301 More actions · Answer 5

I've done this successfully through Linked Servers and SSIS, although I'd say the former is the easier/quicker of the two to configure. Also, if you use linked servers and want to add another instance in the future, you can cater for this by using a CTE in your job to return the relevant linked server names from master.sys.servers before executing.

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398872 More actions · Answer 6

I explain how to do the multi-server execution on scripts in this article[/url] (it's focused on backups, but should work for you). Phil Factor talks about some other aspects of what you can do in this article[/url].

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