Sporadic error during restore job

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Sporadic error during restore job

webrunner

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December 4, 2023 at 2:47 pm

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Hello experts,
I see this error in a SQL Agent job. It happens during a step that restores a database, and it is supposed to temporarily enabled xp_cmdshell to read some backup files, then disable xp_cmdshell.
Does anyone know why this error happens, and why it happens only sometimes? Thanks for any help.
Configuration option 'xp_cmdshell' changed from 0 to 1. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install. [SQLSTATE 01000] (Message 15457) Configuration option 'xp_cmdshell' changed from 1 to 0. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install. [SQLSTATE 01000] (Message 15457) One or more of the options (nounload, stats, stats=, file) are not supported for this statement. Review the documentation for supported options. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 3032). The step failed
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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004290 More actions · Answer 1

It has nothing to do with xp_CmdShell. There's something wrong with the RESTORE command or the file wasn't found by the xp_CmdShell command.

If it were me, I'd modify the job to capture the dynamic SQL that it probably runs and save to a file or a table.

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Emperor100 SSCrazy Points: 2173 More actions · Answer 2

If it is windows, check the event viewer for more details on the error on the server.

I would enable 'xp_cmdshell' as a first step in the job and disable as a the last step to ensure that files are accessible during the entire restore duration.

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Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135360 More actions · Answer 3

Why are you not just selecting the needed files from msdb and execute the restore statement directly in your sqlagent job using tsql?

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