sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_secondary (Transact-SQL)

Returns information regarding a secondary database from the monitor tables.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_secondary
[ @secondary_server = ] 'secondary_server',
[ @secondary_database = ] 'secondary_database'

Arguments

• [ @secondary_server = ] 'secondary_server'
  Is the name of the secondary server. secondary_server is sysname, with no default.

• [ @secondary_database = ] 'secondary_database'
  Is the name of the secondary database. secondary_database is sysname, with no default.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

Column	Description
secondary_server	The name of the secondary instance of the Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine in the log shipping configuration.
secondary_database	The name of the secondary database in the log shipping configuration.
secondary_id	The ID for the secondary server in the log shipping configuration.
primary_server	The name of the primary instance of the SQL Server Database Engine in the log shipping configuration.
primary_database	The name of the primary database in the log shipping configuration.
restore_threshold	The number of minutes allowed to elapse between restore operations before an alert is generated.
threshold_alert	The alert to be raised when the restore threshold is exceeded.
threshold_alert_enabled	Determines if restore threshold alerts are enabled. 1 = Enabled. 0 = Disabled.
last_copied_file	The filename of the last backup file copied to the secondary server.
last_copied_date	The time and date of the last copy operation to the secondary server.
last_copied_date_utc	The time and date of the last copy operation to the secondary server, expressed in Coordinated Universal Time.
last_restored_file	The filename of the last backup file restored to the secondary database.
last_restored_date	The time and date of the last restore operation on the secondary database.
last_restored_date_utc	The time and date of the last restore operation on the secondary database, expressed in Coordinated Universal Time.
history_retention_period	The amount of time, in minutes, that log shipping history records are retained for a given secondary database before being deleted.

Remarks

sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_secondary must be run from the master database on the monitor server.

Permissions

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can run this procedure.

See Also

Reference

System Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL)

Concepts

About Log Shipping (SQL Server)