sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_primary (Transact-SQL)

Returns information regarding a primary database from the monitor tables.

Syntax

sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_primary
[ @primary_server = ] 'primary_server', 
[ @primary_database = ] 'primary_database'

[ @primary_server = ] 'primary_server'
The name of the primary instance of the Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine in the log shipping configuration. primary_server is sysname and cannot be NULL.
[ @primary_database = ] 'primary_database'
Is the name of the database on the primary server. primary_database is sysname, with no default.

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Column name	Description
primary_id	The ID of the primary database for 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.
backup_threshold	The number of minutes allowed to elapse between backup operations before an alert is generated.
threshold_alert	The alert to be raised when the backup threshold is exceeded.
threshold_alert_enabled	Determines if backup threshold alerts are enabled. 1 = enabled; 0 = disabled.
last_backup_file	The absolute path of the most recent transaction log backup.
last_backup_date	The time and date of the last transaction log backup operation on the primary database.
last_backup_date_utc	The time and date of the last transaction log backup operation on the primary 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 primary database before being deleted.

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

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