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10/01/2010

Log Shipping Tables and Stored Procedures

This topic describes all of the tables and stored procedures associated with a log shipping configuration. All log shipping tables are stored in msdb on each server. The tables below describe which tables and stored procedures are used on which servers in a log shipping configuration.

Primary Server Tables

Table	Description
log_shipping_monitor_alert	Stores alert job ID. This table is only used on the primary server if a remote monitor server has not been configured.
log_shipping_monitor_error_detail	Stores error detail for log shipping jobs associated with this primary server.
log_shipping_monitor_history_detail	Stores history detail for log shipping jobs associated with this primary server.
log_shipping_monitor_primary	Stores one monitor record for this primary database.
log_shipping_primary_databases	Contains configuration information for primary databases on a given server. Stores one row per primary database.
log_shipping_primary_secondaries	Maps primary databases to secondary databases.

Primary Server Stored Procedures

Stored Procedure	Description
sp_add_log_shipping_primary_database	Sets up the primary database for a log shipping configuration, including the backup job, local monitor record, and remote monitor record.
sp_add_log_shipping_primary_secondary	Adds a secondary database name to an existing primary database.
sp_change_log_shipping_primary_database	Changes primary database settings including local and remote monitor record.
sp_cleanup_log_shipping_history	Cleans up history locally and on the monitor based on retention period.
sp_delete_log_shipping_primary_database	Removes log shipping of primary database including backup job as well as local and remote history.
sp_delete_log_shipping_primary_secondary	Removes a secondary database name from a primary database.
sp_help_log_shipping_primary_database	Retrieves primary database settings and displays the values from the log_shipping_primary_databases and log_shipping_monitor_primary tables.
sp_help_log_shipping_primary_secondary	Retrieves secondary database names for a primary database.
sp_refresh_log_shipping_monitor	Refreshes the monitor with the latest information for the specified log shipping agent.

Secondary Server Tables

Table	Description
log_shipping_monitor_alert	Stores alert job ID. This table is only used on the secondary server if a remote monitor server has not been configured.
log_shipping_monitor_error_detail	Stores error detail for log shipping jobs associated with this secondary server.
log_shipping_monitor_history_detail	Stores history detail for log shipping jobs associated with this secondary server.
log_shipping_monitor_secondary	Stores one monitor record per secondary database associated with this secondary server.
log_shipping_secondary	Contains configuration information for the secondary databases on a given server. Stores one row per secondary ID.
log_shipping_secondary_databases	Stores configuration information for a given secondary database. Stores one row per secondary database.

Note

Secondary databases on the same secondary server for a given primary database share the settings in the log_shipping_secondary table. If a shared setting is altered for one secondary database, the setting is altered for all of them.

Secondary Server Stored Procedures

Stored Procedure	Description
sp_add_log_shipping_secondary_database	Sets up a secondary database for log shipping.
sp_add_log_shipping_secondary_primary	Sets up the primary information, adds local and remote monitor links, and creates copy and restore jobs on the secondary server for the specified primary database.
sp_change_log_shipping_secondary_database	Changes secondary database settings including local and remote monitor records.
sp_change_log_shipping_secondary_primary	Changes secondary database settings such as source and destination directory, and file retention period.
sp_cleanup_log_shipping_history	Cleans up history locally and on the monitor based on retention period.
sp_delete_log_shipping_secondary_database	Removes a secondary database and the local history and remote history.
sp_delete_log_shipping_secondary_primary	Removes the information about the specified primary server from the secondary server.
sp_help_log_shipping_secondary_database	Retrieves secondary database settings from the log_shipping_secondary, log_shipping_secondary_databases, and log_shipping_monitor_secondary tables.
sp_help_log_shipping_secondary_primary	This stored procedure retrieves the settings for a given primary database on the secondary server.
sp_refresh_log_shipping_monitor	Refreshes the monitor with the latest information for the specified log shipping agent.

Monitor Server Tables

Table	Description
log_shipping_monitor_alert	Stores alert job ID.
log_shipping_monitor_error_detail	Stores error detail for log shipping jobs.
log_shipping_monitor_history_detail	Stores history detail for log shipping jobs.
log_shipping_monitor_primary	Stores one monitor record per primary database associated with this monitor server.
log_shipping_monitor_secondary	Stores one monitor record per secondary database associated with this monitor server.

Monitor Server Stored Procedures

Stored Procedure	Description
sp_add_log_shipping_alert_job	Creates a log shipping alert job if one has not already been created.
sp_delete_log_shipping_alert_job	Removes a log shipping alert job if there are no associated primary databases.
sp_help_log_shipping_alert_job	Returns the job ID of the alert job.
sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_primary	Returns monitor records for the specified primary database from the log_shipping_monitor_primary table.
sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_secondary	Returns monitor records for the specified secondary database from the log_shipping_monitor_secondary table.

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