core.sp_create_snapshot (Transact-SQL)
Applies to: SQL Server
Inserts a row in the management data warehouse core.snapshots
view. This procedure is called every time an upload package starts uploading data to the management data warehouse.
Transact-SQL syntax conventions
Syntax
core.sp_create_snapshot [ @collection_set_uid = ] 'collection_set_uid'
, [ @collector_type_uid = ] 'collector_type_uid'
, [ @machine_name = ] 'machine_name'
, [ @named_instance = ] 'named_instance'
, [ @log_id = ] log_id
, [ @snapshot_id = ] snapshot_id OUTPUT
[ ; ]
Arguments
[ @collection_set_uid = ] 'collection_set_uid'
The GUID for the collection set. @collection_set_uid is uniqueidentifier with no default value. To obtain the GUID, query the dbo.syscollector_collection_sets view in the msdb
database.
[ @collector_type_uid = ] 'collector_type_uid'
The GUID for a collector type. @collector_type_uid is uniqueidentifier with no default value. To obtain the GUID, query the dbo.syscollector_collector_types view in the msdb
database.
[ @machine_name = ] 'machine_name'
The name of the server that the collection set resides on. @machine_name is sysname, with no default value.
[ @named_instance = ] 'named_instance'
The name of the instance for the collection set. @named_instance is sysname, with no default value.
[ @log_id = ] log_id
The unique identifier that maps to the collection set event log on the server that collected the data. @log_id is bigint with no default value. To obtain the value for log_id, query the dbo.syscollector_execution_log view in the msdb
database.
[ @snapshot_id = ] snapshot_id
The unique identifier for a row that is inserted into the core.snapshots
view. @snapshot_id is int and is returned as OUTPUT.
Return code values
0
(success) or 1
(failure).
Remarks
Every time an upload package starts uploading data to the management data warehouse, the data collector run-time component calls core.sp_create_snapshot
.
This procedure checks to see if:
The collection_set_uid matches an existing entry in the
core.source_info_internal
table.The collector_type_uid matches an existing entry in the
core.supported_collector_types
view.
If either of the preceding checks fails, the procedure fails and returns an error.
Permissions
Requires membership in the mdw_writer (with EXECUTE permission) fixed database role.
Examples
The following example creates a snapshot for the Disk Usage collection set, adds it to the management data warehouse, and returns the snapshot identifier. In the example, the default instance is used.
USE <management_data_warehouse>;
DECLARE @snapshot_id int;
EXEC core.sp_create_snapshot
@collection_set_uid = '7B191952-8ECF-4E12-AEB2-EF646EF79FEF',
@collector_type_uid = '302E93D1-3424-4BE7-AA8E-84813ECF2419',
@machine_name = '<computername>',
@named_instance = 'MSSQLSERVER',
@log_id = 11, -- ID of the log for the collection set
@snapshot_id = @snapshot_id OUTPUT;