sp_help_log_shipping_primary_database (Transact-SQL)

Retrieves primary database settings.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

sp_help_log_shipping_primary_database
[ @database = ] 'database' OR
[ @primary_id = ] 'primary_id'

Arguments

• [ @database = ] 'database'
  Is the name of the log shipping primary database. database is sysname, with no default, and cannot be NULL.

• [ @primary_id = ] 'primary_id'
  The ID of the primary database for the log shipping configuration. primary_id is uniqueidentifier and cannot be NULL.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

Column name	Description
primary_id	The ID of the primary database for the log shipping configuration.
primary_database	The name of the primary database in the log shipping configuration.
backup_directory	The directory where transaction log backup files from the primary server are stored.
backup_share	The network or UNC path to the backup directory.
backup_retention_period	The length of time, in minutes, that a log backup file is retained in the backup directory before being deleted.
backup_compression	Indicates whether the log shipping configuration uses backup compression. 0 = Disabled. Never compress log backups. 1 = Enabled. Always compress log backups. 2 = Use the setting of the View or Configure the backup compression default Server Configuration Option. This is the default value. Backup compression is supported only in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise (or a later version). In other editions, the value is always 2.
backup_job_id	The Microsoft SQL Server Agent job ID associated with the backup job on the primary server.
monitor_server	The name of the instance of the SQL Server Database Engine being used as a monitor server in the log shipping configuration.
monitor_server_security_mode	The security mode used to connect to the monitor server. 1 = Microsoft Windows Authentication. 0 = SQL Server Authentication.
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 log backup operation.
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.

Remarks

sp_help_log_shipping_primary_database must be run from the master database on the primary server.

Permissions

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

Examples

This example illustrates using sp_help_log_shipping_primary_database to retrieve primary database settings for the database AdventureWorks2012 .

master.dbo.sp_help_log_shipping_primary_database @database=N'AdventureWorks'
GO

See Also

Reference

System Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL)

Concepts

About Log Shipping (SQL Server)