Maintenance Tasks

SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) includes a set of tasks that perform database maintenance functions. These tasks are commonly used in database maintenance plans, but the tasks can also be included in SSIS packages. For more information, see Maintenance Plan Wizard and Maintenance Plans.

The maintenance tasks can be used with SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 databases and database objects.

The following table lists the maintenance tasks.

Task	Description
Back Up Database Task	Performs different types of SQL Server database backups.
Check Database Integrity Task	Checks the allocation and structural integrity of database objects and indexes.
Execute SQL Server Agent Job Task	Runs SQL Server Agent jobs.
Execute T-SQL Statement Task	Runs Transact-SQL statements
History Cleanup Task	Deletes entries in the history tables in the SQL Server msdb database.
Maintenance Cleanup Task	Removes files related to maintenance plans, including reports created by maintenance plans and database backup files.
Notify Operator Task	Sends notification messages to SQL Server Agent operators.
Rebuild Index Task	Rebuilds indexes in SQL Server database tables and views.
Reorganize Index Task	Reorganizes indexes in SQL Server database tables and views.
Shrink Database Task	Reduces the size of SQL Server database data and log files.
Update Statistics Task	Updates information about the distribution of key values for one or more sets of statistics on the specified table or view.

See Also

Concepts

Integration Services Tasks

Help and Information

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