sp_help_maintenance_plan (Transact-SQL)
Returns information about the specified maintenance plan. If a plan is not specified, this stored procedure returns information about all maintenance plans.
Note
This stored procedure is used with database maintenance plans. This feature has been replaced with maintenance plans which do not use this stored procedure. Use this procedure to maintain database maintenance plans on installations that were upgraded from a previous version of SQL Server.
This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.
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Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions
Syntax
sp_help_maintenance_plan [ [ @plan_id = ] 'plan_id' ]
Arguments
- [ @plan_id =] 'plan_id'
Specifies the plan ID of the maintenance plan. plan_id is UNIQUEIDENTIFIER. The default is NULL.
Return Code Values
None
Result Sets
If plan_id is specified, sp_help_maintenance_plan will return three tables: Plan, Database, and Job.
Plan Table
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
plan_id |
uniqueidentifier |
Maintenance plan ID. |
plan_name |
sysname |
Maintenance plan name. |
date_created |
datetime |
Date the maintenance plan was created. |
owner |
sysname |
Owner of the maintenance plan. |
max_history_rows |
int |
Maximum number of rows allocated for recording the history of the maintenance plan in the system table. |
remote_history_server |
int |
The name of the remote server to which the history report could be written. |
max_remote_history_rows |
int |
Maximum number of rows allocated in the system table on a remote server to which the history report could be written. |
user_defined_1 |
int |
Default is NULL. |
user_defined_2 |
nvarchar(100) |
Default is NULL. |
user_defined_3 |
datetime |
Default is NULL. |
user_defined_4 |
uniqueidentifier |
Default is NULL. |
Database Table
| Column name | Description |
|---|---|
database_name |
Name of all databases associated with the maintenance plan. database_name is sysname. |
Job Table
| Column name | Description |
|---|---|
job_id |
ID of all jobs associated with the maintenance plan. job_id is uniqueidentifier. |
Remarks
sp_help_maintenance_plan is in the msdb database.
Permissions
Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can execute sp_help_maintenance_plan.
Examples
This example descriptive information about the maintenance plan FAD6F2AB-3571-11D3-9D4A-00C04FB925FC.
EXECUTE sp_help_maintenance_plan
N'FAD6F2AB-3571-11D3-9D4A-00C04FB925FC'
See Also
Concepts
Database Maintenance Plan Stored Procedures (Transact-SQL)