Log Shipping Monitoring and Troubleshooting 交易紀錄傳送監控與疑難排解

Log Shipping Monitoring and Troubleshooting
交易紀錄傳送監控與疑難排解


1.Log Shipping status
View the Log Shipping Report (SQL Server Management Studio)
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181149.aspx

To display the Transaction Log Shipping Status report on a server instance

1. Connect to a monitor server, primary server, or secondary server.
2. Right-click the server instance in Object Explorer, point to Reports, and point to Standard Reports.
3. Click Transaction Log Shipping Status.

sp_help_log_shipping_monitor (Transact-SQL)
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187820.aspx

sp_help_log_shipping_monitor

Remarks
sp_help_log_shipping_monitor must be run from the master database on the monitor server.

Permissions
Requires membership in the sysadmin fixed server role.

找出Monitoring Server方法

SELECT monitor_server FROM msdb.dbo.log_shipping_primary_databases;
or
SELECT monitor_server FROM msdb.dbo.log_shipping_secondary;

2.Job History

View the Job History
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181046.aspx

To view the job history log

1. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine, and then expand that instance.
2. Expand SQL Server Agent, and then expand Jobs.
3. Right-click a job, and then click View History.
4. In the Log File Viewer, view the job history.
5. To update the job history, click Refresh. To view fewer rows, click the Filter button and enter filter parameters.

or

-- lists all job information for the NightlyBackups job.  
USE msdb ;  
GO  

EXEC dbo.sp_help_jobhistory   
    @job_name = N'LSRestore_ServerName_DBname' ;  
GO

3.Backup and Restore History
Backup History and Header Information (SQL Server)
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188653.aspx

Query SQL Server backup history and restore history records
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/bradchen/2014/03/12/query-sql-server-backup-history-and-restore-history-records/

4.ERRORLOG
View the SQL Server Error Log (SQL Server Management Studio)
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187109.aspx

1. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server and then expand that instance.
2. Find and expand the Management section (Assuming you have permissions to see it).
3. Right-click on SQL Server Logs, select View, and choose View SQL Server Log.

5.Event log
Start Event Viewer
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766401(v=ws.11).aspx

To start Event Viewer by using the Windows interface

1. Click the Start button.
2. Click Control Panel .
3. Click System and Maintenance .
4. Click Administrative Tools .
5. Double-click Event Viewer .

To start Event Viewer by using a command line

1. Open a command prompt. To open a command prompt, click Start , click All Programs , click Accessories and then click Command Prompt .
2. Type eventvwr .

Reference:
Monitor Log Shipping (Transact-SQL)
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190224.aspx

Stored procedure	Description	Run this procedure on
sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_primary	Returns monitor records for the specified primary database from the log_shipping_monitor_primary table.	Monitor server or primary server
sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_secondary	Returns monitor records for the specified secondary database from the log_shipping_monitor_secondary table.	Monitor server or secondary server
sp_help_log_shipping_alert_job	Returns the job ID of the alert job.	Monitor server, or primary or secondary server if no monitor is defined
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.	Primary server
sp_help_log_shipping_primary_secondary	Retrieves secondary database names for a primary database.	Primary server
sp_help_log_shipping_secondary_database	Retrieves secondary-database settings from the log_shipping_secondary, log_shipping_secondary_databasesand log_shipping_monitor_secondary tables.	Secondary server
sp_help_log_shipping_secondary_primary (Transact-SQL)	This stored procedure retrieves the settings for a given primary database on the secondary server.	Secondary server

Bring Database back to norecovery mode from standby mode(Standby / Read-Only)

RESTORE DATABASE [AdventureWorks]
WITH NORECOVERY;

Adding a log shipping monitor
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Log+Shipping/77295/