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SQL Server Agent - Run Query at the end of each month with date variable

I am running SQL Server 2008 R2, and I need to create a new job that will basically run a query at the start of each month (at the 1st of each month at 01:00 AM). Here is the query: INSERT INTO ...
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SQL Server Maintenance Plan multiple database backups in a single folder

I am using SQL Server 2008 R2. I am trying to create a maintenance plan which backs up multiple databases into one single folder for a day. For ex. I need to backup db1, db2, db3 and dump all these 3 ...
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SQL Agent job does not show up in the jobs folder in SSMS although they are in sysjobs table

I tried to copy some SQL Agent Jobs from server1 to server2 by selecting rows from server1.msdb.dbo.sysjobs and inserting to server2.msdb.dbo.sysjobs. I did the same with sysjobsteps. This seemed to ...
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SQL Server Agent not observing “execute as” permissions

I have a curious permissions problem. Something recently happened that caused existing SQL Server Agent Jobs that were configured to run as a particular User to stop working. They previously worked; ...
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Good way to call multiple SQL Server Agent jobs sequentially from one main job?

I've got several SQL Server Agent jobs that should run sequentially. To keep a nice overview of the jobs that should execute I have created a main job that calls the other jobs with a call to EXEC ...
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How to give SQL Server Job Owner permission to Proxy a Credential

I've created a Credential Cred1 (DOMAIN\USER1 with the secret = domain password) I've created a SQL Agent job with owner to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM The job needs to proxy as credential Cred1 So when I ...
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How do I rescue SQL Agent jobs from a set of detached master, model, mdb files?

I had a MSSQL (MSSQL 2008 R2) cluster that failed in a way that I couldn't bring it back up (long story, servers ended up in BSOD loops, I'm blaming Broadcom and myself). I've SQL backups, and even ...
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Make SQL Server Agent retry failed script with Try/Catch

I have a script that has a try catch in it so that if it fails I can roll back the transaction. It runs on a job scheduled through SQL Server Agent. But when it fails SQL Server Agent does not see ...