We have log shipping taking place between server A and server B.
The logs are backed up every 15 minutes on server A.
Over on server B, the logs are copied every 15 minutes successfully.
The logs are restored on server B once per day at 3:35am successfully.
My issue is the alert job on server B is running every 2 minutes. It runs perfect for 45 minutes after the restore at 3:35am and then on the 47th minute, it fails and fails every 2 minutes until the next restore the next time at 3:35am
The threshold was set for 45 minutes so that part was correct.
My current considerations
This is what I'm thinking:
- The copy job is working and I would get alert if it failed.
- The restore job is working and I would get alert if it failed.
Questions
Why would I need the alert job? There is no way it can succeed. Since I am only restoring once per day, after that first 45 minute threshold is reached, it is an automatic failure every 2 minutes from then on.
Does this job alert on both copy and restore? What am I missing here?
