December 2013
Intermediate to advanced
1872 pages
153h 31m
English
book
Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 Unleashed
by Ray Rankins, Paul T. Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
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The msdb Database
The msdb database is used to store information for the SQL Server Agent, the Service Broker, Database Mail, log shipping, and more. When you create and schedule a SQL Server Agent job, the job’s parameters and execution history are stored in msdb. Backups and maintenance plan information are stored in msdb as well. If log shipping is implemented, critical information about the servers and tables involved in this process is stored in msdb.