Checking Log Shipping Configuration
After Log Shipping is configured, review the following checklist to verify the log shipping setup.
1. Right-click the log shipping database and look at the database properties. On the Transaction Log Shipping page, note that the database is enabled as the primary database in the log shipping configuration. On this page you can review other log shipping details like the backup job schedule on the primary server, secondary server details, the copy and restore job schedule on the secondary server, and monitor server details and if backup compression is being used.
2. Expand SQL Server Agent and review the backup transaction log job.
1. Expand SQL Server Agent and review the copy and restore transaction log backup jobs.
1. Expand SQL Server Agent and review the Alert job, log shipping primary server alert, and log shipping secondary server alert.