We have 2 Jobs created in SQL Server Agent.
PreLoad
DWHLoad
Job step list in both Jobs have various steps.
DWHLoad needs to be run after successful completion of PreLoad Job.
As of now, I've scheduled PreLoad to run at 1:00AM and it finishes at 5:00AM.
DWHLoad to run at 6:00AM to avoid issues if PreLoad delays for any reason.
I could gather PreLoad steps into DWHLoad and run as one job to maintain dependency.
However, there are occasions where I need to run PreLoad separately and same is true with DWHLoad.
Is there a way to create dependency on Job and not on Job step?
i.e. Start DWHLoad only after successful completion of the PreLoad job?
Keep the 2 jobs you have and remove the schedule. This will allow you to right click and start the job for the times you want to run them manually. You mentioned that each job has multiple steps, so you will need to create a 3rd job with the combined steps from each job in the order you need. Add a schedule to the 3rd job and you will have the dependency you are wanting with a scheduled job.
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I have an SSIS job which pulls data from one database and pushes into another. Currently the actions are triggered when a record is inserted into a table.
My understanding is using a SQL Server trigger to launch an SSIS Job is not advised. Suggesting to me the preferred route for this use case is to use a recurring schedule.
If I schedule every 10 seconds, will the ETL job launch again if the previous run has not finished? (Is there a better word to describe this behavior in the computing spacing?) If the job relaunches, is there a preferred way to accomplish this behavior?
If I schedule every 10 seconds, will the ETL job launch again if the previous run has not finished?
No. The next run time is computed once the job finishes, based on the "Starting at" and the next interval that meets the cycle interval.
While it is running the "Start Job at Step" option on the SQL Server Management Studio interface will be grayed out.
If you try to kick off the job again forcefully using sp_start_job, you'll get a error message saying it's already running.
I have two SSIS ETL packages that I need to schedule to run on a daily basis. The two packages load data into two different staging databases so these can be run in parallel. However, at the end of execution of both the jobs, I need to call a separate job (stored procs) to load data into final database from the staging database.
Does SQL Server Job Scheduling Agent provide any features for tracking if the previous two jobs were completed successfully or not?
Any help is highly appreciated.
Thanks!
Your best bet is to Wrap your 2 SSIS packages in a Master Package - These can be run in parallel within this.
Then create a Job with this as step 1
Step 2 can be Exec sp_run_job [job you need to run]
I would recommend that you include a third 'control' package in your ssis project that contains Execute Package tasks to run the two packages in parallel within a Sequence Container, and then an Execute SQL task following the successful completion of the Sequence Container to kick off the stored procedure once these both complete.
Doing this, you only need to have one Agent job that runs the 'control' package.
Is it possible in SQL Server to run several jobs simultaneously under different sessions under same job.
For example, I have N stored procedures to run. They all have to be run under different sessions and start at the same time. I don't want to create N jobs, I want all of them start at the same time under 1 job.
In the past I've had one job create and start several other jobs using the sp_add_job command. If you set the delete level to 3 then the job will then get automatically deleted once it has completed.
The disadvantages are security and monitoring all the jobs.
I don't see any other option than using ssis sql script tasks for different scripts without any link between them and executing them. This will allow to run different SP or sql script to run parallel.Thanks!
I work with an environment that uses Merge Replication to publish a dozen publications to 6 a dozen subscribers every 10 minutes. When certain jobs are running simultaneously, deadlocks and blocking is encountered and the replication process is not efficient.
I want to create a SQL Server Agent Job that runs a group of Merge Replication Jobs in a particular order waiting for one to finish before the next starts.
I created an SSIS package that started the jobs in sequence, but it uses sp_start_job and when run it immediately starts all the jobs so they are running together again.
A side purpose is to be able to disable replication to a particular server instead of individually disabling a dozen jobs or temporarily disabling replication completely to avoid 70+ individual disablings.
Right now, if I disable a Merge Replication job, the SSIS package will still start and run it anyway.
I have now tried creating an SSIS package for each Replication Job and then creating a SQL Server Agent job that calls these packages in sequence. That job takes 8 seconds to finish while the individual packages it is calling (starting a replication job) takes at least a minute to finish. In other words, that doesn't work either.
The SQL Server Agent knows when a Replication job finishes! Why doesn't an SSIS package or job step know? What is the point of having a control flow if it doesn't work?
Inserting waits is useless. the individual jobs can take anywhere from 1 second to an hour depending on what needs replicating.
May be I didn't see real problem but it is naturally that you need synchronization point and there are many ways to create it.
For example you could still run jobs simultaneously but let first job lock a resource that is needed for second, that will wait till resource will be unlocked. Or second job can listen log table in loop (with wait for a "minute" and self cancel after "an hour")...
We have scheduled a number of jobs in SQL Server 2000. We want these jobs to be executed in a sequential order i.e. the failure of one job should prevent the next job from running. Can someone help me on doing this or creating dependency between scheduled jobs.
You could define your jobs as steps of one single job. So you'll can specify on every step if the next step should be executed in case of error.
Rather than combining the jobs in to one single block, it is better to divide in to pieces to simplify the error detection and make the management easier. It gives you to control your process step by step. If your SQL jobs can be executed via batch files, you can use windows task scheduler and define dependencies. But if the subject is more complex ETL process management, it is better to manage this process on a job scheduler.
I've done this in a queue system to cache data where there were 4 or 5 steps involved and had to allow delays for replication between the steps.
It was rather time consuming to implement as there were parent tasks which spawned 1 to n child steps which sometimes needed to be executed in order, sometimes irrelevant.
If you go down this path, you then need to create a location for error messages and process logs.
I highly recommend if in any way it can be created as one job with multiple steps, you should use the existing jobs agent. Each individual step can be configured to exit on fail, continue on fail, email on fail, etc - It's rather flexible.