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FineBuild can Configure the History Properties available in SSMS for the SQL Server Agent.

The SQL Agent History properties should be set as shown below.

FineBuild Configure SQL Agent History Properties

The SQL Agent History Properties configuration relates to Process Id 5BE and is controlled by the parameters below:

SQL Version Parameter FULL Build WORKSTATION Build CLIENT Build
SQL2019 /SetupSQLAgent: Yes Yes N/A
SQL2017 /SetupSQLAgent: Yes Yes N/A
SQL2016 /SetupSQLAgent: Yes Yes N/A
SQL2014 /SetupSQLAgent: Yes Yes N/A
SQL2012 /SetupSQLAgent: Yes Yes N/A
SQL2008R2 /SetupSQLAgent: Yes Yes N/A
SQL2008 /SetupSQLAgent: Yes Yes N/A
SQL2005 /SetupSQLAgent: Yes Yes N/A

In order to maintain compatibility with older versions of SQL FineBuild, the parameter /ConfigSQLAgent: can also be used.

FineBuild also uses the following parameters to help configure SQL Agent History Properties:

Parameter Default Value Description
/AgentMaxHistory: 20000 Maximum number of history rows to be kept for all Jobs
/AgentJobHistory: 500 Number of history rows to be kept for a single Job

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Manual Configure SQL Agent History Properties

The following steps show what you would have to do for manual SQL Agent History Properties configuration. FineBuild does all of this work for you automatically.

  1. Select the History tab

    Set the following History properties:

    Property Value
    Maximum job history log size /AgentMaxHistory: value
    Maximum job history rows per job /AgentJobHistory: value

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  2. Click OK to save any changes made

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