Procedure to get the SQL Agent properties

 DECLARE @idle_cpu_percent INT DECLARE @idle_cpu_duration INT
DECLARE @oem_errorlog INT DECLARE @email_profile NVARCHAR(64) DECLARE @email_save_in_sent_folder INT DECLARE @cpu_poller_enabled INT DECLARE @alert_replace_runtime_tokens INT SET NOCOUNT ON
-- NOTE: We return all SQLServerAgent properties at one go for performance reasons -- Read the values from the registry
IF ((PLATFORM() & 0x1) = 0x1) -- NT BEGIN DECLARE @key NVARCHAR(200)
SELECT @key = N'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\' IF (SERVERPROPERTY('INSTANCENAME') IS NOT NULL)
SELECT @key = @key + N'SQLAgent$' + CONVERT (sysname, SERVERPROPERTY('INSTANCENAME')) ELSE SELECT @key = @key + N'SQLServerAgent'
EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', @key, N'Start', @auto_start OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', @key, N'ObjectName', @startup_account OUTPUT, N'no_output' END ELSE BEGIN SELECT @auto_start = 3
-- Manual start SELECT @startup_account = NULL END EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'MSXServerName', @msx_server_name OUTPUT, N'no_output'
-- Non-SQLDMO exposed properties
EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'RestartSQLServer', @sqlserver_restart OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'JobHistoryMaxRows', @jobhistory_max_rows OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'JobHistoryMaxRowsPerJob', @jobhistory_max_rows_per_job OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'ErrorLogFile', @errorlog_file OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'ErrorLoggingLevel', @errorlogging_level OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'ErrorMonitor', @error_recipient OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'MonitorAutoStart', @monitor_autostart OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'ServerHost', @local_host_server OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'JobShutdownTimeout', @job_shutdown_timeout OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'CmdExecAccount', @cmdexec_account OUTPUT, N'no_output' SET @regular_connections = 0 SET @host_login_name = NULL SET @host_login_password = NULL EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'LoginTimeout', @login_timeout OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'IdleCPUPercent', @idle_cpu_percent OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'IdleCPUDuration', @idle_cpu_duration OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'OemErrorLog', @oem_errorlog OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'EmailProfile', @email_profile OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'EmailSaveSent', @email_save_in_sent_folder OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'AlertReplaceRuntimeTokens', @alert_replace_runtime_tokens OUTPUT, N'no_output' EXECUTE master.dbo.xp_instance_regread N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', N'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\SQLServerAgent', N'CoreEngineMask', @cpu_poller_enabled OUTPUT, N'no_output' IF (@cpu_poller_enabled IS NOT NULL) SELECT @cpu_poller_enabled = CASE WHEN (@cpu_poller_enabled & 32) = 32 THEN 0 ELSE 1 END
-- Return the values to the client
SELECT auto_start = CASE @auto_start WHEN 2 THEN 1 -- 2 means auto-start
WHEN 3 THEN 0 -- 3 means don't auto-start ELSE 0
-- Safety net END, msx_server_name = @msx_server_name, sqlagent_type = (SELECT CASE WHEN (COUNT(*) = 0) AND (ISNULL(DATALENGTH(@msx_server_name), 0) = 0) THEN 1
-- Standalone WHEN (COUNT(*) = 0) AND (ISNULL(DATALENGTH(@msx_server_name), 0) > 0) THEN 2
-- TSX WHEN (COUNT(*) > 0) AND (ISNULL(DATALENGTH(@msx_server_name), 0) = 0) THEN 3
-- MSX WHEN (COUNT(*) > 0) AND (ISNULL(DATALENGTH(@msx_server_name), 0) > 0) THEN 0
-- Multi-Level MSX (currently invalid) ELSE 0
-- Invalid END FROM msdb.dbo.systargetservers), startup_account = @startup_account,
-- Non-SQLDMO exposed properties sqlserver_restart = ISNULL(@sqlserver_restart, 1), jobhistory_max_rows = @jobhistory_max_rows, jobhistory_max_rows_per_job = @jobhistory_max_rows_per_job, errorlog_file = @errorlog_file, errorlogging_level = ISNULL(@errorlogging_level, 7), error_recipient = @error_recipient, monitor_autostart = ISNULL(@monitor_autostart, 0), local_host_server = @local_host_server, job_shutdown_timeout = ISNULL(@job_shutdown_timeout, 15), cmdexec_account = @cmdexec_account, regular_connections = ISNULL(@regular_connections, 0), host_login_name = @host_login_name, host_login_password = @host_login_password, login_timeout = ISNULL(@login_timeout, 30), idle_cpu_percent = ISNULL(@idle_cpu_percent, 10), idle_cpu_duration = ISNULL(@idle_cpu_duration, 600), oem_errorlog = ISNULL(@oem_errorlog, 0), sysadmin_only = NULL, email_profile = @email_profile, email_save_in_sent_folder = ISNULL(@email_save_in_sent_folder, 0), cpu_poller_enabled = ISNULL(@cpu_poller_enabled, 0), alert_replace_runtime_tokens = ISNULL(@alert_replace_runtime_tokens, 0) END

-- executing it.


exec sp_get_sqlagent_properties

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Venkatesan Prabu .J
http://venkattechnicalblog.blogspot.com/