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Table of Contents

Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................5

Change Director Architectural Overview.......................................................................................................................... 6

Key Features........................................................................................................................................................... 6

Components............................................................................................................................................................ 6

Start to Use .........................................................................................................................................................10

Access Change Director................................................................................................................................................. 11

Configure Change Director ............................................................................................................................................ 11

Create a Repository Database.............................................................................................................................. 11

Register SQL Server Instances............................................................................................................................. 11

Create SQL Server Groups................................................................................................................................... 12

Projects and Snapshots ....................................................................................................................................13

Change Director Projects............................................................................................................................................... 14

Compare Changes................................................................................................................................................ 14

Prepare for Deployment ........................................................................................................................................ 15

Deploy Changes.................................................................................................................................................... 15

Deploy a Custom Script Project............................................................................................................................. 16Rollback Changes................................................................................................................................................. 16

Clone Projects....................................................................................................................................................... 16

View Project Information........................................................................................................................................ 17

Snapshots...................................................................................................................................................................... 18

Create Snaphots.................................................................................................................................................... 18

Compare................................................................................................................................................................ 18

Change Tracker ..................................................................................................................................................20

Key Features.................................................................................................................................................................. 21


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Monitored Objects..................................................................................................................................................21

Configure Monitoring of Server Instances .....................................................................................................................22

Configure Monitoring Settings................................................................................................................................22

Manage Trusted Applications List..........................................................................................................................23

Configure Notification Settings...............................................................................................................................23

Manage Reports....................................................................................................................................................24

Configure the Remote Agent..........................................................................................................................................26

Log Reader......................................................................................................................................................... 27

Log Reader Sources.......................................................................................................................................................28

Use the Log Reader .......................................................................................................................................................28

Load the Transaction Log......................................................................................................................................28

View Results..........................................................................................................................................................28

Undo or Redo DML or DDL Commands................................................................................................................29Recover Tables......................................................................................................................................................30

Manage Jobs...................................................................................................................................................... 31

Manage Jobs Tool..........................................................................................................................................................32

View Jobs...............................................................................................................................................................32

Create/Edit a Job ..................................................................................................................................................34

Delete a Job...........................................................................................................................................................34

Schedule a Job......................................................................................................................................................34

Appendix ............................................................................................................................................................ 38

Contact Quest Support ...................................................................................................................................................39

Contact Quest Software.................................................................................................................................................. 39

About Quest ...................................................................................................................................................................40

Index ................................................................................................................................................................... 39


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Introduction

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Change Director Architectural Overview


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Change Director Architectural OverviewChange Director for SQL Server is designed to control SQL Server production

databases and make the database change process transparent and manageable. It also

allows to deploy changes to SQL Server databases, compare and synchronize databases,

schedule change deployment, perform Impact Analysis of custom and synchronization

scripts.

Key Features

The main Change Director features are:

Database schema comparison

Database object comparison

Impact Analysis Scheduled or real-time deployment

Multi-server change deployment

Reporting changes for compliance and audit purposes

PowerShell command line interface

Components

Change Director includes Project and Snapshots, Middleware, Change Tracker, Log

Reader and Job Management components.

Projects and Snapshots module is designed to deploy changes to SQL Server

databases and make the database change process transparent and manageable.


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Chapter 1 7Introduction

The diagram shows the relationship between the console, the repository databse andmonitored servers:

Change Director console is used to perform various tasks. Some of them can be very

resource-intensives, for example, snapshot taking, compare and impact analysis, and

deploying changes. You can reduce the workload on the computer running Change

Director console using the Middleware.

The Middleware is installed on the target server to perform resource-intensive tasks.

The console sends a command to the Middleware (for example, to compare databases);

the Middleware accomplishes the task, saves the results in the Repository Database and


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notifies the console. The console loads the results from the Repository Database to

display to a user.

Note The Middleware can be installed to any server in network to perform tasks on that server

from the console main menu.

Change Tracker module monitors Microsoft SQL Server instances and databases for

changes, and generates real-time alerts that can be sent to a recipient list via email or

NetSend.

Change Tracker agents are the agents installed to the computers running Windows,

where monitored SQL Servers are installed.

Each agent monitors the SQL Server instance and saves information in the Repository

Database.Change Director console reads the saved information from the Repository

Database and displays it to a user.

The notification engine checks if there are any changes detected by the ChangeTracker agent, generates reports and sends notifications. You can enable the engine on

the computer, where the Change Director console or the middleware is installed.

Log Reader is a SQL data-auditing and data-recovery tool that analyzes the SQL

Server transaction log to display information on:

Recent transactions (those held in memory since the SQL Server instance was

started)

All the transactions stored in the transaction log of an active database as well as

transactions held in SQL Server memory


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Chapter 1 9Introduction

All the transactions stored in a database backup file (native or LiteSpeed)

Log Reader reads database transaction data from online database, offline transactions

log file, LiteSpeed backup file, SQL Server native backup file nd saves the results to the

current console user Temp folder on the local disk drives to be displayed in Change

Director console.

Job Manager displays information about all SQL Server jobs or Windows Tasks to

control, monitor, and modify jobs on the registered servers.

Job Manager connects to selected SQL Server, reads SQL Server Agent jobs schedule

and execution history and displays in Change Director console.


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Start to Use

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Access Change Director

Configure Change Director


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Access Change DirectorTo launch Change Director from Windows select Start | All Programs| Quest

Software | Quest Change Director for SQL Server | Quest Change Director for

SQL Server 3.1.

Configure Change DirectorAfter you install the Change Director console you need to perform the following tasks:

Create or upgrade the Repository Database (page 11)

Register SQL Server Instances (page 11)

Create a Repository Database

Change Director repository database stores the history and current settings of Change

Director projects:

Target database(s)

Source (or deployment) script

Project options such as comparison and backup settings, physical attributemapping etc.

To create or upgrade the repository

1 Select Repository | Create/Select Repository from the menu.

2 Complete the dialog.

Note If you select Windows authentication to connect to the server, provide username as

domain\username.

Register SQL Server Instances

In order to manage Quest Change Director for SQL Server settings for a database on a

SQL Server instance, you must register that instance with the Change Director console.


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Chapter 2 12Start to Use

To register a SQL Server instance

1 Right-clickMicrosoft SQL Servers and select New SQL Server Registration.


Create SQL Server GroupsYou can create groups and sub-groups of SQL Server instances to display in the Change

Director console. You can organize servers into groups similar to the way you organize

files into folders.

To create a SQL Server group

1 Right-clickMicrosoft SQL Servers and select New SQL Server Group.

2 Complete the dialog

Change Director adds the new group to the Server tree.

To add SQL Server instances to a group

1 Right-click on the instance. Choose Edit Server Registration from the right-

click menu.



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Projects and Snapshots

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Change Director Projects

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Change Director ProjectsChange Director defines the following types of projects to help DBAs to fulfil the most

frequent tasks concerning change deployment:

Deploy Custom Script projects allow you to deploy custom SQL scripts to one

or several target databases

Compare Changes projects allow you to compare one or several databases

with a source database or Change Director snapshot and synchronize them ifneeded.

Tip If you use the Middleware for comparing, impact analysis and deploying, you can switch the

Middleware to background mode by clicking Close Project or Continue in Background. You

can view the current task status in the Projects page.

Compare Changes

One of the frequent tasks DBAs perform is to detect differences between two or more

databases and synchronize them. Change Director provides Compare Changes feature

for such tasks.

To compare databases

1 Select Project | New | Compare Changes.

2 Define the source and one or more target databases. ClickOK.

3 (Optional) Select Edit Project Options from the Actions list on the Navigation

pane. Set options for the project.

4 Select where to execute the operation.

5 Select the objects you want to compare.

6 Configure mapping for the physical attributes of the source and target databases.

7 View comparison results.

Tip To view the detailed report on comparison results, click View details.

8 ClickClose and save the project.


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Chapter 3 15Projects and Snapshots

Prepare for DeploymentChange Director allows you to analyze the impact the deployment script has on the

primary target database and determine which operations could hamper script execution.

The Impact Analysis feature uses the SQL Server transactions mechanism to simulate

script execution and collect possible errors and warning messages. This process takes

place during the Impact Analysis phase of a project life cycle.

To perform Impact Analysis

1 Open the saved project or create the Custom Script project or Compare Changes

project

2 Proceed to the Impact Analysis step.

Tip When analysis completes, click View Impact Details

You can save the Impact Analysis report to a file or view it in the Impact Analysis page

for the selected saved project in the Projects ans Snapshots window.

To generate a script for deploying

1 Open the saved project or create Custom Script project or Compare Changes

project.

2 Proceed to the Impact Analysis step.

3 Complete Impact Analysis.

4 ClickView Synchronization Script in the Open Project window.

5 ClickSave to save the generated script.

Deploy Changes

To synchronize databases

1 Open the saved project or create Custom Script project or Compare Changes

project.

2 Proceed to Schedule Deploy.

3 Select one of the following:

Run deployment immediately

Schedule deployment. A Windows account username and password arerequired to schedule deployment.


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Deploy a Custom Script ProjectIf you have a script to deploy to one or more target databases, you can analyze the

impact the script has on the primary target database and deploy the script.

To deploy a custom script

1 Select Project | New | Custom Script.

2 Specify a script to deploy and one or several target databases.

3 (Optional) Select Edit Project Options from the Actions list on the Navigation

pane. Set options for the project.

4 Complete the wizard.

Rollback Changes

Change Director allows you to rollback deployed changes using a rollback script or adatabase snapshot.

To rollback changes using a rollback script

1 Select the Projects and Snapshots window.

2 Select the project instance or a database for which you want to rollback changes.

3On the Projects page, right-click the project and select Rollback Changes.

Change Director creates the Custom Script project where the rollback script serves as a

Source script. Process the project as any other Custom Script project.

To rollback changes using a snapshot


2 Select the project instance or a database for which you want to rollback changes.

3 On the Snapshots page, right-click the snapshot to which you want to rollback the

database and select Compare to | Online Database.

Change Director creates the Compare Changes project where the snapshots serves as a

Source. Process the project as any other Compare Script project.

Clone ProjectsIf you want to execute the deployment again, replicate the project by cloning it.


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SnapshotsChange Director allows you to save information about the database schemas in the

Change Director repository. Each snapshot contains creation date and time. You can

store database history by creating snapshots at regular intervals.

To view a snapshot


2 Select the instance or database for which you generated the snapshot.

3 On the Snapshots page, right-click the snapshot and select View Snapshot.

Create Snaphots

Tip If you use the Middleware to take snapshots, click Background to switch the Middleware tobackground mode. You can view the current task status on the Change Director Tasks page.

To create a snapshot of a database


2 Right-click the database for which you want to generate the snapshot and select

Take Snapshot.To create snapshots of several databases


2 Right-click the database for which you want to generate the snapshot and select

Take Snapshot Wizard.

Tip Using the Take Snapshot wizard, you can schedule collecting snaphots by creating a

Windows task.


Compare...

To compare a snapshot with an online database

1 Select a database for which you generated a snapshot.

2 On the Snapshots page, right-click the snapshot and select Compare to | Online

Database.


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Change Director creates the Compare Changes project where the snapshots serves as a

Source and the database for which the snapshot was generated serves as a Target.

Process the project as any other Compare Changes project.

To compare snapshots

1 Select a database for which you generated a snapshot.

2 On the Snapshots page, right-click the snapshot and choose Compare to |

Snapshot.

3 Select a snapshot which you want to compare with the selected snapshot.



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Change Tracker

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Key Features

Configure Monitor ing of Server Instances

Manage Reports

Configure the Remote Agent


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Key FeaturesChange Tracker provides services and a user interface that helps you monitor SQL

Server instances and databases for changes, and to generate real-time alerts.

Note For information about Change Tracker agent installation, refer to the Change Director for

SQL Server InstallGuide.pdf guide.

Monitored Objects

Change Tracke enables you to monitor objects in real time at a database-level and at an

instance level.

At a database-level At an instance level

Tables

Stored Procedures

Triggers

User-Defined Functions (permissions)

Users

Roles

User-Defined Types

Applications

Roles

Defaults

Rules

Views (permissions)

Full-Text Catalog

Aggregate

Partition Functions

Partition Schemes

SynonymXML Schema Collections

Logins

Privileged Logins

Server parameters

DTS Packages

SQL Server Agent Jobs

Database Backups

Database Restores

Database Replications

Server Database

Extended Stored Procedures


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Configure Monitoring of Server InstancesThe Change Tracker agent automatically generates a real-time alert when a change has

been detected. The notification engine sents alerts via email or NetSend to a recipient

list.

Note Before you start using the Change Tracker features, make sure the Change Tracker window

is active. If not, select the Change Tracker view at the bottom of the navigation pane.

Configure Monitoring Settings

To cofigure basic monitoring options

1 In the Change Tracker window, select an instance in the Server tree.

2 ClickMonitoring options on the Configuration page.

3 Set options.

4 ClickOK to complete the dialog.

5 If you have previously configured databases for monitoring, click one of the

following:

Overwrite to apply new settings to all databases No to save the previous custom settings, including objects for monitoring,

operators and reporting options

Cancel to discard the changes

Tip To set monitoring options for several instances at once, right-click a group of instances or

Microsoft SQL Servers in the tree and select Tasks | Configure Group Monitoring Options.

This will overwrite existing monitoring options.


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Manage Trusted Applications List

A trusted application contains applications which you allow to deploy changes on

monitored databases.Change Tracker detects changes deployed using trusted

applications and generates authorized Real-Time alerts for them

Note Change Tracker uses one list of trusted applications for all instances where monitored

databases reside. The list is stored in the repository. Once you change the repository

database, you need to re-configure trusted applications.

If you remove an application from the list of trusted applications, Change Tracker marks

alerts for all changes deployed by that application as Unauthorized.

To edit list of trusted applications

1 On the Configuration page, clickEdit List.

2 Do one of the following:

To add a new trusted application, clickAdd and enter an application name

To remove a trusted application, select an application and clickRemove

Note The application name should be identical to the name which displays in the Alerts

Report.

Configure Notification SettingsQuest Change Director for SQL Server has a notification engine that connects to an

SMTP server and sends out the email notifications. You must indicate which SMTP

server (host and port) that should be connected to per SQL Server instance.

The SMTP server must be set to allow sending anonymous emails or Change Director

must be configured to authenticate to an existing SMTP server (requires a valid user

name and password). For an example of such a setup, see Configure Microsoft

Exchange Server where Anonymous Access is turned off.

The email settings can be set or modified for any SQL Server instance through the

Notification Settings dialog. These settings are used for all registered instances.

To set or change notification settings

1 Navigate to a SQL Server instance.

2 Right-click the instance and select Tasks | Notification Settings.


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3 Complete the Notification Settings dialog. Review the following for additional

information:

Manage Reports

You can view, sort, filter and search the alerts and failed logins related to a SQL Server

instance or a database.To sort alerts

1 Navigate to an instance or a database in the tree view.

2 Click the Alerts Report tab.

3 Select the column name to sort on.

Tip Selecting the column name again reverses the sort order.

To filter alerts

1 Navigate to an instance or a database in the tree view.

2 Click the Server Alerts Report tab.

3 ClickFilter, search.

4 Set the following parameters:

Period

Report type

Option Description

Middleware Decide where you want to use the notification engine. Select

one of the following:

Console - to use the notification service on the local

computer

Middleware - to use the notification service on the

computer where the Middleware is installed.

Username and

Password

If your SMTP server is set so that Authentication is enabled,

specify the user name and password of the account that you

want to use to send notifications. If Authentication is disabled,

the SMTP server must be configured to allow Anonymousemails.


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Object type

Category

5 ClickApply to view the filtered reports.

To print an alerts report

1 Navigate to an instance or a database.

2 View, sort or filter alerts on the Server Alerts Report page.

3 Select Print Preview from the toolbar.

4 View, save , export , send or print a report for an instance or a

database.

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Configure the Remote AgentThis feature allows you to set a new password for a remote agent to use to work with the

Change Director repository. When the password to the repository changes, you need to

set a new one for each remote host to use to connect to the repository and store data

from Change Director monitoring jobs. In order to communicate with the repository, the

agent needs administrator log in details to access the repository. The details are also

required to start or stop the remote agent if needed.

To configure the remote agent

1 Navigate to the SQL Server instance you want to configure to communicate with

the Change Director repository in the console tree.

2 Right-click on the instance and select Tasks | Configure Remote Agent.

3 Select:

Current user to use current user domain\username and password.

The following user to specify domain\name and password as connection

credentials.

Note Make sure that the you have Administrator privileges on the remote host.

4 Set the following Change Tracker agent options:

Path to trace and log files

Capturing mode (regular or lightweight)

Logging level

Authentication type


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Log Reader

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Log Reader Sources

Use the Log Reader

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Log Reader SourcesThe Log Reader displays information about changes to data and objects from the

following sources:

Recent transactions (those held in memory since the SQL Server instance was

started)

The full database log (includes all transactions stored in the transaction log of

an active database as well as transactions held in SQL Server memory)

Note Note: To view the transaction log of an active database, you must first install the Log Reader

Server Components on the SQL Server instance hosting the database.

All transactions stored in the full-backup file for the database

Use the Log Reader

Note Before you start using the Log Reader features, make sure the Log Reader window isactive. If not, select the Log Reader view at the bottom of the navigation pane.

Load the Transaction Log

To load the transaction log into the Log Reader

1 ClickRead the transaction log on the Log Reader Tasks page .


Tip Regardless of the type of log you selected, you can specify additional transaction log backup

files to read.

View Results

Click the Log Reader tabs to view the following:

Summary - information about a database and its associated transaction logs

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Chapter 5 29Log Reader

Statistics - information on the types and numbers of transactions that have

occurred in a selected time period

DML/DDL - the DML and DDL commands that were executed on the

database, as recorded in the log file

Full Log - all the records in the transaction log

Transactions - all the transactions recorded in the loaded log files

Sort, filter , and group entries in the Log Reader views to bring into focus the

specific information you need.

Export Results

The Log Reader can export a list of DML/DDL commands, transactions of full list of

log records to a database or following document formats:

XML

HTML CVS

Tip To limit the export to only those records of interest, apply a filter before exporting the list.

To export results

1 On the toolbar, click next to Export to.

2 Select export to the format required.

3 Specify where to save the file and the file name.

4 If you selected Export to DB, enter the table name and connection parameters to

the database where to save the results.

5 ClickSave.

Undo or Redo DML or DDL Commands

Use the Undo/ Redo SQL wizard to generate the SQL script to roll back a transaction or

to undo or redo individual DML or DDL commands executed on the database, as

recorded in the log files that you loaded. You can apply the script directly to the

database.

To use the Undo/Redo wizard

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2 In the list of commands, select the checkbox for each command that you want to

undo or redo.

Note Note: If you select multiple commands, you can either undo all these commands or

redo all the commands. You cannot mix the undo and redo operations within the

selected group of commands.

3 ClickUndo/Redo Wizard on the toolbar to start the Undo/Redo SQL wizard.


Tip To review the script, select the SQL tab.

To examine any errors generated during the building of the script, select the Errors tab

To save the script to a file, click Save Script.

Recover TablesUse the Recover Table wizard to recover a table that, as recorded in the transaction log,

was dropped or truncated. TheLog Reader re-creates the table in the database and

reloads the data.

To recover a dropped or truncated table

1 Select the DML/DDL tab in the Log Reader window.

2 Click in the toolbar to start the Recover Table wizard.


The table is recovered with its original name. If another table with the same name

already exists in the database, the Log Reader automatically generates an index and

appends it to the name of the recovered table.


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Manage Jobs

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Manage Jobs ToolNote Before you start using the Job Manager features, make sure the Job Manager window

is active. If not, select the Job Manager view at the bottom of the navigationpane.

Job Manager helps you manage the load on your system and avoid having too many

jobs running at the same time, on the same day, or in the same week, and improves theefficiency of your system. You can create, alter, or delete any job. It enables you to

reschedule jobs quickly by dragging and dropping jobs to another time slot, a different

day, week, or month.

The following sections are relevant for both: jobs and Windows tasks. To switch

between jobs and tasks select SQL Server jobs or Windows tasks from the expanding

list on the toolbar.

View Jobs

Change Director displays SQL Server jobs or Windows tasks in two views.

The Calendar tab displays information about the schedule of when your systems jobs

run. The grid on the Calendar tab displays the jobs scheduled for the selected day.

To access the Calendar tab

1 From the Browser tree, select an instance.

2 Make sure the Manage Jobs window is active. If not, do one of the following:

Select the Manage Jobs tab.

From the menu bar, select Tools | Manage Jobs.

3Select the Calendar tab.

To manage jobs on the Calendar tab

1 Point a job in the list to view:

Job name

First and last occurrence of the job

Job schedule

Job description

2 Drag a job to another time block to reschedule it.

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3 Drag a job to another instance or computer to relocate it.

4 Right-click a job to change various options:

Create/edit a job

Edit/delete a schedule (You can delete a schedule for SQL Server jobs only)

Go to the current date

Zoom in/out

Zoom to full day

Page up/down

The List tab displays information about all the jobs for a selected server and lets you

create, modify, or delete jobs.

To access the List tab

1 Select an instance.

2 Select the Manage Jobs window.

3 Select the List tab.

To manage jobs on the List tab

1 Click a column heading to sort the information in the grid in ascending or

descending order based on the selected column.

2 Right-click a row to change various options for the selected job.

3 From the right-click menu, select one of these options:

New Job

Copy Job

Move Job

Edit Job

Delete Job

Enable/Disable Job

Start/Stop Job

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Create/Edit a Job

To create or edit a job

1 Select an instance. The selected instance name displays in the bar of the New Job

or Job Properties dialog.

2 Right-click anywhere on the grid and select New Job or Edit Job.

3 Select

Define Job to create or edit a job.

Describe Job Steps to enter SQL Server commands for each step of the job.

Note You must enter at least one step to create a job.

Set Schedules to run the job more than once or at a specific time.

Define Alerts to specify conditions that trigger an alert.

Set End-of-Job Actions to specify the actions to perform when the job

completes.

For an existing job, select the View Job History task to view the past history

for the job.

4 When you finish making entries for the various tasks, clickOK to apply the

settings to the job. The new or edited job displays on the Calendar in the time slot

when it runs next and on the List tab.

Delete a Job

To delete a job

1 Right-click a job, select Delete Job.

2 Confirm that you want to delete the job.

Schedule a Job

The Set Schedules task displays the current schedule for a job and lets you enter a new

schedule, modify or delete an existing schedule. If you do not input a schedule or there

is now schedule for an existing job, the job runs once.

To use the Schedules page

1 From the New Job dialog or the Job Properties dialog, select the Set Schedule

task.

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Manage Job s

2 Use this task to do the following:

3 Select another task or clickOK to record your changes to all the Job tasks and

close the New Job or Job Properties dialog.

Schedule list In the grid, view the Schedule ID, Schedule Name,

Enabled (Yes or No), and a Description of each

schedule for the selected job.

Add Click Add to open the New Job Schedule dialog where

you can create a new job schedule.

Edit Select a schedule and click Edit to open the Job

Schedule Properties dialog and modify the job

schedule.

Delete Select a schedule and click Delete to remove the

schedule. (There is no confirmation dialog.)


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Appendix

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Contact Quest Support

Contact Quest Software

About Quest



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Contact Quest SupportQuest Support is available to customers who have purchased a commercial or trial

version of Quest software and have a valid maintenance contract. Quest Support

provides around the clock coverage with SupportLink, our web self-service. Visit

SupportLink at: http://support.quest.com.

With SupportLink, you can do the following:

Quickly find thousands of solutions (Knowledgebase articles/documents).

Download patches and upgrades.

Seek help from a Support engineer.

Log and update your case, and check its status.

View the Global Support Guide for a detailed explanation of support programs, online

services, contact information, and policy and procedures. The guide is available at:http://support.quest.com/pdfs/Global Support Guide.pdf.

Contact Quest Software

Refer to our web site for regional and international office information.

Email [email protected]

Mail Quest Software, Inc.

World Headquarters

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Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

USA

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Index

AAccess Change Director 11

agent

configure remote 26

alerts reports 24

Cchages

rollback 16

Change Director

features 6

launch 11

projects 14Change Tracker 8, 20

monitored objects 21

Change Tracker agent 8

ChangeDirector

components 6

changes

deploy 15clone projects 16

compare

snapshot and online database 18

snapshots 19

compare a snapshot with an online database 18

compare changes 14

compare snapshots 19

components

Change Director 6

configure

create a repository 11

email for an instance 23

email settings 26

monitoring of server instances 22

real-time alerts 23register SQL Server instances 11

remote agent 26

server groups 12

configure real-time alerts 23

create

snapshots 18

Create a Reposito ry Database 11

create projects 14create snaphots 18

create SQL Server groups 12

Ddelete a job 34

deploy

changes 15

custom script 16

deploy a custom script 16

deploy changes 15

Eedit existing job 34

email 23



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Features 6features

Change Director 6

Ggroups

create SQL Server 12

I

instances 11

configure email 23

configure email settings 26

monitoring 22

register 11

server groups 12

JJob Manager 9

L

launch Change Director 11load the transaction log 28

Log Reader 8, 27

export results 29

recover tables 30

sources 28

view results 28

Mmanage alerts 24

manage jobs 32

manage trusted applications list 23

monitor objects 21

Pprojects

clone 16

view information 17Projects and Snapshots 6

Rread the t ransaction log 28

real-time alerts 23

recover tables 30

registerSQL Server instances 11

Register SQL Server Instances 11

repository 11

rollback changes 16

rrepare for deployment 15

Sschedule a job 34

Snapshots 18

support (technical)

contact 39

T

technical support

contact 39

the Calendar tab 32

the List tab 33

the Undo/Redo wizard 29

trusted applications 23

UUndo/Redo wizard 29

Vview jobs 32

the Calendar tab 32

the List tab 33

view project information 17

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