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Is there a way to back up agent jobs?
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Problem
I can't find documentation about whether agent jobs in SQL Server can be backed up. If not, how can I back them up in order to restore during the future recovery in case of an instance failure?
Solution
SQL agent jobs are stored in the system
In a disaster, you can restore the entire
Serverfault: Recovering a specific job definition from an MSDB backup?
If you want them in a more immediately usable format, you can right-click and script out individual jobs manually, or if you'd like to script out all jobs on the server at once:
Stack Overflow: Automatically create scripts for all SQL Server Jobs
msdb database, so backing up that database will do what you need.In a disaster, you can restore the entire
msdb database, or, if necessary, recover individual jobs from a restored copy of msdb:Serverfault: Recovering a specific job definition from an MSDB backup?
If you want them in a more immediately usable format, you can right-click and script out individual jobs manually, or if you'd like to script out all jobs on the server at once:
Stack Overflow: Automatically create scripts for all SQL Server Jobs
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StackExchange Database Administrators Q#220266, answer score: 10
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