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title sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_secondary (Transact-SQL)
description Returns information regarding a secondary database from the monitor tables.
author MashaMSFT
ms.author mathoma
ms.reviewer randolphwest
ms.date 06/23/2025
ms.service sql
ms.subservice system-objects
ms.topic reference
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sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_secondary (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDE SQL Server]

Returns information regarding a secondary database from the monitor tables.

:::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_secondary
    [ @secondary_server = ] N'secondary_server'
    , [ @secondary_database = ] N'secondary_database'
[ ; ]

Arguments

[ @secondary_server = ] N'secondary_server'

The name of the secondary server. @secondary_server is sysname, with no default.

[ @secondary_database = ] N'secondary_database'

The name of the secondary database. @secondary_database is sysname, with no default.

Return code values

0 (success) or 1 (failure).

Result set

Column Description
secondary_server The name of the secondary instance of the [!INCLUDE ssDEnoversion] in the log shipping configuration.
secondary_database The name of the secondary database in the log shipping configuration.
secondary_id The ID for the secondary server in the log shipping configuration.
primary_server The name of the primary instance of the [!INCLUDE ssDEnoversion] in the log shipping configuration.
primary_database The name of the primary database in the log shipping configuration.
restore_threshold The number of minutes allowed to elapse between restore operations before an alert is generated.
threshold_alert The alert to be raised when the restore threshold is exceeded.
threshold_alert_enabled Determines whether restore threshold alerts are enabled.

1 = Enabled.
0 = Disabled.
last_copied_file The filename of the last backup file copied to the secondary server.
last_copied_date The time and date of the last copy operation to the secondary server.
last_copied_date_utc The time and date of the last copy operation to the secondary server, expressed in Coordinated Universal Time.
last_restored_file The filename of the last backup file restored to the secondary database.
last_restored_date The time and date of the last restore operation on the secondary database.
last_restored_date_utc The time and date of the last restore operation on the secondary database, expressed in Coordinated Universal Time.
history_retention_period The amount of time in minutes that log shipping history records are retained for a given secondary database, before being deleted.

Remarks

sp_help_log_shipping_monitor_secondary must be run from the master database on the monitor server.

Permissions

Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role can run this procedure.

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