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How log shipping works?

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Log shipping is a Microsoft SQL Server DR solution from the very beginning. In Log Shipping, BACKUP and restores of a database from one Server to another standby server happens automatically.

Log Shipping works with 3 mandatory & 1 optional Job.

  • Backup Job - Backup Job is responsible for taking transactional log backups on the Primary server. It RUNS on Primary Server.
  • Copy Job - Copy Job runs on a secondary server and responsible for copying T-Log backups from the primary server to Secondary server.
  • Restore Job - Restore job runs on secondary server to restore T-log backups in sequential order.

These 3 jobs are created separately for each database CONFIGURED in log shipping.

  • Alert Job – This is an optional job to MONITOR log shipping threshold and generate notifications. This Job is instance SPECIFIC.


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