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Server - How to change SQL Server ERRORLOGlocation July 8, 2013 Vishal Leave a comment sql server 2000 error log location Go to comments By default SQL Server ERRORLOG is stored in
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"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\InstanceFolder\MSSQL\Log" folder. The ERRORLOG location is configured as a startup parameter for SQL sql server error log file location Server Service. To change the location of ERRORLOG you need to modify the startup parameter -e. For example, if you need to move logs to C:\Logs\
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then replace the startup parameter as below: Step 1: Replace "-eC:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQL2012\MSSQL\Log\ERRORLOG" to "-eC:\Logs\ERRORLOG" Step 2: Restart SQL Server Service to apply changes. The ERRORLOG will be created to "C:\Logs" after SQL Server is restarted. To change location for SQL Server Agent Logs: Location for SQL Server Agent Log sql server error log location can be changed using T-SQL or SQL Server Management Studio. Method 1: To change SQL Server Agent Log location right click on "Error Logs" node and select "Configure" Provide new location for Log file in "Error Log File" path: Click on "OK" and restart SQL Server Agent to apply changes. Method 2: To change log location using T-SQL To change log location using T-SQL you can use below code: USE [msdb] GO EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_set_sqlagent_properties @errorlog_file = N'C:\Logs\SQLAGENT.OUT' GO Execute this code and restart SQL Server agent to apply changes. Hope This Helps! Vishal If you like this post, do like my Facebook Page -> SqlAndMeEMail me your questions -> Vishal@SqlAndMe.comFollow me on Twitter -> @SqlAndMe Share this:EmailTwitterGoogleFacebookMoreRedditPrintLinkedInLike this:Like Loading... Related Categories: Management Studio, SQL Agent, SQL Configuration, SQLServer, SQLServer 2005, SQLServer 2008, SQLServer 2008 R2, SQLServer 2012 Comments (3) Trackbacks (0) Leave a comment Trackback Yasir July 13, 2013 at 2:23 am Reply Hi VIshal
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More > SQL Server Agent Problem SQL Server Agent has its own log file that captures certain events https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/3093/how-to-change-the-sql-server-agent-log-file-path/ from this service. By default the file is located in the LOG folder where SQL Server is installed. In this tip I will explain how to change the path http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2015/03/24/sql-server-where-is-errorlog-various-ways-to-find-its-location/ of your SQL Server Agent log file "SQLAGENT.OUT" from an existing location to a new location. Solution We had a requirement to move the SQL Server Agent log file sql server SQLAGENT.OUT from the current drive to a different drive. It was a part of our best practices in which we are streamlining our entire SQL Server environment. We made these changes by using two undocumented stored procedures. SP_GET_SQLAGENT_PROPERTIES SP_SET_SQLAGENT_PROPERTIES The first stored procedure is used to retrieve the SQL Server Agent properties and the second stored procedure is used sql server error to set/change the properties for the SQL Agent service. I strongly suggest testing any undocumented stored procedures in a lab environment first, before changing your production servers. Steps to move the SQL Agent log file Step 1 First check the existing location of the SQL Server Agent log file. Run the below undocumented stored procedure to get the current location. This stored procedure will let us know the SQL Agent properties of a particular server. This stored procedure can be found in the msdb database. USE MASTER GO EXEC msdb..sp_get_sqlagent_properties GO We can see below the different settings that are returned when we run this command. We are interested in the errorlog_file column for the change we need to make. Here we can see the current location is the C drive. Step 2 Now we will change the location of the file from the C drive to the G drive. First we need to create the new destination folders where we want to put the SQLAGENT.OUT file. So, I created the folder "
SERVER - Where is ERRORLOG? Various Ways to Find ERRORLOG Location March 24, 2015Pinal DaveSQL Tips and Tricks9 commentsWhenever someone reports some weird error on my blog comments or sends email to know about it, I always ask to share SQL Server ERRORLOG file. There have been many occasions where I need to guide them to find location of ERRORLOG file generated by SQL Server. Most DBA’s are intelligent and know some of these, but this is my try to share my learning about ERRORLOG location.I decided to write this blog so that I can reuse it rather than sending steps every time. At this point I must point out that even if the name says ERRORLOG, it contains not only the errors but information message also. Here are various ways to find the SQL Server ErrorLog location.A) If SQL Server is running and we are able to connect to SQL Server then we can do various things. So we can connect to SQL Server and run xp_readerrorlog. USE MASTER GO EXEC xp_readerrorlog 0, 1, N'Logging SQL Server messages in file' GO If you can’t remember above command just run xp_readerrorlog and find the line which says “Logging SQL Server messages”. B) If we are not able to connect to SQL Server then we should SQL Server Configuration Manager use. We need to find startup parameter starting with -e. Below is the place in SQL Server Configuration Manager (SQL 2012 onwards) where we can see them.C) If you don’t want to use both ways, then here is the little unknown secret. The ERRORLOG is one of startup parameters and its values are stored in registry key and here is the key in my server. SQLArg1 shows parameter starting with -e parameters which point to Errorlog file.Here is the key which I highlighted in the image: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL12.SQL2014\MSSQLServer\Parameters\Note that “MSSQL12.SQL2014” would vary based on SQL Server Version and instance name which is installed. Here is the quick table with version referenceSQL Server VersionKey NameSQL Server 2008MSSQL10SQL Server 2008 R2MSSQL10_50SQL Server 2012MSSQL11SQL Server 2014MSSQL12In SQL Server 2005, we would see a key name in the format of MSSQL.n (like MSSQL.1) the number n would vary based on instance ID.Here is a key where we can get mapping of Instance ID and directory.In the above image, you can see that this computer has a default instance (Instance Name MSSQLSERVER) of SQL Server 2012 and named