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To run All BAM Archive PackagesThis package was created to ease the efforts on the BizTalk Administrators, the recommend procedure in BizTalk Server is that every time a BAM activity is deployed the BizTalk Administrators need to create a SQL Agent job to run the BAM_DM_ SSIS Package, this can easily be forgotten and can result in a large performance impact on BizTalk Server, the worse case and the reason I wrote this SSIS package was 20,000,000 rows for a Single BAM Activity.This package once install will run the BAM_DM_ SSIS Package for each BAM Activity that is currently deployed in the BizTalk Server, by reading the bam_Metadata_Activities table in the BAMPrimaryImport database.Download the Run All BAM SSIS Packages from hereImport SSIS Package into SQL Integration ServicesSelect the SSIS Package from your download locationChange the Protection Level to “Rely on server storage and roles for access control”, Click OKCreate a new job in the SQL Agent Jobs, Set the Job Name and Click StepsIn Steps, Click New, configure as Shown (replace Server name with your SQL Server Name), Click Data SourcesUpdate Data Sources with your SQL Server Name, Click OK, Click Schedules, Click NewEnter Your Schedule Details (My recommendation is once a week on Sunday Morning), Click OK, Click OKThe Run All BAM Archive Packages Job is now created, test to make sure it is workingTrouble ShootingMake sure the account the SQL Agent is running under has permissions to read the bam_Metadata_Activities table.Make sure the account the SQL Agent is running under has permissions to run SSIS PackagesSSIS Package to run All Schedule Aggregation PackagesThis package was again create to ease the workload on BizTalk Administrators, very similar to the package above, if you have SQL Standard Edition in your BizTalk Server Environment you cannot use Real Time Aggregation, you must use Scheduled Aggregations to update SQL Analysis Services for your BAM Views. This again requires your BizTalk Administrator to create a SQL Agent Job to run the BAM_AN_ SSIS Package, this can be easily forgotten and your views will not have the most current data.This package once install will run the BAM_AN_ SSIS Package for each BAM View that is currently deployed in the BizTalk Server, by reading the bam_Metadata_AnalysisTasks table in the BAMPrimaryImport database.Download the RunAllScheduledAggregations SSIS package for your version of BizTalk from hereImport SSIS Package into SQL Integration ServicesSelect the SSIS Package from your download locationChange the Protection Level to “Rely on server storage and roles for access control”, Click OKCreate a new job in the SQL Agent Jobs, Set the Job Name and Click Steps, Click NewOn Steps, configure as Shown (replacing you SQL Server Name), Click Data SourcesUpdate Data Sources with your SQL Server

By default. Is it possible to register self-deployed SQL Server VMs with the SQL IaaS Agent extension? Yes. If you deployed SQL Server from your own media, and installed the SQL IaaS Agent extension you can register your SQL Server VM with the extension to get the manageability benefits provided by the SQL IaaS Agent extension. Is it possible to repair the SQL IaaS Agent extension? Yes. Navigate to the SQL virtual machines resource for your SQL Server VM, and choose Repair under Support & troubleshooting to open the repair page and repair the extension. Can I register with the SQL IaaS Agent extension from the Azure portal? No. Registering a single VM with the SQL IaaS Agent extension isn't available in the Azure portal. Registering with the SQL IaaS Agent extension is only supported with the Azure CLI or Azure PowerShell. Can I register a VM with the SQL IaaS Agent extension before SQL Server is installed? No. A VM must have at least one SQL Server (Database Engine) instance to successfully register with the SQL IaaS Agent extension. If there's no SQL Server instance on the VM, the new Microsoft.SqlVirtualMachine resource is in a failed state. Can I register a VM with the SQL IaaS Agent extension if there are multiple SQL Server instances? Yes, provided there's a default instance on the VM. The SQL IaaS Agent extension registers only one SQL Server (Database Engine) instance. The SQL IaaS Agent extension registers the default SQL Server instance in

Problem SQL Server Agent is an important feature of SQL Server to schedule and automate activities. To get SQL Agent to work on Linux, there are a few steps you need to take to get it to work. In this tutorial, I will explain the steps to enable and configure SQL Server Agent on a newly installed SQL Server 2019 instance running on RHEL8.1 operating system.SolutionThe SQL Server Agent service is responsible for the job scheduler that is used to schedule and automate database activities.Note: If you are using SQL Server 2017 CU4 and above including SQL Server 2019 then you just need to enable this feature and you don’t need to install it separately whereas if you are running with SQL Server 2017 CU3 and below then you need to install it as a separate package. If you are upgrading from SQL Server 2017 CU3 or below with the Agent installed, SQL Server Agent will be enabled automatically and previous Agent packages will be uninstalled.Note, this is 9th article in this series, read the previous articles to understand how to install and configure SQL Server 2019 on RHEL 8.1. See the next steps at the end of this article for links to the other articles.Checking Status of SQL Server AgentI installed SQL Server 2019 on RHEL 8.1 and now I have connected to that instance remotely using SQL Server Management Studio as shown in the below image.The SQL Server Agent folder is disabled in the below image.When we right click on SQL Server Agent, we can see this option to start it is grayed out.The Properties option is enabled and when we try to open the properties page, we get the below error.It says the “Agent XPs” for this service are disabled and to use sp_configure to enable.Enabling SQL Server Agent XPsLet’s check the status of the Agent XPs using the following. We first need to enable the “show advanced options” to be able to see this configuration option.--Enable advanced options--Check configured value of Agent XPssp_configure 'Show advanced options',1GORECONFIGUREGOsp_configure 'Agent XPs'The output shows that Agent XPs are disabled because the run value is set to 0.We can try to enable Agent XPs by setting the value to 1 using the below command.--Enable Agent XPssp_configure 'Agent XPs', 1GORECONFIGUREWe can see the change below.Again, let’s check the configured value and we can see the run value is now set to 1.Now, we will check SQL Server Management Studio to validate above changes. Refresh the SQL Server instance node by right clicking on it and selecting Refresh.We can see that SQL Server Agent now shows that it is running.Next, I will create a simple job and run it to ensure SQL Server

Over the years working with BizTalk Server I have discovered a couple of things that have been left out of the base BizTalk Server Product, the 1st and foremost is that the Backup BizTalk Server SQL Agent job does not delete the backup files, it has a step to delete the backup history from the database, but not the files from the file system. The other 2 things that can cause issues are related to BAM, when a BAM activity is deployed into BizTalk, it creates a SSIS package that does the Archiving and Deleting of the BAM data, but if you don’t remember to schedule this SSIS package it never happens, the last BAM related one is Scheduled Aggregations. If you are using SQL Server Standard Edition, you cannot enable Real Time Aggregation in your BAM Activity and you must schedule the created Scheduled Aggregation SSIS package to run.Now that we have discussed these 3 missing components to the base BizTalk Server product, lets look at how to solve these issues.SSIS Package to Delete BizTalk Server Database BackupsIn the past I have created a replace stored procedure that will delete the history and files created by the BizTalk Server Backup SQL agent job, the issue with this SQL Stored Procedure was that it required SQL Command Exec to be enabled on the SQL Server and this is considered a security risk by many SQL DBAs.So to please the SQL DBAs I decided that an SSIS package could do the same thing, without needing SQL Command Exec to be enabled, this SSIS package uses that same SQL query as the Clear Backup History step of the default Backup BizTalk Server SQL Agent Job. Below are the instructions to install the SSIS package:Download the DeleteBackupHistoryAndFiles SSIS package for your version of BizTalk and SQL from hereImport SSIS Package into SQL Integration ServicesSelect the SSIS Package from your download locationChange the Protection Level to “Rely on server storage and roles for access control”, Click OKOpen the Backup BizTalk Server SQL Agent Job, Click Steps, Click Clear Backup History, Configure as Shown (replace Server name with your SQL Server Name), Click Data SourcesIn the Data Sources update the name of the SQL Server, Click Set valuesIn the Set values, enter the following 2 values (UseLocalTime should set to the value in Backup Full, DaysToKeep is up to you), Click OK\Package.Variables[User::UseLocalTime].Properties[Value]\Package.Variables[User::DaysToKeep].Properties[Value]The Backup BizTalk Server is now updated, test to make sure it is workingTrouble Shootingmake sure the account the SQL Agent is running under has permissions to delete the backup filesMake sure the Backup BizTalk Server is creating full backups, the job will not delete any files newer than the last full backupSSIS Package