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gbritton
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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 Posted - 2012-10-24 : 10:40:53
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According to the doc [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms162810(v=sql.105).aspx[/url]if you omit the /Server parameter when running dtexec, it defaults to the local server. But what is the "local" server and how does dtexec find it?e.g. I started up SQL Server on my machine. Then I opened a CMD window and ran:dtexec /SQL foo /SU To my surprise, dtexec did not run on my machine, it ran on another server that I connect to from time to time. So, I'd like to know what dtexec does to find the local server. What is "local"? |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2012-10-24 : 11:53:33
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| local server is default instance of server installed on machine where you run dtexec.in your dtexec you're asking it to fetch package from SQL Server MSDB database so it gets package from specified server and executes it. If you omit /Server it sets server context as local instance on machine where you installed dtexec------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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gbritton
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2780 Posts |
Posted - 2012-10-24 : 11:57:19
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| "If you omit /Server it sets server context as local instance on machine where you installed dtexec"That is precisely what does NOT happen. dtexec runs package on a completely different machine. I can reproduce this at will |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2012-10-24 : 12:50:35
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Originally posted by gbritton
"If you omit /Server it sets server context as local instance on machine where you installed dtexec"That is precisely what does NOT happen. dtexec runs package on a completely different machine. I can reproduce this at will
hmm...are you sure you omitted server detail?how did you pass package path between?------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/ |
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gbritton
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2780 Posts |
Posted - 2012-10-24 : 13:21:48
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| Yes, I'm sure I omitted the /Server parameter. I had run it before WITH the /Server parameter pointing to my local server. Then I saw that I could omit that parameter when the server is local. So, I removed it. Imagine my surprise when I saw the activity happening on a different server! (Both my local server and the other one have the same package installed). |
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How does DTEXEC find the "local" server