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You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2016 server.
When transaction logs grow, SQL Server must send an email message to the database administrators.
You need to configure SQL Server to send the email messages.
What should you configure?

  • A. SQL Mail
  • B. An Extended Events session
  • C. Alerts and operators in SQL Server Agent
  • D. Policies under Policy-Based Management
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Suggested Answer: C 🗳️
Operators are aliases for people or groups that can receive electronic notification when jobs have completed or alerts have been raised. The SQL Server Agent service supports the notification of administrators through operators. Operators enable notification and monitoring capabilities of SQL Server Agent.
References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/database-mail/configure-sql-server-agent-mail-to-use-database-mail

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vescafi
4 years, 5 months ago
Tricky question, it almost suggests that SQL Emails aren't installed yet
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Slava_bcd81
4 years, 8 months ago
I think: - an alert is na for checking the log size (as alert is fired by an error) - jobs should be used for that
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Slava_bcd81
4 years, 7 months ago
I mean if its an error - its too late to "check log size"
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MSSucks
5 years, 2 months ago
Yes, really a bit unfair this question. Of course some kind of mailing system has to be configured before you may use e-mails in alerts. SQL Mail was the precessor of Database Mail. But SQL Mail is marked as deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/policy-based-management/use-database-mail-instead-of-sql-mail That's probably why they want us to see "SQL Mail" as a wrong answer and choose "Alerts and operators". But it would have been really nice if they would have mentioned in the question that database mail is already configured or wouldn't have any "mail" option in the possible answers.
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TheSwedishGuy
5 years, 3 months ago
Also, it's not called SQL Mail, it's called Database mail.
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TheSwedishGuy
5 years, 3 months ago
Tricky question, it almost suggests that SQL Emails aren't installed yet. Alerts and Operators is the second step after SQL Emails have been setup.
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