SQL Server Background Job Queue – How to Create a Background Job

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While exploring the SQL server I came up with following views:

sys.dm_exec_background_job_queue;
sys.dm_exec_background_job_queue_stats;

Official site tells that

It Returns a row for each query processor job that is scheduled for asynchronous (background) execution.

So how can I create a background (Asynchronous) jobs what will populate these system views to see queued jobs in these tables or somewhere else?

PS: I am new to SQL Server I don't know if there is something like background job! Correct me if I am wrong.

Best Answer

You can't create one of these jobs. They aren't SQL Server Agent jobs or anything you can create manually, they're background tasks that SQL Server performs (like asynchronous updates to statistics).

You could trigger temporary population of the DMV by updating enough rows in a table and then running queries that force stats to be re-calculated, but this would be a very hunt-and-peck operation that will rely on incredibly lucky timing.

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   DECLARE @oldservername as varchar(max)
    SET @oldservername='<server name>\<instance name>'

   -- set the new server name to the current server name

   declare @newservername as varchar(max)
    set @newservername=@@servername

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    FOR
    SELECT    id
    FROM         sysssispackages
    WHERE     (CAST(CAST(packagedata AS varbinary(MAX)) AS varchar(MAX)) LIKE '%server=''' + @oldservername + '%')

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   declare @planid uniqueidentifier
    fetch next from PlansToFix into @planid

   while (@@fetch_status<>-1)  -- for each plan

   begin
    if (@@fetch_status<>-2)
    begin
    select @xml=cast(cast(packagedata as varbinary(max)) as varchar(max)) from sysssispackages where id= @planid  -- get the plan's xml converted to an xml string

   declare @planname varchar(max)
    select @planname=[name] from  sysssispackages where id= @planid  -- get the plan name
    print 'Changing ' + @planname + ' server from ' + @oldservername + ' to ' + @newservername  -- print out what change is happening

   set @xml=replace(@xml,'server=''' + @oldservername + '''','server=''' + @newservername +'''')  -- replace the old server name with the new server name in the connection string
    select @packagedata=cast(@xml as varbinary(max))  -- convert the xml back to binary
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   end
    fetch next from PlansToFix into @planid  -- get the next plan

   end

   close PlansToFix
    deallocate PlansToFix

  ----- This will also handle the packages that have a tag such as 
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    SET @oldservername='<server name>\<instance name>'-- set the new server name to the current server name
    declare @newservername as varchar(max)
    set @newservername = @@servername
    declare @xml as varchar(max)
    declare @packagedata as varbinary(max)-- get all the plans that have the old server name in their connection string
    DECLARE PlansToFix Cursor FOR 
    SELECT id
    FROM sysssispackages
    WHERE (CAST(CAST(packagedata AS varbinary(MAX)) AS varchar(MAX)) LIKE '%Data Source=' + @oldservername + '%')

   OPEN PlansToFix
    declare @planid uniqueidentifier
    fetch next from PlansToFix into @planid 
    while (@@fetch_status<>-1) -- for each plan 
    begin
    if (@@fetch_status<>-2)
    begin
    select @xml=cast(cast(packagedata as varbinary(max)) as varchar(max)) 
    from sysssispackages where id= @planid -- get the plan's xml converted to an xml string
    declare @planname varchar(max)select @planname=[name] from sysssispackages where id= @planid -- get the plan name
    print 'Changing ' + @planname + ' server from ' + @oldservername + ' to ' + @newservername -- print out what change is happening
    set @xml=replace(@xml,'Data Source=' + @oldservername,'Data Source=' + @newservername) -- replace the old server name with the new server name in the connection string
    select @packagedata=cast(@xml as varbinary(max)) -- convert the xml back to binary
    UPDATE sysssispackages SET packagedata = @packagedata WHERE (id= @planid) -- update the plan
    end
    fetch next from PlansToFix into @planid -- get the next plan
    end
    close PlansToFix
    deallocate PlansToFix

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