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Introduction
DBAs in environments where the bank's BI developers and analysts are not sysadmin, but create jobs in the bank using their own users (SQL Server - Understanding SQL Agent Permissions and Roles (SQLAgentUserRole, SQLAgentReaderRole, and SQLAgentOperatorRole)) knows how common job owner change demands are, especially when a user leaves the company and their jobs need to be transferred to someone else's responsibility.
From this scenario, I would like to share with you how to change the owner (s) of a SQL Agent job in a practical, simple and quick way for both a specific job and all jobs of a user.
How to identify the owner of SQL Server Agent jobs
To begin this article, I will briefly demonstrate how to identify the owner of SQL Server Agent jobs using a simple T-SQL query, where you can list all instance jobs and their respective owners:
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | SELECT A.job_id, A.[name] AS job_name, B.[name] AS [user_name], B.[sid] FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobs A LEFT JOIN sys.server_principals B ON A.owner_sid = B.[sid] |
Example:
How to change the owner of a job with SSMS or Azure Data Studio
The simplest and easiest way to change the owner of a job is by using the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) interface.
Or, use the Azure Data Studio interface (aka SQL Operations Studio)
How to change the owner of a job with sp_update_job
The simplest way to change the owner of a job using T-SQL scripts is through the system stored procedure, msdb.dbo.sp_update_job, which allows you to change various settings for a given job, including the job owner.
Changing the owner of a job from job name
| 1 2 3 | EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_name = 'Teste de Job', -- sysname @owner_login_name = 'sa' -- sysname |
Changing the owner of a job from job ID
| 1 2 3 | EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_id = 'FEC4CB2F-A39D-4FCA-8594-9388348C5C65', -- sysname @owner_login_name = 'sa' -- sysname |
How to transfer jobs between logins with sp_update_job
When you need to transfer ownership of jobs from one user to another, this task can end up being a bit cumbersome. To assist with this task, I have prepared a script to perform this operation for you.
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | DECLARE @CmdUpdateJob VARCHAR(MAX) = '', @LoginOrigem VARCHAR(100) = 'dirceu.resende', @LoginDestino VARCHAR(100) = 'sa' SELECT @CmdUpdateJob += ' EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_id = ''' + CAST(A.job_id AS VARCHAR(50)) + ''', @owner_login_name = ''' + @LoginDestino + ''';' FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobs A JOIN sys.server_principals B ON A.owner_sid = B.[sid] WHERE B.[name] = @LoginOrigem EXEC(@CmdUpdateJob) |
Example of script execution:
How to transfer jobs between logins with sp_manage_jobs_by_login
As we saw above, in a scenario where it is necessary to transfer logins from one user to another, we can use the script above to do this manually using the sp_update_job stored procedure. However, from SQL Server 2008 we can use another system sp, the sp_manage_jobs_by_login, which allows you to transfer jobs from one owner to another with just one execution.
| 1 2 3 4 | EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_manage_jobs_by_login @action = N'REASSIGN', @current_owner_login_name = N'dirceu.resende', @new_owner_login_name = N'sa'; |
Execution Result:
How to change the owner of all jobs
And finally, if you want to change the owner of all jobs in your instance, you can manually use sp_update_job to apply this change to your environment with the script below:
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | DECLARE @CmdUpdateJob VARCHAR(MAX) = '', @LoginDestino VARCHAR(100) = 'sa' SELECT @CmdUpdateJob += ' EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_id = ''' + CAST(A.job_id AS VARCHAR(50)) + ''', @owner_login_name = ''' + @LoginDestino + ''';' FROM msdb.dbo.sysjobs A EXEC(@CmdUpdateJob) |
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