Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 Databases — Question 48

You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 instance that has several SQL Server Agent jobs configured.
When SQL Server Agent jobs fail, the error messages returned by the job steps are truncated.
The following error message is an example of the truncated error message:
"Executed as user CONTOSO\ServiceAccount....0.4035.00 for 64-bit Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-2011. All rights reserveD. Started 63513 PM Error 2012-06-23 183536.87 Code 0XC001000E Source UserImport Description Code 0x00000000
Source Log Import Activity Descript... The package execution fA. .. The step failed. "
You need to ensure that all the details of the job step failures are retained for SQL Server Agent jobs.
What should you do?

Answer options

• A. Expand agent logging to include information from all events.
• B. Disable the Limit size of job history log feature.
• C. Configure event forwarding.
• D. Configure output files.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because configuring output files allows you to capture the full details of job step failures without truncation. The other options either do not directly address the issue of truncated messages or are not relevant to retaining detailed error information from job steps.