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Install SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu Server

Manvendra Deo Singh — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 12:59:50 +0000

I have shown how to install SQL Server 2017 on Ubuntu server that have internet access in my last article. If your Ubuntu server doesn’t have internet access then you should read attached article to install SQL Server in offline mode. Here I will show you how to install SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu server that are connected to internet.

Install SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu Linux

Let’s first check whether SQL Server Agent is installed or not on your existing server. Before installing SQL Server Agent, you must install SQL Server 2017 on your ubuntu server. If you have already installed SQL Server 2017 then you can connect to SQL Server that you have installed on Ubuntu server in SSMS.

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As we can see, SQL Server Agent or SQL Agent is disabled and none of its options are showing as enabled in below image. This is because SQL Server Agent package is not installed on that Ubuntu server.

SQL Agent Package comes with SQL Server 2017 package repository so if you have downloaded SQL Server 2017 repository, you can just run installation command to install SQL Server Agent. You can have a look at my last article where I have installed SQL Server 2017 to understand how to download Microsoft Ubuntu repositories. As we have already installed SQL Server 2017 by downloading its repositories so we can directly install SQL Server Agent here. Run below command to install SQL Server Agent package.

#Install SQL Server Agent
sudo apt-get install mssql-server-agent

You can see SQL Server Agent is installed on this machine in above screenshot and also this installation is suggesting us to restart the SQL Server service to enable SQL Server Agent. Now run below command to restart SQL Server service on this machine. You can see we have restarted SQL Server service in below image.

#Restart SQL Server Service
systemctl restart mssql-server

#Check SQL Server Service Status
systemctl status mssql-server

Now connect to SQL Server Instance in SSMS client. You can also connect to SQL Server using sqlcmd utility but we need to separately install this utility to make database connection that we will do in another article. If you are already connected to SQL Server instance in SSMS then just right click on Agent folder and click on refresh button.

You can see SQL Server Agent folder is enabled and all options are showing now in below image. Even now we can create any agent job to schedule any database tasks now.

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How to Install SQL Server Agent on Red Hat Linux Server

Manvendra Deo Singh — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 13:17:35 +0000

SQL Server Agent is very useful in automating any database activities. By default, it is not installed along with SQL Server on Linux server. You need to manually install it after installing SQL Server. Here I will explain step by step process to install SQL Server Agent on RedHat Linux 7.3 server running with internet access.

Before going ahead, we need to have a RedHat Linux server. If you have no idea about installing Linux server or creating a virtual machine where you can install Linux and SQL Server then i would recommend you to read below articles first.

If you have installed SQL Server on Red Hat Linux server, your next step should be to install SQL Server Agent on that server. Make sure you have internet access on the Linux server where we are going to install SQL Server Agent. If your server does not have internet connection then you should read attached article about installing SQL Server Agent on RedHat Linux that are running without Internet.

Install SQL Server Agent on RHEL

As this Linux machine has internet connection so let’s go ahead with Installation on Red Hat Linux server. Installation process is quite similar to the installation of SQL Server on Redhat Linux.

You don’t need to download SQL Server Agent package separately the way we did for SQL Server and SQL Tools installations.The package required to install SQL Server Agent included into SQL Server package repository configuration file.

If you have already downloaded SQL Server package repository configuration file to install SQL Server, you can skip this step and go ahead to install Agent on your server. If you don’t have SQL Server package repository configuration file or you have deleted it then you can run below command to download the package repository configuration file.

#Download Microsoft SQL Server Red Hat repository configuration file
sudo curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/mssql-server.repo https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/mssql-server.repo

This will download Microsoft SQL Server Package Repository Configuration File that are required to install SQL Server and SQL Server Agent.

As we have the Agent repository configuration file now, Let us first check the SQL Server in SSMS to see how SQL Server Agent working. You can see we are not able to do anything in SQL Server Agent folder.

Now our next step is to install SQL Server Agent to enable its related features. Run below command to start the installation.

#Install SQL Server Agent
sudo yum install mssql-server-agent

You cans see series of executions started to proceed with the installation in below image. It will also ask you to enter Y to proceed.

Enter Y to proceed with the installation, once you press enter it will proceed to install. Now SQL Server Agent will install on your machine.

It will also suggest you to restart SQL Server service. If you will not restart SQL Server service, installation will not be completed so next step is to restart SQL Server service on this server.

#Restart SQL Server Service
systemctl restart mssql-server

You can see SQL Server is online now. Go ahead and connect to SQL Server in SSMS as per below image.

Now you can create Agent jobs to automate database activities on your SQL Server instance.
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How to Install SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu Server without Internet – Offline Installation

Manvendra Deo Singh — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 11:18:40 +0000

SQL Server Agent runs scheduled SQL Server jobs and is very useful to automate database tasks. Here i will show you how to install SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu Linux server. We will use offline method to install SQL Server Agent because our Ubuntu server is running without an internet connection. Installing SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu server that has internet connection is quite easy method. Have a look at the attached article to understand the steps.

Before going ahead, we need a SQL Server Instance running on Ubuntu Linux Server. If you have no idea about installing Ubuntu server or SQL Server 2017 or creating a virtual machine where you can install Ubuntu/RHEL and SQL Server then i would recommend you to read below articles.

Offline Installation of SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu

It is time consuming to install anything if your Ubuntu server has no access of internet. We generally call such installations as offline installation. Microsoft suggests below steps for offline installation of SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu server.

Download SQL Server Agent packages.
Move this downloaded package to your Ubuntu Linux Machine.
Install the copied debian package on the server.
Resolve Missing Dependencies, if you get any.

Now we will go step by step process with the screenshots that will help readers to understand whole process.

SQL Server Agent Offline Installation – Step by Step

Before moving ahead let’s check whether SQL Server Agent is installed or not on this machine. You can connect to SQL Server instance using SSMS on your local host. You can see we are able to see SQL Server Agent folder but it is grayed out and not accessible. We need to install SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu server to enable it.

You can check and verify SQL Server service by executing below command.

#Check SQL Server Service.
systemctl status mssql-server

You should proceed if SQL Server service is running fine. Next step is to start the package download and proceed with installation. Below is the image of SQL Server Agent Package which we will download to install SQL Server Agent.

Download the highlighted debian package for SQL Server Agent. You can download this package on machine or PC which is connected to the internet. Once package will be downloaded to your local PC, next step is to copy this packages to the Ubuntu Linux server that are running without internet connection. I used WinSCP tool to copy this file from machine where i have downloaded it to the Linux server. Make sure that there should be connectivity between both machine.

If you have not installed WinSCP, download it and install on your PC. Launch WinSCP tool and make a connection to Ubuntu server. There are two panes in WinSCp window. The files shows in left side pane is your local system and right side pane is your target Ubuntu server. Now we just need to drag the downloaded debian package from left side pane and drop it to right side pane to copy it to Ubuntu server. Agent file is copied now and we can see that files in both side panes.

Now we can connect to Ubuntu server and validate whether this file is copied there or not. Connect to Ubuntu server and check the files. We can see downloaded file is very much there on Ubuntu server. Now next step is to install this package. We will use the dpkg package to install it as we do for other applications on Ubuntu. Let’s install it by running below command.

#Install SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu
sudo dpkg -i mssql-server-agent_14.0.900.75-1_amd64.deb

This installation has suggested us to restart SQL Server service to complete this installation so go ahead and restart the service by executing below command.

#Restart SQL Server Service.
systemctl restart mssql-server

Now SQL Server Agent is installed on this server. Go ahead connect to this SQL Server Instance using SSMS from local host. This time you would be able to see SQL Server Agent folder enabled.

You can see SQL Server Agent is showing there. Now you can create any jobs on SQL Server to automate database activities.

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How to Install SQL Server Agent on RedHat Linux Server without Internet – Offline Installation

Manvendra Deo Singh — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:26:58 +0000

The SQL Server Agent runs scheduled SQL Server jobs and very useful to automate database tasks. Here i will show you how to install SQL Server Agent on RedHat Linux server. We will use offline method to install SQL tools because our Linux server is running without an internet connection.

We can easily install SQL Server Agent on RHEL if we have internet access to the online repositories on the RHEL server but it’s bit complex to install any package if we don’t have internet access on the server. Here i will explain how to perform offline installation of SQL Server Agent on RHEL which are running without internet connection.

Before going ahead, we need a SQL Server Instance running on RedHat Linux Server. If you have no idea about installing Linux server or SQL Server 2017 or creating a virtual machine where you can install Linux and SQL Server then i would recommend you to read below articles.

Offline Installation of SQL Server Agent on RHEL

It becomes painful to install anything if your RHEL server has no access to internet. We generally call such installations as offline installation. Microsoft suggests below steps for offline installation of SQL Server Agent on Red Hat Linux server.

Download SQL Server Agent package.
Move this downloaded package to your Red Hat Linux Machine.
Install the copied rpm package on the server.
Resolve Missing Dependencies, if you get any.

Now we will go step by step process with the screenshots that will be helpful for readers to understand whole process.

Offline Installation – Step by Step

Before moving ahead let’s check whether SQL Server Agent is installed or not on this machine. You can connect to SQL Server instance using SSMS on your local host. You can see we are not able to see SQL Server Agent folder.

You can check and verify SQL Server service by executing below command whether SQL Server is installed on this machine or not.

systemctl status mssql-server

Download the highlighted rpm package for SQL Server Agent. You can download this package on machine or PC which is connected to the internet. Once package will be downloaded to your local PC, next step is to copy this packages to the Red Hat Linux server that are running without internet connection. I used WinSCP tool to copy this file from machine where i have downloaded this package to the Linux server. Make sure that there should be connectivity between both machine.

If you have not installed WinSCP, download it and install on your PC. Launch WinSCP tool and make a connection to Red Hat Linux server. There are two panes in WinSCp window. The files shows in left side pane is your local system and right side pane is your target Linux server. Now we just need to drag the downloaded rpm packages from left side pane and drop it to right side pane to copy it to Linux server and it will be done. You can see files are copied now and we can see the files in both side panes.

You can see rpm packages is copied to location \home\techyaz\Packages\ in WinSCP screen. Now we can connect to Linux server and validate whether this file is copied there or not. Connect to Linux server and check the files. We can see downloaded file is very much there on Linux server.

Now our next step is to install this package. We will use the yum package to install it as we do for other applications on Linux. I used yum localinstall because we are installing SQL Server offline with the help of local package which we just copied from local host. Let’s install it by running below command.

sudo yum localinstall mssql-server-agent-14.0.900.75-1.x86_64.rpm

Enter the Sudo password to start the installation.

Once installation will start, it will check dependencies and ask you to type y to proceed for the installation. Below is the image of the installation of this package.

Type y and press enter to proceed. Once you press enter, setup will process to complete the installation. Below image shows the successful installation of this package.

This installation has suggested us to restart SQL Server service to complete this installation so go ahead and restart the service by executing below command.

systemctl restart mssql-server

Now SQL Server Agent has been installed on this server. Go ahead connect to this SQL Server Instance using SSMS from local host. This time you would be able to see SQL Server Agent folder.

You can see SQL Server Agent is showing there. Now you can create any jobs on SQL Server to automate any activity.

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