right-click SQL Server Agent (The MSX suffix in the screenshot is due to
the Agent on this particular server acting as the Master in a
multi-sevrer job administration) and select "
Properties":
In the SQL Server Agent properties, head to the "
Alert System" page, and there, in the Mail Session part of the page, check the box next to "
Enable mail profile" to enable mail, and under "
Mail System", set it to "
Dabatase Mail". Under "Mail Profile", set it to "
SQL Server Mail":
Click "OK", right-click the "
Operators" folder under SQL Server Agent, and select "
New operator":
Define a name for the profile, and enter the mail account you want the mail to be sent to:
To ensure things will work correctly, it is usually a good idea to
restart SQL Server Agent at this stage. This can be done either from SQL
Server Configuration Manager, or directly from SQL Server Management
Studio (SSMS) by right-clicking SQL Server Agent, and then selecting "
Restart":
In the agent job general section, the only thing I filled out was the name: "Failing Job". In the "
Steps" section, I created a new job step that selects data from a non-existing table in a non-existing database:
Then, on the "
Notifications" page, I selected to have a mail sent to the profile created earlier if the job fails:
If all went well, you should receive a mail notifying you of the the job failure:
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