Saturday, January 30, 2021

SQL Server Agent (Agent XPs disabled)

How to enable Agent XPs when SQL Agent Service shows "(Agent XPs disabled)".

From SQL Server Management Studio, open query window and use sp_configure commands below:

SP_CONFIGURE 'SHOW ADVANCE',1
GO
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE
GO
SP_CONFIGURE 'AGENT XPs',1
GO
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE
GO

Start or restart SQL Agent in SSMS.


Reference:

https://blog.sqlauthority.com/2016/06/13/sql-server-fix-agent-xps-component-turned-off-part-security-configuration-server/

https://blog.sqlauthority.com/2016/02/29/sql-server-unable-to-start-sql-server-agent-failed-to-initialize-sql-agent-log/