Sql server: disable all sql jobs at once using TSQL

script Agent Jobs

The article explain tips for SQL Server disable all sql jobs topic. All of as sometimes in
our work need to do automatic jobs. One of them can disable all Jobs on SQL Server
Agent. Having for example 10 jobs is very easy to disable one by one. How about 50
jobs or maybe 100 Jobs? We will need some automatic script to this jobs quickly for as.
We are going to explain how to disable all sql jobs at once, using specific name or using
specific category.

Why will need to disable or Enable all jobs?

You perform some task every day on midnight and need to be disabled all jobs on
Agent.
Planning some database system restore.
To perform some task every month on specific day and need to be disabled all
jobs.
Planning to Perform SQL Database migration.

Sql Server Disable all Sql Jobs

Find all enabled or disabled jobs on SQL Server
Enable or Disable all sql jobs using table updates
Disable or Enable all jobs using stored procedures
Disable using specific name of jobs
Using stored procedures to Disable all jobs
Disable jobs by Job Category

Find all enabled or disabled jobs on SQL Server.

First use the following script to find Enabled jobs:

--Find enabled jobs

USE msdb

GO
SELECT name,enabled

FROM dbo.sysjobs
Disable or Enable all jobs using Table Updates.

Disable All SQL Server Agent Jobs

USE MSDB;

GO

UPDATE MSDB.dbo.sysjobs

SET Enabled = 0

WHERE Enabled = 1;

GO

--Enable All SQL Server Agent Jobs

USE MSDB;
GO
UPDATE MSDB.dbo.sysjobs
SET Enabled = 1
WHERE Enabled = 0;
GO
The procedures above use update directly to msdb table and is not
recommended from Microsoft.

Disable or Enable all jobs using stored procedures

Enable or disable job using stored procedures and specific name of job.

Disable or Enable jobs using specific name of job

--Disable Jobs By Job Name

USE msdb ;
GO

EXEC dbo.sp_update_job
@job_name = N'Test',
@enabled = 0;
GO

--Enable Jobs By Job Name

USE msdb ;
GO
EXEC dbo.sp_update_job
@job_name = N'Test',
@enabled = 1;
GO
Disable all sql jobs using stored procedures

This is the right procedure to enable or disable all jobs on SQL Server
recommended by Microsoft.

First create commands using the following script:

-- For disable all Jobs

SELECT 'EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_name = ''' + name + N''', @enabled = 0;'

FROM dbo.sysjobs

-- For enable all Jobs

SELECT 'EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_name = ''' + name + N''', @enabled = 1;'

FROM dbo.sysjobs

Sql Server: disable all sql jobs

The commands above will generate the scripts to disable or enable all jobs on
your SQL Server using stored procedure. Will generate 1 row for every job on
your Agent Jobs. Copy the scripts and execute.

The scripts will be like:

EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_name = 'SSIS Server Maintenance Job', @enabled = 1;

EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_update_job @job_name = 'syspolicy_purge_history', @enabled = 1;

Disable jobs by Job Category

Sometimes we need to disable only jobs on specific category. To execute this

task we use the following Script:

USE MSDB;
GO
UPDATE J
SET J.Enabled = 0
FROM MSDB.dbo.sysjobs J
INNER JOIN MSDB.dbo.syscategories C
ON J.category_id = C.category_id
WHERE C.[Name] = 'Database Maintenance';
GO

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