Enables remote agent activation of the replication push agent that is identified by the @job_id parameter. This stored procedure is run at the computer that is currently the remote agent server. This stored procedure is executed at the Publisher on the publication database.
sp_enableagentoffload [ @job_id = ] job_id
[ , [ @offloadserver = ] 'remote_agent_server_name' ]
[ , [ @agent_type = ] 'agent_type' ]
[@job_id = ] 'job_id'
Specifies the SQL Server Agent job identifier of the replication agent to be enabled for remote activation. job_id is varbinary(16), with no default.
[@offloadserver = ] 'remote_agent_server_name'
Specifies the network name of server to be enabled for remote agent activation. remote_agent_server_name is sysname, with a default of NULL. If NULL, then the current offload_server in the MSDistribution_agents table is used.
[@agent_type = ] 'agent_type'
Is the type of agent. agent_type is sysname, with a default of NULL, which specifies that the system will determine if the agent type is distribution or merge. Valid values are distribution or merge, or NULL.
0 (success) or 1 (failure)
sp_enableagentoffload is used to enable the running of the Distribution Agent or Merge Agent processing to another server.
Upon successful completion of sp_enableagentoffload, the –Offload offloadserver parameter will be appended to the replication agent command line, or updated with the new remote_agent_server_name if the –Offload offloadserver parameter already exists in the command line.
Also, the offload_enabled field for the agent in MSDistribution_agents will be set to 1, and the offload-server field will be updated with the new value specified in the 'remote_agent_server_name', if provided.
Only members of the sysadmin fixed server role or db_owner fixed database role or the subscription owner of the specified agent can execute sp_enableagentoffload.