How to retrive error message for sql agent job failure

Question

My sql server agent job failed and didn't store any error message in the job history. Is there any other table from where I can get the error info????
The job has sql_message_id = 16389 and sql_severity = 16. What does they mean????

Answer 1

this link will solve your problem
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQL+Server+Agent/67726/
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CREATE PROCEDURE pr_GetStepFailureData
@JobName VARCHAR(250)
AS
This procedure gets failure log data for the failed step of a SQL Server Agent job
DECLARE @job_id UNIQUEIDENTIFIER
SELECT @job_id = job_id FROM dbo.sysjobs WHERE [name] = @JobName
SELECT 'Step ' + CAST(JH.step_id AS VARCHAR(3)) + ' of ' + (SELECT CAST(COUNT(*) AS VARCHAR(5)) FROM dbo.sysjobsteps WHERE job_id = @job_id) AS StepFailed,
CAST(RIGHT(JH.run_date,2) AS CHAR(2)) + '/' + CAST(SUBSTRING(CAST(JH.run_date AS CHAR(8)),5,2) AS CHAR(2)) + '/' + CAST(LEFT(JH.run_date,4) AS CHAR(4)) AS DateRun,
LEFT(RIGHT('0' + CAST(JH.run_time AS VARCHAR(6)),6),2) + ':' + SUBSTRING(RIGHT('0' + CAST(JH.run_time AS VARCHAR(6)),6),3,2) + ':' + LEFT(RIGHT('0' + CAST(JH.run_time AS VARCHAR(6)),6),2) AS TimeRun,
JS.step_name,
JH.run_duration,
CASE
WHEN JSL.[log] IS NULL THEN JH.[Message]
ELSE JSL.[log]
END AS LogOutput
FROM dbo.sysjobsteps JS INNER JOIN dbo.sysjobhistory JH
ON JS.job_id = JH.job_id AND JS.step_id = JH.step_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN dbo.sysjobstepslogs JSL
ON JS.step_uid = JSL.step_uid
WHERE INSTANCE_ID >
(SELECT MIN(INSTANCE_ID)
FROM (
SELECT top (2) INSTANCE_ID, job_id
FROM dbo.sysjobhistory
WHERE job_id = @job_id
AND STEP_ID = 0
ORDER BY INSTANCE_ID desc
) A
AND JS.step_id <> 0
AND JH.job_id = @job_id
AND JH.run_status = 0
ORDER BY JS.step_id
EXEC pr_GetStepFailureData 'JobName'