What does Msdb stand for in SQL Server?

What is Msdb SQL?

MSDB is a system database used by SQL Server. MSDB stores all sorts of data, such as backup and restore history, SQL Agent job history, log shipping monitor history, SSIS packages, Database Engine Tuning Advisor data, and Service Broker queue data.

How do I read MSDB database?

If you open SQL Server Management Studio, you can see the msdb database under the System Databases. The database files will be in the default data file location with the file names as MSDBData. mdf and MSDBLog.

Can we start SQL Server without MSDB database?

Can I run SQL Server without a MSDB database? A SQL Server can run for a short period without an online MSDB database as most common SQL Server activities such as querying a user database do not require MSDB.

Why is Msdb so large?

MSDB stores backup and restore history. Imagine a server with 2000 databases that takes a log backup of all of them every 15 minutes. That's 192,000 new rows into the backupset and backupmediaset tables EVERY DAY! Keeping a few weeks or months of history can cause the size of MSDB to get very large.