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Title
SQL Server alarm being triggered multiple times at the same time -
Description
Customer received multiple alarms for "DBSS - Days Since Last Backup" from a sql server agent all being triggered 12 times at the same time.
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Cause
Twelve emails were sent out at the same time, one for each database in the SQL Server instance.
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Resolution
This alarm is invoked when the number of days that have elapsed since the last database backup exceeds a predefined registry variable value. It appears to be working as designed.