Question

How can I find the address of defined linked server in SQL Server 2008? The link server is present and its connection test shows there is no problem. but I can not find where the link server connects to. The properties box did not lead to the answer.

Thank you.

Answer 1

From inside SQL Server if the target is SQL Server 2005+

SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY (
         myLinkedServer, 
         'SELECT
             @@SERVERNAME AS TargetServerName,
             SUSER_SNAME() AS ConnectedWith,
             DB_NAME() AS DefaultDB,
             client_net_address AS IPAddress
          FROM
              sys.dm_exec_connections
          WHERE
              session_id = @@SPID
        ')

You can adapt this anyway you want of course.