I am trying to start and stop the replication snapshot via t-sql. I found sp_startpublication_snapshot, and doing a trace while hitting the stop on the snapshot from inside SSMS I see it calls sp_stoppublication_snapshot however I don't see any documentation at all on the procedure.
Is this considered a "Undocumented procedure", I thought they all started with sp_MS...?
If this is a undocumented procedure is there a better way to stop the snapshot agent?
I did look in to sp_stop_job, the only thing that makes me hesitant to just use it is the remark in the documentation of
sp_stop_job should be used only in extreme circumstances if the job contains steps of type CmdExec or PowerShell.
I assume sense the job only has two "Transact-SQL script" type steps and a "Replication Snapshot" type step it would be safe to call, is that correct? Does sp_stoppublication_snapshot do anything extra that calling sp_stop_job on the job would not do?
If I want to write scripts that is safe to use on Sql2008 through Sql2016+ and up what would be the best approach to do?