Monthly Archives: March 2016

SQL Server – Find Missing Indexes With Script In Output

Source: http://sqlserverplanet.com/dmvs/missing-indexes-dmv SELECT mid.statement ,migs.avg_total_user_cost * (migs.avg_user_impact / 100.0) * (migs.user_seeks + migs.user_scans) AS improvement_measure ,OBJECT_NAME(mid.Object_id) ,’CREATE INDEX [idx_’ + LEFT(PARSENAME(mid.statement, 1), 32) + ‘_’ + CONVERT(VARCHAR, mig.index_group_handle) + ‘_’ + CONVERT(VARCHAR, mid.index_handle) + ‘]’ + ‘ ON ‘ + mid.statement + ‘ (‘ + ISNULL(mid.equality_columns, ”) + CASE WHEN mid.equality_columns IS NOT NULL AND… Read More »

SQL Server – Download all RDL files from Report Server

—- Allow advanced options to be changed. –EXEC sp_configure ‘show advanced options’, 1 –GO —- Update the cuently configured value for advanced options. –RECONFIGURE –GO —- Enable xp_cmdshell –EXEC sp_configure ‘xp_cmdshell’, 1 –GO —- Update the cuently configured value for xp_cmdshell –RECONFIGURE –GO —- Disallow further advanced options to be changed. –EXEC sp_configure ‘show advanced… Read More »

PowerShell – Get All SQL Server Instances In Environment

cls import-module failoverclusters Import-Module -Name SQLPS -DisableNameChecking $servers = “comma”,”separated”,”server”,”list” foreach($server in $servers) { try { $virtual_name = $server; $instances = ”; try{ $virtual_name = ((get-clusterresource -Cluster $server -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | get-clusterparameter VirtualServerName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | Select Value -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue)[0].Value ) } catch{} $server = $virtual_name; $path = “SQLServer:\SQL\”… Read More »

PowerShell – Fast Ping

Source: https://gist.github.com/mbrownnycnyc/9913361 This is a very fast way to ping a server using PowerShell. # with reference to http://theadminguy.com/2009/04/30/portscan-with-powershell/ 2 function fastping{ 3 [CmdletBinding()] 4 param( 5 [String]$computername = “127.0.0.1”, 6 [int]$delay = 100 7 ) 8 9 $ping = new-object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping 10 # see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.networkinformation.ipstatus%28v=vs.110%29.aspx 11 try { 12 if ($ping.send($computername,$delay).status -ne “Success”) {… Read More »

PowerShell – Get SQL Server Info

$assemblylist = “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Dmf “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Instapi “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlWmiManagement “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlTDiagM “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SString “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.RegisteredServers “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlEnum “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.RegSvrEnum “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.WmiEnum “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.ServiceBrokerEnum “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfoExtended “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Collector “, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.CollectorEnum”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Dac”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DacEnum”, “Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Utility”     foreach ($asm in $assemblylist) { $asm = [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName($asm) } $computers = Get-Content -Path C:\scripts\servers.txt #… Read More »