The basic syntax for sending a query to SQL Server using PowerShell. sqlcmd -S SERVER_NAME -d master -Q "select count(1) from sys.objects"
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Show Date/Time Of Last Boot Get-WmiObject -class Win32_OperatingSystem | Select-Object __SERVER,@{label='LastBootUpTime';expression={$_.ConvertToDateTime($_.LastBootUpTime)}}
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If PowerShell is not allowing you to run scripts then you might need to set the execution policy. Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee176961.aspx
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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{} $server...
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Source: https://gist.github.com/mbrownnycnyc/9913361 This is a very fast way to ping a server using PowerShell. # with reference to http://theadminguy.com/2009/04/30/portscan-with-powershell/ 2 function fastping{ 3 [CmdletBinding()] 4 param( 5 [String]$computername = “127.0.0.1”, 6 [int]$delay = 100 7 ) 8 9 $ping = new-object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping 10 # see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.networkinformation.ipstatus%28v=vs.110%29.aspx 11 try { 12...
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$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...
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This script searches every file in a directory for a particular string and replaces it with another value. get-childItem | ForEach { (Get-Content $_ | ForEach {$_ -replace “OLDVALUE,”NEWVALUE”}) | Set-Content $_}
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