There is a handy and free tool to check your system’s uptime called “Uptime”. (Clever, no?) It can be downloaded at http://uptimeexe.codeplex.com. While it is very easy to use (just navigate to it in a command window and type “uptime”), it doesn’t give much of an option for formatting the output to include only the days. So, a… Read More »
When your security gets unruly, it can get time consuming to figure out how a user is accessing a SQL instance. Sometimes you may know that a user is getting access via one certain AD group but you aren’t sure if any other groups are granting access. Furthermore, a user might be in a group… Read More »
There is a handy and free tool to check your system's uptime called "Uptime". (Clever, no?) It can be downloaded at http://uptimeexe.codeplex.com. While it is very easy to use (just navigate to it in a command window and type "uptime"), it doesn't give much of an option for formatting the output to include only the days. So, a… Read More »
PowerShell script to quickly change all Recovery Options to “Restart the Service”. https://gist.github.com/benf101/a3c7020c0a582aca06059b750bd08528
Creating and writing to output file in PowerShell.
This is a PowerShell script that puts out the XML required to update your Red Gate MultiScript servers. Manually entering the SQL instances from within the application can be a daunting task if you have a large number to do. This script will have you up and running in seconds. You must first have a… Read More »
This script will return all SQL instances running on a server or list of servers. cls Import-Module -Name SQLPS -DisableNameChecking $servers = “SERVER_NAME”, “SERVER_NAME_2”, “ETC”; foreach($server in $servers) { $path = “SQLServer:\SQL\” + $server; $instances = Get-ChildItem -Path $path; $instances; }
This was made possible by the Scripting Guy. I have boiled it down to the answer. If you want to use PowerShell to query for the log on account that normally is displayed in the services.msc service properties window: Here is the PowerShell script: $server_name = "name_of_server"; $services = Get-WmiObject win32_service -ComputerName $server_name… Read More »
This is a bit of a scary task. Someone tells you about 87 databases that all need to be restored from the most recent FULL backups. You can either spend the rest of your day pointing and clicking, or you can use some PowerShell power to crank out the script and get on with your… Read More »
Maybe this is a one-off type of thing, but if you need to see every folder within a directory and get the list of who can access that folder, it can be done using PowerShell. The output is tab-separated and can easily paste into an Excel sheet. cls cd \\DIRECTORY_NAME\CHANGE_THIS $items = get-childitem -R |… Read More »