This recipe walks through how to list SQL Server configurable and nonconfigurable instance settings using PowerShell.
Let's look at the steps involved in listing SQL Server configuration settings:
Open PowerShell ISE as administrator.
Import the SQLPS module and create a new SMO Server Object:
#import SQL Server module Import-Module SQLPS -DisableNameChecking #replace this with your instance name $instanceName = "localhost" $server = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server -ArgumentList $instanceName
To explore what members and methods are included in the SMO server, use the following:
#Explore: get all properties available for a server object #see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms212724.aspx $server | Get-Member | Where-Object MemberType -eq "Property"
First, let's explore the
Informationclass.#The Information class lists nonconfigurable #instance settings, like BuildNumber, #OSVersion, ProductLevel etc...