Creating a SQL Server Job
In this recipe, we will create a simple SQL Server job programmatically.
Getting ready
We are going to create a simple job called Test Job and set up tstark as our operator. We added tstark as an operator in the recipe Adding a SQL Server operator. If you don't have tstark, choose another SQL Server operator that's available in your instance.
How to do it...
Let's look at the steps required to create a SQL Server Job programmatically:
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
Add the following script and run:
$jobName = "Test Job" #we will drop our test job if it exists already if($server.JobServer.Jobs[$jobName]) { $server.JobServer.Jobs[$jobName].Drop() } $job = New-Object -TypeName...