Running an SQL Server Job
In this recipe, we will see how you can run a SQL Server Job programmatically.
Getting ready
In this recipe, we assume you have a job called Test Job in your development environment that you can run. This was created in the Creating a SQL Server Job recipe. If you do not have this job, pick another job in your system that you can run.
How to do it...
These are the steps to run a SQL Server Job:
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:
$jobserver = $server.JobServer $jobname = "Test Job" $job = $jobserver.Jobs[$jobname] $job.Start() #sleep to wait for job to finish #check last run date Start-Sleep -s 1 $job.Refresh() $job.LastRunDate
How it works...
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