Book Image

SQL Server 2014 with PowerShell v5 Cookbook

By : Donabel Santos
Book Image

SQL Server 2014 with PowerShell v5 Cookbook

By: Donabel Santos

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (21 chapters)
SQL Server 2014 with PowerShell v5 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating a condition


In this recipe, we will create a condition that will later be used for a policy, programmatically.

Getting ready

In this recipe, we will create a condition called xp_cmdshell is disabled that checks the Server Security facet, XPCmdShellEnabled.

How to do it...

These are the steps required to create a condition:

  1. Open PowerShell ISE as an administrator.

  2. Import the SQLPS module and create a new SQL Server object as follows:

    #import SQL Server module
    Import-Module SQLPS -DisableNameChecking
    
    $connectionString = "server='localhost';Trusted_Connection=true"
    
    $conn = New-Object Microsoft.SQlServer.Management.Sdk.Sfc.SqlStoreConnection($connectionString)
    
    $policyStore = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.DMF.PolicyStore($conn)
  3. Add the following script and run it:

    $conditionName = "xp_cmdshell is disabled"
    
    if ($policyStore.Conditions[$conditionName])
    {
         #we cannot delete a condition referenced by a policy
         #before we remove the condition
         #we must remove the dependent...