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SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell V3 Cookbook

By : Donabel Santos
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SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell V3 Cookbook

By: Donabel Santos

Overview of this book

PowerShell is Microsoft's new command-line shell and scripting language that promises to simplify automation and integration across different Microsoft applications and components. Database professionals can leverage PowerShell by utilizing its numerous built-in cmdlets, or using any of the readily available .NET classes, to automate database tasks, simplify integration, or just discover new ways to accomplish the job at hand."SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell V3 Cookbook" provides easy-to-follow, practical examples for the busy database professional. Whether you're auditing your servers, or exporting data, or deploying reports, there is a recipe that you can use right away!You start off with basic topics to get you going with SQL Server and PowerShell scripts and progress into more advanced topics to help you manage and administer your SQL Server databases.The first few chapters demonstrate how to work with SQL Server settings and objects, including exploring objects, creating databases, configuring server settings, and performing inventories. The book then deep dives into more administration topics like backup and restore, credentials, policies, jobs.Additional development and BI-specific topics are also explored, including deploying and downloading assemblies, BLOB data, SSIS packages, and SSRS reports. A short PowerShell primer is also provided as a supplement in the Appendix, which the database professional can use as a refresher or occasional reference material. Packed with more than 100 practical, ready-to-use scripts, "SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell V3 Cookbook" will be your go-to reference in automating and managing SQL Server.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
SQL Server 2012 with PowerShell V3 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Resources
Index

Evaluating a policy


In this recipe, we will evaluate a policy against our SQL Server instance.

Getting ready

In this recipe, we will evaluate the policy xp_cmdshell must be disabled, which we created in a previous recipe. We also want to export this to an XML file, so we can see two different ways of evaluating the policy. Use the Exporting a policy recipe to export the policy xp_cmdshell must be disabled and save it in C:\Temp. Alternatively you can:

  1. Log in to SQL Server Management Studio.

  2. Go to Management | Policy Management and expand Policies.

  3. Right-click on the policy xp_cmdshell must be disabled, and select Export Policy.

  4. Save this policy in C:\Temp.

Feel free to substitute this with a policy that is available in your instance.

How to do it...

  1. Open the PowerShell console by going to Start | Accessories | Windows PowerShell | Windows PowerShell ISE.

  2. Import the SQLPS module, and create a new connection object as follows:

    #import SQL Server module
    Import-Module SQLPS -DisableNameChecking
    
    $instanceName...