The definitive guide to automating SQL Server admnistration with Powershell scripts

If you're a SQL Server database administrator, this book will make your life easier. Windows PowerShell is an administrative scripting tool that allows you to automate many tasks you're probably currently doing by hand. This nuts-and-bolts guide shows you how to create Windows PowerShell scripts to administer almost every aspect of SQL Server.

You'll get a thorough introduction to PowerShell basics and all the PowerShell components that have been integrated into SQL Server 2008, as well as actual administration tasks. The book provides complete scripts that have been tested and proven, saving you hours of effort.

* The new release of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 now includes Windows PowerShell, allowing administrators of large-scale enterprise databases to automate many tasks
* SQL Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell introduces you to PowerShell, covering its components in detail as well as providing basic instruction in using scripts to administer the database
* The book includes numerous examples of SQL tasks that have been automated and also provides completed scripts that you can put to use immediately
* The Companion Web site includes complete code scripts

If you're a database administrator, the scripts and techniques in SQL Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell will save you hours of effort.

Secure, reliable, and scalable, SQL Server 2008 delivers a dynamic, smart, and productive data platform for all your data-related needs and offers many new features that will change how you administer a database server. Among these new features is the ability to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 scripts to automate and manage various aspects of the Windows environment.

Written by well-known and highly respected SQL Server experts, this nuts-and-bolts guide brings together the best of both worlds—database and system administration—to help you manage, automate, and control your environment. You'll discover how to construct effective and practical solutions that can improve SQL Server administration and monitoring while saving you countless hours of manual effort and ensuring more consistent results.

Packed with clear, well-constructed examples throughout, this tutorial-based resource covers the fundamentals of Windows PowerShell so you can get started writing scripts in Windows PowerShell to perform SQL Server 2008 administration tasks immediately.

What you will learn from this book

* How Windows Management Instrumentation Providers for SQL Server enable you to manage SQL Server services and network connectivity
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How to manage SQL Server objects, including the new policy objects using the new SQL Server 2008 support for Windows PowerShell
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Ways to use SQL Server Management Objects to create database and database objects, and backup and restore databases
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Techniques for building an SQL Server inventory over an existing or new environment
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Tips for installing, monitoring, collecting performance data, database scripting, and more, using Windows PowerShell
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Various programming features such as inputs, outputs, debugging, functions, and more.

Who this book is for

This book is for SQL Server database administrators, developers, or system administrators who are looking to manage SQL Server 2008 using Windows PowerShell 2.0. No previous Windows PowerShell experience is assumed.

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