Comments on: PowerShell SQL Server Health Check Script

By: smithc32

smithc32 — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:52:11 +0000

Jackandjill,
The script is assuming that you are using Windows Authentication to connect to SQL Server. Do you not have the permissions required to do so? Also for the drive sizes portion of the script, it is connecting to WMI also using your windows credentials. You need to make sure that you have the appropriate rights on your servers to make that connection as well as make sure that you do not have firewall restrictions that are blocking that connection to WMI.
Hope that helps.

By: Jackandjill

Jackandjill — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:55:44 +0000

Hi i am having trouble getting the code to work please, let me know how to pass username and password so that i wont useraccess restricted error

By: Smithc32

Smithc32 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:37:29 +0000

DANB26 – Check out my latest post that dives into the input file a bit more and I think will answer your questions about how the script is reading the file and what it expects to see in the file.
http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/dba/powershell-sql-server-health-check-script-revisited/

Hope that will help and if you need more help let me know by commenting on the newer post.

Thanks

By: DanB26

DanB26 — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:11:21 +0000

Hi Colin –
I have a few questions as well…. Im fairly new to PS. I plugged in the values for my environment (input file path). The file is a simple txt file with only one entry. Does it need to be fully qualified? I simply put “servername1″ and saved it.
In looking at the script with powerGUI, it shows that it cant a) read the server, or b) get the instance. The excel book comes up, but the instance is just a “”…. none of the values seem to be populating.
Could you lend me some help please?
Thanks
Dan

By: Smithc32

Smithc32 — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:02:42 +0000

See my newest post on the 30th of October and you will see some more information on the input file, how it is set up, and how it is used. I am going to be doing a series of posts on this script and some other options you have for the script. Hope it helps and if you still have questions let me know.

By: Senmayi

Senmayi — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:33:32 +0000

Hi Smith,
I have some doubt
1. sqltab.txt file should be stored in which location
2. please can u share the content of the sqltab.txt file
Thanks
mayi

By: Smithc32

Smithc32 — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:39:52 +0000

Scuby, I would love to help you out. Do you have the servers file in the correct location and do you have it formatted correctly? If you do and you need some help please let me know. Send me a message on Twitter @smithc032 and I will help you out.

By: Scuby

Scuby — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:41:20 +0000

I found your Powershell SQL Health Script, but am having trouble getting it to run. ($servers seems to remain a null value after reading in the txt file.)
Please help.

By: Smithc32

Smithc32 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:58:35 +0000

Dyard,

can you hit me up on twitter and I will be happy to help you out with what you are having issue with. twitter.com/smithc032 or @smithco32

By: Dyard12

Dyard12 — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:42:52 +0000

I am trying to get this to work and I am a new DBA, Can someone tell me what sections I need to modify? I see the path but for the import csv do I need to create those?