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Install-DbaSqlWatch

Mon Jan 13, 2020 12:06 pm

NAME Install-DbaSqlWatch



SYNOPSIS

Installs or updates SqlWatch.





SYNTAX

Install-DbaSqlWatch [-SqlInstance] <Sqlcollaborative.Dbatools.Parameter.DbaInstanceParameter[]> [[-SqlCredential]

<Pscredential>] [[-Database] <String>] [[-LocalFile] <String>] [-PreRelease <Switch>] [-Force <Switch>]

[-EnableException <Switch>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

Downloads, extracts and installs or updates SqlWatch.



https://sqlwatch.io/





PARAMETERS

-Database [<String>]

Specifies the database to install SqlWatch into. Defaults to SQLWATCH.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-EnableException [<Switch>]

By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.

This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables

advanced scripting.

Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own

try/catch.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Force [<Switch>]

If this switch is enabled, SqlWatch will be downloaded from the internet even if previously cached.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-LocalFile [<String>]

Specifies the path to a local file to install SqlWatch from. This *should* be the zipfile as distributed by

the maintainers.

If this parameter is not specified, the latest version will be downloaded and installed from

https://github.com/marcingminski/sqlwatch



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-PreRelease [<Switch>]

If specified, a pre-release (beta) will be downloaded rather than a stable release



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-SqlCredential [<Pscredential>]

Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Accepts PowerShell credentials (Get-Credential).



Windows Authentication, SQL Server Authentication, Active Directory - Password, and Active Directory -

Integrated are all supported.



For MFA support, please use Connect-DbaInstance.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-SqlInstance [<Sqlcollaborative.Dbatools.Parameter.DbaInstanceParameter[]>]

SQL Server name or SMO object representing the SQL Server to connect to.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS



NOTES





Tags: Community, SqlWatch

Author: Ken K (github.com/koglerk)



Website: https://dbatools.io

Copyright: (c) 2018 by dbatools, licensed under MIT

License: MIT https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT



https://sqlwatch.io



-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Install-DbaSqlWatch -SqlInstance server1



Logs into server1 with Windows authentication and then installs SqlWatch in the SQLWATCH database.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Install-DbaSqlWatch -SqlInstance server1\\instance1 -Database DBA



Logs into server1\\instance1 with Windows authentication and then installs SqlWatch in the DBA database.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Install-DbaSqlWatch -SqlInstance server1\\instance1 -Database DBA -SqlCredential $cred



Logs into server1\\instance1 with SQL authentication and then installs SqlWatch in the DBA database.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 4 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Install-DbaSqlWatch -SqlInstance sql2016\\standardrtm, sql2016\\sqlexpress, sql2014



Logs into sql2016\\standardrtm, sql2016\\sqlexpress and sql2014 with Windows authentication and then installs

SqlWatch in the SQLWATCH database.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 5 --------------------------



PS C:\\>$servers = "sql2016\\standardrtm", "sql2016\\sqlexpress", "sql2014"



$servers | Install-DbaSqlWatch



Logs into sql2016\\standardrtm, sql2016\\sqlexpress and sql2014 with Windows authentication and then installs

SqlWatch in the SQLWATCH database.



RELATED LINKS

https://dbatools.io/Install-DbaSqlWatch