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NAME New-DbaDatabase
SYNOPSIS
Creates a new database
SYNTAX
New-DbaDatabase [-SqlInstance] <Sqlcollaborative.Dbatools.Parameter.DbaInstanceParameter[]> [[-SqlCredential]
<Pscredential>] [[-Name] <System.String[]>] [[-Collation] <String>] [[-Recoverymodel] <String>] [[-Owner]
<String>] [[-DataFilePath] <String>] [[-LogFilePath] <String>] [[-PrimaryFilesize] <Int>] [[-PrimaryFileGrowth]
<Int>] [[-PrimaryFileMaxSize] <Int>] [[-LogSize] <Int>] [[-LogGrowth] <Int>] [[-SecondaryFilesize] <Int>]
[[-SecondaryFileGrowth] <Int>] [[-SecondaryFileMaxSize] <Int>] [[-SecondaryFileCount] <Int>] [[-DefaultFileGroup]
<String>] [-EnableException <Switch>] [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
This command creates a new database.
It allows creation with multiple files, and sets all growth settings to be fixed size rather than percentage
growth.
PARAMETERS
-Collation [<String>]
The database collation, if not supplied the default server collation will be used.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-DataFilePath [<String>]
The location that data files will be placed, otherwise the default SQL Server data path will be used.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-DefaultFileGroup [<String>]
Sets the default file group. Either primary or secondary.
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
-LogFilePath [<String>]
The location the log file will be placed, otherwise the default SQL Server log path will be used.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-LogGrowth [<Int>]
The amount in MB that the log file will be set to autogrow by.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-LogSize [<Int>]
The size in MB that the Transaction log will be created.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Name [<System.String[]>]
The name of the new database or databases to be created.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Owner [<String>]
The login that will be used as the database owner.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-PrimaryFileGrowth [<Int>]
The size in MB that the Primary file will autogrow by.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-PrimaryFileMaxSize [<Int>]
The maximum permitted size in MB for the Primary File. If this is less the primary file size for the model
database, then the model size will be used instead.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-PrimaryFilesize [<Int>]
The size in MB for the Primary file. If this is less than the primary file size for the model database, then
the model size will be used instead.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Recoverymodel [<String>]
The recovery model for the database, if not supplied the recovery model from the model database will be used.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-SecondaryFileCount [<Int>]
The number of files to create in the Secondary filegroup for the database.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-SecondaryFileGrowth [<Int>]
The amount in MB that the Secondary files will be set to autogrow by. Use 0 for no growth allowed. Each file
added will be created with this growth setting.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-SecondaryFileMaxSize [<Int>]
The maximum permitted size in MB for the Secondary data files to grow to. Each file added will be created with
this max size setting.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-SecondaryFilesize [<Int>]
The size in MB of the files to be added to the Secondary filegroup. Each file added will be created with this
size setting.
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[]>]
The target SQL Server instance or instances.
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: Database
Author: Matthew Darwin (@evoDBA, naturalselectiondba.wordpress.com) | Chrissy LeMaire (@cl)
Website: https://dbatools.io
Copyright: (c) 2018 by dbatools, licensed under MIT
License: MIT https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\\>New-DbaDatabase -SqlInstance sql1
Creates a randomly named database (random-N) on instance sql1
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
PS C:\\>New-DbaDatabase -SqlInstance sql1 -Name dbatools, dbachecks
Creates a database named dbatools and a database named dbachecks on sql1
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------
PS C:\\>New-DbaDatabase -SqlInstance sql1, sql2, sql3 -Name multidb, multidb2 -SecondaryFilesize 20
-SecondaryFileGrowth 20 -LogSize 20 -LogGrowth 20
Creates two databases, multidb and multidb2, on 3 instances (sql1, sql2 and sql3) and sets the secondary data file
size to 20MB, the file growth to 20MB and the log growth to 20MB for each
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 4 --------------------------
PS C:\\>New-DbaDatabase -SqlInstance sql1 -Name nondefault -DataFilePath M:\\Data -LogFilePath 'L:\\Logs with spaces'
-SecondaryFileCount 2
Creates a database named nondefault and places data files in in the M:\\data directory and log files in "L:\\Logs
with spaces".
Creates a secondary group with 2 files in the Secondary filegroup.
RELATED LINKS
https://dbatools.io/New-DbaDatabase
SYNOPSIS
Creates a new database
SYNTAX
New-DbaDatabase [-SqlInstance] <Sqlcollaborative.Dbatools.Parameter.DbaInstanceParameter[]> [[-SqlCredential]
<Pscredential>] [[-Name] <System.String[]>] [[-Collation] <String>] [[-Recoverymodel] <String>] [[-Owner]
<String>] [[-DataFilePath] <String>] [[-LogFilePath] <String>] [[-PrimaryFilesize] <Int>] [[-PrimaryFileGrowth]
<Int>] [[-PrimaryFileMaxSize] <Int>] [[-LogSize] <Int>] [[-LogGrowth] <Int>] [[-SecondaryFilesize] <Int>]
[[-SecondaryFileGrowth] <Int>] [[-SecondaryFileMaxSize] <Int>] [[-SecondaryFileCount] <Int>] [[-DefaultFileGroup]
<String>] [-EnableException <Switch>] [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
This command creates a new database.
It allows creation with multiple files, and sets all growth settings to be fixed size rather than percentage
growth.
PARAMETERS
-Collation [<String>]
The database collation, if not supplied the default server collation will be used.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-DataFilePath [<String>]
The location that data files will be placed, otherwise the default SQL Server data path will be used.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-DefaultFileGroup [<String>]
Sets the default file group. Either primary or secondary.
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
-LogFilePath [<String>]
The location the log file will be placed, otherwise the default SQL Server log path will be used.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-LogGrowth [<Int>]
The amount in MB that the log file will be set to autogrow by.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-LogSize [<Int>]
The size in MB that the Transaction log will be created.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Name [<System.String[]>]
The name of the new database or databases to be created.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Owner [<String>]
The login that will be used as the database owner.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-PrimaryFileGrowth [<Int>]
The size in MB that the Primary file will autogrow by.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-PrimaryFileMaxSize [<Int>]
The maximum permitted size in MB for the Primary File. If this is less the primary file size for the model
database, then the model size will be used instead.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-PrimaryFilesize [<Int>]
The size in MB for the Primary file. If this is less than the primary file size for the model database, then
the model size will be used instead.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Recoverymodel [<String>]
The recovery model for the database, if not supplied the recovery model from the model database will be used.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-SecondaryFileCount [<Int>]
The number of files to create in the Secondary filegroup for the database.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-SecondaryFileGrowth [<Int>]
The amount in MB that the Secondary files will be set to autogrow by. Use 0 for no growth allowed. Each file
added will be created with this growth setting.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-SecondaryFileMaxSize [<Int>]
The maximum permitted size in MB for the Secondary data files to grow to. Each file added will be created with
this max size setting.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? False
Accept wildcard characters? false
-SecondaryFilesize [<Int>]
The size in MB of the files to be added to the Secondary filegroup. Each file added will be created with this
size setting.
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[]>]
The target SQL Server instance or instances.
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: Database
Author: Matthew Darwin (@evoDBA, naturalselectiondba.wordpress.com) | Chrissy LeMaire (@cl)
Website: https://dbatools.io
Copyright: (c) 2018 by dbatools, licensed under MIT
License: MIT https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\\>New-DbaDatabase -SqlInstance sql1
Creates a randomly named database (random-N) on instance sql1
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
PS C:\\>New-DbaDatabase -SqlInstance sql1 -Name dbatools, dbachecks
Creates a database named dbatools and a database named dbachecks on sql1
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------
PS C:\\>New-DbaDatabase -SqlInstance sql1, sql2, sql3 -Name multidb, multidb2 -SecondaryFilesize 20
-SecondaryFileGrowth 20 -LogSize 20 -LogGrowth 20
Creates two databases, multidb and multidb2, on 3 instances (sql1, sql2 and sql3) and sets the secondary data file
size to 20MB, the file growth to 20MB and the log growth to 20MB for each
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 4 --------------------------
PS C:\\>New-DbaDatabase -SqlInstance sql1 -Name nondefault -DataFilePath M:\\Data -LogFilePath 'L:\\Logs with spaces'
-SecondaryFileCount 2
Creates a database named nondefault and places data files in in the M:\\data directory and log files in "L:\\Logs
with spaces".
Creates a secondary group with 2 files in the Secondary filegroup.
RELATED LINKS
https://dbatools.io/New-DbaDatabase