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.

SQL Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShellis a nuts and bolts guide to creating Windows PowerShell scripts that can be used to administer every aspect of SQL Server. With a very hands-on approach, it guides the reader through the basics of Windows PowerShell, the available Windows PowerShell components that have been integrated into SQL Server 2008, and actual administration tasks. By providing clear, well-structured examples, SQL Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell  shows the reader how to construct effective solutions that can improve the SQL Server administration and monitoring in an enterprise environment.

Readers who do not have any background in Windows PowerShell will be introduced to it in the first two chapters. These two chapters help the reader understand the basics of writing Windows PowerShell scripts and show the reader how to use the scripts to administer the overall operating system. Chapter 3, 4 and 5 take on the Windows PowerShell components that have been integrated into SQL Server 2008, and explain the usage of each of them in great details. Chapter 6 and 7 provide the reader with ample examples of building a SQL Server tasks inventory over an existing or new environment, and create Windows PowerShell scripts to handle an array of SQL Server administrative tasks for servers in the inventory.