Documenting with PowerShell: Documenting SQL settings and databases

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Most of our clients have some form of line of business application that requires a database engine. in 99% of the cases this ends up being a SQL server. I always enjoy being in complete control of an environment so whenever we deploy SQL servers we automatically run this documentation script. This is especially good if you ever need to recreate databases, or need to check what the state of a SQL server was a couple of weeks ago.

So, for this script we use the SQLPS module which is included on any server with SQL Server 2012+ installed. The SQLPS module gives us a PSDrive with the SQLSERVER:\ path. This allows us to grab all information we need.

The script documents the existing databases, their settings, file locations, but also generic server settings. It automatically finds all instances on the server so in the case of multiple SQL instances you’re also covered by this script 🙂

IT-Glue script
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$APIKEy = "ITGLUEAPIKEY"
$APIEndpoint = "https://api.eu.itglue.com"
$orgID = "ORGIDHERE"
$FlexAssetName = "ITGLue AutoDoc - SQL Server"
$Description = "SQL Server settings and configuration, Including databases."
#####################################################################
If (Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name "ITGlueAPI") { Import-module ITGlueAPI } Else { install-module ITGlueAPI -Force; import-module ITGlueAPI }
#Settings IT-Glue logon information
Add-ITGlueBaseURI -base_uri $APIEndpoint
Add-ITGlueAPIKey $APIKEy
#Collect Data
import-module SQLPS
$Instances = Get-ChildItem "SQLSERVER:\SQL\$($ENV:COMPUTERNAME)"
foreach ($Instance in $Instances) {
    $databaseList = get-childitem "SQLSERVER:\SQL\$($ENV:COMPUTERNAME)\$($Instance.Displayname)\Databases"
    $Databases = @()
    foreach ($Database in $databaselist) {
        $Databaseobj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
        $Databaseobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Name" -value $Database.Name
        $Databaseobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Status" -value $Database.status
        $Databaseobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name  "RecoveryModel" -value $Database.RecoveryModel
        $Databaseobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name  "LastBackupDate" -value $Database.LastBackupDate
        $Databaseobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name  "DatabaseFiles" -value $database.filegroups.files.filename
        $Databaseobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name  "Logfiles"      -value $database.LogFiles.filename
        $Databaseobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name  "MaxSize" -value $database.filegroups.files.MaxSize
        $Databases += $Databaseobj
    }
    $InstanceInfo = $Instance | Select-Object DisplayName, Collation, AuditLevel, BackupDirectory, DefaultFile, DefaultLog, Edition, ErrorLogPath | convertto-html -PreContent "<h1>Settings</h1>" -Fragment | Out-String
    $Instanceinfo = $instanceinfo -replace "<th>", "<th style=`"background-color:#4CAF50`">"
    $InstanceInfo = $InstanceInfo -replace "<table>", "<table class=`"table table-bordered table-hover`" style=`"width:80%`">"
    $DatabasesHTML = $Databases | ConvertTo-Html -fragment -PreContent "<h3>Database Settings</h3>" | Out-String
    $DatabasesHTML = $DatabasesHTML -replace "<th>", "<th style=`"background-color:#4CAF50`">"
    $DatabasesHTML = $DatabasesHTML -replace "<table>", "<table class=`"table table-bordered table-hover`" style=`"width:80%`">"



    #Tagging devices
    $DeviceAsset = @()
    If ($TagRelatedDevices -eq $true) {
        Write-Host "Finding all related resources - Based on computername: $ENV:COMPUTERNAME"
        foreach ($hostfound in $networkscan | Where-Object { $_.Ping -ne $false }) {
            $DeviceAsset += (Get-ITGlueConfigurations -page_size "1000" -filter_name $ENV:COMPUTERNAME -organization_id $orgID).data 
        }
    }     
    $FlexAssetBody = 
    @{
        type       = 'flexible-assets'
        attributes = @{
            name   = $FlexAssetName
            traits = @{
                "instance-name"     = "$($ENV:COMPUTERNAME)\$($Instance.displayname)"
                "instance-settings" = $InstanceInfo
                "databases"         = $DatabasesHTML
                "tagged-devices"    = $DeviceAsset.ID
                    
            }
        }
    }
    #Checking if the FlexibleAsset exists. If not, create a new one.
    $FilterID = (Get-ITGlueFlexibleAssetTypes -filter_name $FlexAssetName).data
    if (!$FilterID) { 
        $NewFlexAssetData = 
        @{
            type          = 'flexible-asset-types'
            attributes    = @{
                name        = $FlexAssetName
                icon        = 'sitemap'
                description = $description
            }
            relationships = @{
                "flexible-asset-fields" = @{
                    data = @(
                        @{
                            type       = "flexible_asset_fields"
                            attributes = @{
                                order           = 1
                                name            = "Instance Name"
                                kind            = "Text"
                                required        = $true
                                "show-in-list"  = $true
                                "use-for-title" = $true
                            }
                        },
                        @{
                            type       = "flexible_asset_fields"
                            attributes = @{
                                order          = 2
                                name           = "Instance Settings"
                                kind           = "Textbox"
                                required       = $false
                                "show-in-list" = $true
                            }
                        },
                        @{
                            type       = "flexible_asset_fields"
                            attributes = @{
                                order          = 3
                                name           = "Databases"
                                kind           = "Textbox"
                                required       = $false
                                "show-in-list" = $false
                            }
                        },
                        @{
                            type       = "flexible_asset_fields"
                            attributes = @{
                                order          = 8
                                name           = "Tagged Devices"
                                kind           = "Tag"
                                "tag-type"     = "Configurations"
                                required       = $false
                                "show-in-list" = $false
                            }
                        }
                    )
                }
            }
                  
        }
        New-ITGlueFlexibleAssetTypes -Data $NewFlexAssetData 
        $FilterID = (Get-ITGlueFlexibleAssetTypes -filter_name $FlexAssetName).data
    } 
    #Upload data to IT-Glue. We try to match the Server name to current computer name.
    $ExistingFlexAsset = (Get-ITGlueFlexibleAssets -filter_flexible_asset_type_id $Filterid.id -filter_organization_id $orgID).data | Where-Object { $_.attributes.traits.'instance-name' -eq "$($ENV:COMPUTERNAME)\$($Instance.displayname)" }
    #If the Asset does not exist, we edit the body to be in the form of a new asset, if not, we just upload.
    if (!$ExistingFlexAsset) {
        $FlexAssetBody.attributes.add('organization-id', $orgID)
        $FlexAssetBody.attributes.add('flexible-asset-type-id', $FilterID.id)
        Write-Host "Creating new flexible asset"
        New-ITGlueFlexibleAssets -data $FlexAssetBody
    }
    else {
        Write-Host "Updating Flexible Asset"
        $ExistingFlexAsset = $ExistingFlexAsset[-1]
        Set-ITGlueFlexibleAssets -id $ExistingFlexAsset.id  -data $FlexAssetBody
    }
}
Generic version

As always I’ve included a generic version. You can use this with any other system.

import-module SQLPS
$Instances = Get-ChildItem "SQLSERVER:\SQL\$($ENV:COMPUTERNAME)"
foreach ($Instance in $Instances) {
    $InstanceInfo = $Instance | Select-Object DisplayName, Collation, AuditLevel, BackupDirectory, DefaultFile, DefaultLog, Edition, ErrorLogPath
    $databaseList = get-childitem "SQLSERVER:\SQL\$($ENV:COMPUTERNAME)\$($Instance.Displayname)\Databases"
    $Databases = @()
    foreach($Database in $databaselist){
        $Databaseobj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
        $Databaseobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Name" -value $Database.Name
        $Databaseobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name "Status" -value $Database.status
        $Databaseobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name  "RecoveryModel" -value $Database.RecoveryModel
        $Databaseobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name  "LastBackupDate" -value $Database.LastBackupDate
        $Databaseobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name  "DatabaseFiles" -value $database.filegroups.files.filename
        $Databaseobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name  "Logfiles"      -value $database.LogFiles.filename
        $Databaseobj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name  "MaxSize" -value $database.filegroups.files.MaxSize
        $Databases += $Databaseobj
    }
    $InstanceInfo = $Instance | Select-Object DisplayName, Collation, AuditLevel, BackupDirectory, DefaultFile, DefaultLog, Edition, ErrorLogPath | convertto-html -PreContent "<h1>Settings</h1>" -Fragment | Out-String
    $Instanceinfo = $instanceinfo -replace "<th>", "<th style=`"background-color:#4CAF50`">"
    $InstanceInfo = $InstanceInfo -replace "<table>", "<table class=`"table table-bordered table-hover`" style=`"width:80%`">"
    $DatabasesHTML = $Databases | ConvertTo-Html -fragment -PreContent "<h3>Database Settings</h3>" | Out-String
    $DatabasesHTML = $DatabasesHTML -replace "<th>", "<th style=`"background-color:#4CAF50`">"
    $DatabasesHTML = $DatabasesHTML -replace "<table>", "<table class=`"table table-bordered table-hover`" style=`"width:80%`">"

    $output = $InstanceInfo,$DatabasesHTML | out-file "C:\Temp\Output.html"

}

a small warning: it seems that the latest wordpress updates makes the < symbol appear as its html encoded version in the code. Visual Studio Code automatically converts this. if you are using any other IDE replace this yourself.

And that’s it! as always, Happy PowerShelling!

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