NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:53:16 -0600 From: "Cathy" Newsgroups: comp.databases.ms-sqlserver References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: List all databases on all servers Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:53:15 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6002.18197 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6002.18463 Message-ID: Lines: 56 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-AuthenticatedUsername: NoAuthUser X-Trace: sv3-HGCKJpaQfdwcTfEGc8WkNQC3BbljQQTXRSFmv7MOJ8TCqHTsEIRlG+p5HmIkEraXU/a+4jylllEkjA4!KfArsPONMctM9zefM4ylvRh4/pFByDdstNySHLXCWorWusjiqpVmpngbBLNLEW2Q9HEjF2aHX9I= X-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@btinternet.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3464 Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.stben.net!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.bt.com!news.bt.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.databases.ms-sqlserver:1392 Had a quick look at apexsql demo, looks nice but still requires me to enter all server names. Thing is in a large organisation like ours, others could be deploying sql servers without informing me, Ideally I need to track any new installations and ensure they comply to the most basic set of standards. (i.e backups & logfiles) I have previously used osql and powershell to view other SQL servers and instances, but thought it would make sense to be able to do similar from within your T-SQL as this would allow you to run everything in one place instead of to dijointed procedures being run seperately or having to script this via a batch procedure. Thanks for your input. I still need to have a look at the others you suggested Regards C "Erland Sommarskog" wrote in message news:XnsA167EE7289BA2Yazorman@127.0.0.1... > Cathy (Cathy@Nospam.com) writes: >> I want to setup a Database and a T-SQL script that queries the network >> for all SQL servers and instances and then puts their names into >> TBL_SQLSERVERS. > > If you want to discover SQL servers in your organisation, T-SQL is > definitely not the right tool for this. > > I would exepct that SMO has some support for this. In practice, that > would mean a PowerShell script. > >> This is to be followed by another query which I already have that uses >> TBL_SQLSERVERS to give me a complete listing of all databases, types of >> backups and data file and log file locations to allow me to check and >> standardise all of these. > > Once you are connected to a server, you can start to query it. But then > again, why reinvent the wheel? Here is one tool that I believes some > of what you are asking for: http://www.apexsql.com/sql_tools_doc.aspx > > It is also worth checking out tools from other vendors such as > Idera, SqlSentry, Quest etc. > > > -- > Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se > > Links for SQL Server Books Online: > SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx > SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx >