| Author | Stephen Bennett, sqlnotesfromtheunderground.wordpress.com |
| Availability | Windows, Linux, macOS |
Want to see the source code for this command? Check out Get-DbaLinkedServer on GitHub.
Want to see the Bill Of Health for this command? Check out Get-DbaLinkedServer.
Gets all linked servers and a summary of information from the linked servers listed.
Retrieves information about each linked server on the instance(s).
Get-DbaLinkedServer
[-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>
[[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
[[-LinkedServer] <Object[]>]
[[-ExcludeLinkedServer] <Object[]>]
[-EnableException]
[<CommonParameters>]
PS C:\> Get-DbaLinkedServer -SqlInstance DEV01
Returns all linked servers for the SQL Server instance DEV01
PS C:\> Get-DbaRegServer -SqlInstance DEV01 -Group SQLDEV | Get-DbaLinkedServer | Out-GridView
Returns all linked servers for a group of servers from SQL Server Central Management Server (CMS). Send output to GridView.
The target SQL Server instance or instances. This can be a collection and receive pipeline input to allow the function
to be executed against multiple SQL Server instances.
| Alias | |
| Required | True |
| Pipeline | true (ByValue) |
| Default Value |
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.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
The linked server(s) to process - this list is auto-populated from the server. If unspecified, all linked servers will be processed.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
The linked server(s) to exclude - this list is auto-populated from the server
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
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.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value | False |