Get-DbaPfDataCollectorSetTemplate

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Synopsis

Parses Perf Monitor templates. Defaults to parsing templates in the dbatools template repository (\bin\perfmontemplates).

Description

Parses Perf Monitor XML templates. Defaults to parsing templates in the dbatools template repository (\bin\perfmontemplates).

Syntax

Get-DbaPfDataCollectorSetTemplate
    [[-Path] <String[]>]
    [[-Pattern] <String>]
    [[-Template] <String[]>]
    [-EnableException]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Examples

Example: 1

PS C:\> Get-DbaPfDataCollectorSetTemplate

Returns information about all the templates in the local dbatools repository.

Example: 2

PS C:\> Get-DbaPfDataCollectorSetTemplate | Out-GridView -PassThru | Import-DbaPfDataCollectorSetTemplate -ComputerName sql2017 | Start-DbaPfDataCollectorSet

Allows you to select a template, then deploys it to sql2017 and immediately starts the DataCollectorSet.

Example: 3

PS C:\> Get-DbaPfDataCollectorSetTemplate | Select-Object *

Returns more information about the template, including the full path/filename.

Optional Parameters

-Path

The path to the template directory. Defaults to the dbatools template repository (\bin\perfmontemplates).

-Pattern

Specify a pattern for filtering. Alternatively, you can use Out-GridView -Passthru to select objects and pipe them to Import-DbaPfDataCollectorSetTemplate.

-Template

Specifies one or more of the templates provided by dbatools. Press tab to cycle through the list to the options.

-EnableException

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.