| Author | Chrissy LeMaire (@cl), netnerds.net |
| Availability | Windows, Linux, macOS |
Want to see the source code for this command? Check out Join-DbaAvailabilityGroup on GitHub.
Want to see the Bill Of Health for this command? Check out Join-DbaAvailabilityGroup.
Joins a secondary replica to an availability group on a SQL Server instance.
Joins a secondary replica to an availability group on a SQL Server instance.
Join-DbaAvailabilityGroup
[[-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>]
[[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
[[-AvailabilityGroup] <String[]>]
[[-ClusterType] <String>]
[[-InputObject] <AvailabilityGroup[]>]
[-EnableException]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
PS C:\> Get-DbaAvailabilityGroup -SqlInstance sql01 -AvailabilityGroup SharePoint | Join-DbaAvailabilityGroup -SqlInstance sql02
Joins sql02 to the SharePoint availability group on sql01
PS C:\> $ag = Get-DbaAvailabilityGroup -SqlInstance sql01 -AvailabilityGroup SharePoint
PS C:\> Join-DbaAvailabilityGroup -SqlInstance sql02 -InputObject $ag
Joins sql02 to the SharePoint availability group on sql01
PS C:\> Get-DbaAvailabilityGroup -SqlInstance sql01 -AvailabilityGroup SharePoint | Join-DbaAvailabilityGroup -SqlInstance sql02 -WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the command were to run. No actions are actually performed.
PS C:\> Get-DbaAvailabilityGroup -SqlInstance sql01 -AvailabilityGroup SharePoint | Join-DbaAvailabilityGroup -SqlInstance sql02 -Confirm
Prompts for confirmation then joins sql02 to the SharePoint availability group on sql01.
The target SQL Server instance or instances. Server version must be SQL Server version 2012 or higher.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| 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 availability group to join.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
Cluster type of the Availability Group. Only supported in SQL Server 2017 and above.
Options include: External, Wsfc or None.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value | |
| Accepted Values | External,Wsfc,None |
Enables piped input from Get-DbaAvailabilityGroup.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | true (ByValue) |
| 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 |
Shows what would happen if the command were to run. No actions are actually performed.
| Alias | wi |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
Prompts you for confirmation before executing any changing operations within the command.
| Alias | cf |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |