Get-DbaDbRole

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Want to see the Bill Of Health for this command? Check out Get-DbaDbRole.

Synopsis

Get the database roles for each instance(s) of SQL Server.

Description

The Get-DbaDbRole returns connected SMO object for database roles for each instance(s) of SQL Server.

Syntax

Get-DbaDbRole
    [[-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>]
    [[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
    [[-Database] <String[]>]
    [[-ExcludeDatabase] <String[]>]
    [[-Role] <String[]>]
    [[-ExcludeRole] <String[]>]
    [-ExcludeFixedRole]
    [[-InputObject] <Database[]>]
    [-EnableException]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Examples

Example: 1

PS C:\> Get-DbaDbRole -SqlInstance localhost

Returns all database roles in all databases on the local default SQL Server instance

Example: 2

PS C:\> Get-DbaDbRole -SqlInstance localhost, sql2016

Returns all roles of all database(s) on the local and sql2016 SQL Server instances

Example: 3

PS C:\> $servers = Get-Content C:\servers.txt
PS C:\> $servers | Get-DbaDbRole

Returns roles of all database(s) for every server in C:\servers.txt

Example: 4

PS C:\> Get-DbaDbRole -SqlInstance localhost -Database msdb

Returns roles of the database msdb on localhost.

Example: 5

PS C:\> Get-DbaDbRole -SqlInstance localhost -Database msdb -ExcludeFixedRole

Returns all non-fixed roles in the msdb database on localhost.

Example: 6

PS C:\> Get-DbaDbRole -SqlInstance localhost -Database msdb -Role 'db_owner'

Returns the db_owner role in the msdb database on localhost.

Optional Parameters

-SqlInstance

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.

-SqlCredential

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.

-Database

The database(s) to process. This list is auto-populated from the server. If unspecified, all databases will be processed.

-ExcludeDatabase

The database(s) to exclude. This list is auto-populated from the server.

-Role

The role(s) to process. If unspecified, all roles will be processed.

-ExcludeRole

The role(s) to exclude.

-ExcludeFixedRole

Excludes all fixed roles.

-InputObject

Enables piped input from Get-DbaDatabase

-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.