Get-DbaMsdtc

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Synopsis

Displays information about the Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) on a server

Description

Returns a custom object with Computer name, state of the MSDTC Service, security settings of MSDTC and CID's

Requires: Windows administrator access on Servers

Syntax

Get-DbaMsdtc
    [[-ComputerName] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>]
    [[-Credential] <PSCredential>]
    [-EnableException]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Examples

Example: 1

PS C:\> Get-DbaMsdtc -ComputerName srv0042

Get DTC status for the server srv0042

Example: 2

PS C:\> $Computers = (Get-Content D:\configfiles\SQL\MySQLInstances.txt | % {$_.split('\')[0]})
PS C:\> $Computers | Get-DbaMsdtc

Get DTC status for all the computers in a .txt file

Example: 3

PS C:\> Get-DbaMsdtc -Computername $Computers | Where-Object { $_.dtcservicestate -ne 'running' }

Get DTC status for all the computers where the MSDTC Service is not running

Example: 4

PS C:\> Get-DbaMsdtc -ComputerName srv0042 | Out-Gridview

Get DTC status for the computer srv0042 and show in a grid view

Optional Parameters

-ComputerName

The target computer.

-Credential

Alternative credential

-EnableException

By default in most of our commands, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message. This command, however, gifts you with "sea of red" exceptions, by default, because it is useful for advanced scripting. Using this switch turns our "nice by default" feature on which makes errors into pretty warnings.