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Join-DbaAvailabilityGroup

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.

Synopsis

Joins a secondary replica to an availability group on a SQL Server instance.

Description

Joins a secondary replica to an availability group on a SQL Server instance.

Syntax

Join-DbaAvailabilityGroup
    [[-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>]
    [[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
    [[-AvailabilityGroup] <String[]>]
    [[-ClusterType] <String>]
    [[-InputObject] <AvailabilityGroup[]>]
    [-EnableException]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]

 

Examples

 

Example: 1
PS C:\> Get-DbaAvailabilityGroup -SqlInstance sql01 -AvailabilityGroup SharePoint | Join-DbaAvailabilityGroup -SqlInstance sql02

Joins sql02 to the SharePoint availability group on sql01

Example: 2
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

Example: 3
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.

Example: 4
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.

Optional Parameters

-SqlInstance

The target SQL Server instance or instances. Server version must be SQL Server version 2012 or higher.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-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.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-AvailabilityGroup

The availability group to join.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-ClusterType

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
-InputObject

Enables piped input from Get-DbaAvailabilityGroup.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline true (ByValue)
Default Value
-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.

Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value False
-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the command were to run. No actions are actually performed.

Alias wi
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before executing any changing operations within the command.

Alias cf
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value