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Sync-DbaAvailabilityGroup
Author Chrissy LeMaire (@cl), netnerds.net
Availability Windows, Linux, macOS

 

Want to see the source code for this command? Check out Sync-DbaAvailabilityGroup on GitHub.
Want to see the Bill Of Health for this command? Check out Sync-DbaAvailabilityGroup.

Synopsis

Syncs dependent objects such as jobs, logins and custom errors for availability groups

Description

Syncs dependent objects for availability groups. Such objects include:

SpConfigure CustomErrors Credentials DatabaseMail LinkedServers Logins LoginPermissions SystemTriggers DatabaseOwner AgentCategory AgentOperator AgentAlert AgentProxy AgentSchedule AgentJob

Note that any of these can be excluded. For specific object exclusions (such as a single job), using the underlying Copy-Dba* command will be required.

This command does not filter by which logins are in use by the ag databases or which linked servers are used. All objects that are not excluded will be copied like hulk smash.

Syntax

Sync-DbaAvailabilityGroup
    [[-Primary] <DbaInstanceParameter>]
    [[-PrimarySqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
    [[-Secondary] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>]
    [[-SecondarySqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
    [[-AvailabilityGroup] <String>]
    [[-Exclude] <String[]>]
    [[-Login] <String[]>]
    [[-ExcludeLogin] <String[]>]
    [[-Job] <String[]>]
    [[-ExcludeJob] <String[]>]
    [-DisableJobOnDestination]
    [[-InputObject] <AvailabilityGroup[]>]
    [-Force]
    [-EnableException]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]

 

Examples

 

Example: 1
PS C:\> Sync-DbaAvailabilityGroup -Primary sql2016a -AvailabilityGroup db3

Syncs the following on all replicas found in the db3 AG:
SpConfigure, CustomErrors, Credentials, DatabaseMail, LinkedServers
Logins, LoginPermissions, SystemTriggers, DatabaseOwner, AgentCategory,
AgentOperator, AgentAlert, AgentProxy, AgentSchedule, AgentJob

Example: 2
PS C:\> Get-DbaAvailabilityGroup -SqlInstance sql2016a | Sync-DbaAvailabilityGroup -ExcludeType LoginPermissions, LinkedServers -ExcludeLogin login1, login2 -Job job1, job2

Syncs the following on all replicas found in all AGs on the specified instance:
SpConfigure, CustomErrors, Credentials, DatabaseMail, Logins,
SystemTriggers, DatabaseOwner, AgentCategory, AgentOperator
AgentAlert, AgentProxy, AgentSchedule, AgentJob.
Copies all logins except for login1 and login2 and only syncs job1 and job2

Example: 3
PS C:\> Get-DbaAvailabilityGroup -SqlInstance sql2016a | Sync-DbaAvailabilityGroup -WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the command were to run but doesn't actually perform the action.

Optional Parameters

-Primary

The primary SQL Server instance. Server version must be SQL Server version 2012 or higher.
Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-PrimarySqlCredential

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
-Secondary

The target SQL Server instance or instances. Server version must be SQL Server version 2012 or higher.
Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-SecondarySqlCredential

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 name of the Availability Group.
Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-Exclude

Exclude one or more objects to export SpConfigure CustomErrors Credentials DatabaseMail LinkedServers Logins LoginPermissions SystemTriggers DatabaseOwner AgentCategory AgentOperator AgentAlert AgentProxy AgentSchedule AgentJob
Alias ExcludeType
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
Accepted Values AgentCategory,AgentOperator,AgentAlert,AgentProxy,AgentSchedule,AgentJob,Credentials,CustomErrors,DatabaseMail,DatabaseOwner,LinkedServers,Logins,LoginPermissions,SpConfigure,SystemTriggers
-Login

Specific logins to sync. If unspecified, all logins will be processed.
Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-ExcludeLogin

Specific logins to exclude when performing the sync. If unspecified, all logins will be processed.
Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-Job

Specific jobs to sync. If unspecified, all jobs will be processed.
Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-ExcludeJob

Specific jobs to exclude when performing the sync. If unspecified, all jobs will be processed.
Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value
-DisableJobOnDestination

If this switch is enabled, the newly migrated job will be disabled on the destination server.
Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value False
-InputObject

Enables piping from Get-DbaAvailabilityGroup.
Alias
Required False
Pipeline true (ByValue)
Default Value
-Force

If this switch is enabled, the objects will dropped and recreated on Destination.
Alias
Required False
Pipeline false
Default Value False
-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