functions/Test-DbaLinkedServerConnection.ps1
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function Test-DbaLinkedServerConnection { <# .SYNOPSIS Test all linked servers from the sql servers passed .DESCRIPTION Test each linked server on the instance .PARAMETER SqlInstance The SQL Server that you're connecting to. .PARAMETER SqlCredential Credential object used to connect to the SQL Server as a different user .PARAMETER Silent Use this switch to disable any kind of verbose messages .NOTES Author: Thomas LaRock ( https://thomaslarock.com ) dbatools PowerShell module (https://dbatools.io) Copyright (C) 2017 Chrissy LeMaire This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. .LINK https://dbatools.io/Test-DbaLinkedServerConnection .EXAMPLE Test-DbaLinkedServerConnection -SqlInstance DEV01 Test all Linked Servers for the SQL Server instance DEV01 .EXAMPLE Test-DbaLinkedServerConnection -SqlInstance sql2016 | Out-File C:\temp\results.txt Test all Linked Servers for the SQL Server instance sql2016 and output results to file .EXAMPLE Test-DbaLinkedServerConnection -SqlInstance sql2016, sql2014, sql2012 Test all Linked Servers for the SQL Server instances sql2016, sql2014 and sql2012 .EXAMPLE $servers = "sql2016","sql2014","sql2012" $servers | Test-DbaLinkedServerConnection -SqlCredential (Get-Credential sqladmin) Test all Linked Servers for the SQL Server instances sql2016, sql2014 and sql2012 using SQL login credentials .EXAMPLE $servers | Get-DbaLinkedServer | Test-DbaLinkedServerConnection Test all Linked Servers for the SQL Server instances sql2016, sql2014 and sql2012 #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)] [Alias("ServerInstance", "SqlServer")] [object[]]$SqlInstance, [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]$SqlCredential, [switch]$Silent ) begin { $LinkedServerCollection = @() } process { foreach ($Instance in $SqlInstance) { # This is a very ugly workaround until we finish the dbaserver custom parameter type. # Don't judge! ;) - Chrissy if ($Instance.GetType().Name -eq 'LinkedServer') { $LinkedServerCollection += $Instance continue } try { Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "Connecting to $instance" $server = Connect-SqlServer -SqlServer $instance -SqlCredential $sqlcredential } catch { Stop-Function -Message "Failed to connect to: $instance" -Continue -Target $instance } $LinkedServerCollection += $server.LinkedServers } } end { foreach ($ls in $LinkedServerCollection) { Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "Testing linked server $($ls.name) on server $($ls.parent.name)" try { $null = $ls.TestConnection() $result = "Success" $connectivity = $true } catch { $result = $_.Exception.InnerException.InnerException.Message $connectivity = $false } [PSCustomObject]@{ ComputerName = $ls.parent.NetName InstanceName = $ls.parent.ServiceName SqlInstance = $ls.parent.DomainInstanceName LinkedServerName = $ls.Name RemoteServer = $ls.DataSource Connectivity = $connectivity Result = $result } | Select-DefaultView -ExcludeProperty ComputerName, InstanceName } } } |