functions/Start-DbaXESession.ps1

function Start-DbaXESession {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
    Starts Extended Events sessions.
 
    .DESCRIPTION
    This script starts Extended Events sessions on a SQL Server instance.
 
    .PARAMETER SqlInstance
    The SQL Instances that you're connecting to.
 
    .PARAMETER SqlCredential
    Credential object used to connect to the SQL Server as a different user
 
    .PARAMETER Session
    Only start specific Extended Events sessions.
 
    .PARAMETER AllSessions
    Start all Extended Events sessions on an instance, ignoring the packaged sessions: AlwaysOn_health, system_health, telemetry_xevents.
 
    .PARAMETER InputObject
    Internal parameter to support piping from Get-DbaXESession
 
    .PARAMETER StopAt
    Sets up a self-deleting schedule to stop the Session at a specified time.
 
    .PARAMETER 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.
 
    .NOTES
    Tags: Xevent
    Author: Doug Meyers
    Website: https://dbatools.io
    Copyright: (C) Chrissy LeMaire, clemaire@gmail.com
    License: GNU GPL v3 https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0
 
    .LINK
    https://dbatools.io/Start-DbaXESession
 
    .EXAMPLE
    Start-DbaXESession -SqlInstance sqlserver2012 -AllSessions
 
    Starts all Extended Event Session on the sqlserver2014 instance.
 
    .EXAMPLE
    Start-DbaXESession -SqlInstance sqlserver2012 -Session xesession1,xesession2
 
    Starts the xesession1 and xesession2 Extended Event sessions.
 
    .EXAMPLE
    Start-DbaXESession -SqlInstance sqlserver2012 -Session xesession1,xesession2 -StopAt (Get-Date).AddMinutes(30)
 
    Starts the xesession1 and xesession2 Extended Event sessions and stops them in 30 minutes.
 
    .EXAMPLE
    Get-DbaXESession -SqlInstance sqlserver2012 -Session xesession1 | Start-DbaXESession
 
    Starts the sessions returned from the Get-DbaXESession function.
 
#>

    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'Session')]
    param (
        [parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory, ParameterSetName = 'Session')]
        [parameter(Position = 1, Mandatory, ParameterSetName = 'All')]
        [Alias("ServerInstance", "SqlServer")]
        [DbaInstanceParameter[]]$SqlInstance,
        [parameter(ParameterSetName = 'Session')]
        [parameter(ParameterSetName = 'All')]
        [PSCredential]$SqlCredential,
        [parameter(Mandatory, ParameterSetName = 'Session')]
        [Alias("Sessions")]
        [object[]]$Session,
        [datetime]$StopAt,
        [parameter(Mandatory, ParameterSetName = 'All')]
        [switch]$AllSessions,
        [parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline, ParameterSetName = 'Object')]
        [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.XEvent.Session[]]$InputObject,
        [switch]$EnableException
    )

    begin {
        # Start each XESession
        function Start-XESessions {
            [CmdletBinding()]
            param ([Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.XEvent.Session[]]$xeSessions)

            foreach ($xe in $xeSessions) {
                $instance = $xe.Parent.Name
                $session = $xe.Name
                if (-Not $xe.isRunning) {
                    Write-Message -Level Verbose -Message "Starting XEvent Session $session on $instance."
                    try {
                        $xe.Start()
                    }
                    catch {
                        Stop-Function -Message "Could not start XEvent Session on $instance" -Target $session -ErrorRecord $_ -Continue
                    }
                }
                else {
                    Write-Message -Level Warning -Message "$session on $instance is already running"
                }
                Get-DbaXESession -SqlInstance $xe.Parent -Session $session
            }
        }

        function New-StopJob {
            [CmdletBinding()]
            param (
                [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.XEvent.Session[]]$xeSessions,
                [datetime]$StopAt
            )

            foreach ($xe in $xeSessions) {
                $server = $xe.Parent
                $session = $xe.Name
                $name = "XE Session Stop - $session"

                # Setup the schedule time
                $time = ($StopAt).ToString("HHmmss")

                # Create the schedule
                $schedule = New-DbaAgentSchedule -SqlInstance $server -Schedule $name -FrequencyType Once -StartTime ($StopAt).ToString("HHmmss") -Force

                # Create the job and attach the schedule
                $job = New-DbaAgentJob -SqlInstance $server -Job $name -Schedule $schedule -DeleteLevel Always -Force

                # Create the job step
                $sql = "ALTER EVENT SESSION [$session] ON SERVER STATE = stop;"
                $jobstep = New-DbaAgentJobStep -SqlInstance $server -Job $job -StepName 'T-SQL Stop' -Subsystem TransactSql -Command $sql -Force
            }
        }
    }
    process {
        if ($InputObject) {
            Start-XESessions $InputObject
        }
        else {
            foreach ($instance in $SqlInstance) {
                $xeSessions = Get-DbaXESession -SqlInstance $instance -SqlCredential $SqlCredential

                # Filter xeSessions based on parameters
                if ($Session) {
                    $xeSessions = $xeSessions | Where-Object { $_.Name -in $Session }
                }
                elseif ($AllSessions) {
                    $systemSessions = @('AlwaysOn_health', 'system_health', 'telemetry_xevents')
                    $xeSessions = $xeSessions | Where-Object { $_.Name -notin $systemSessions }
                }

                Start-XESessions $xeSessions

                if ($StopAt) {
                    New-StopJob -xeSessions $xeSessions -StopAt $stopat
                }
            }
        }
    }
}