functions/Get-DbaLinkedServer.ps1
function Get-DbaLinkedServer { <# .SYNOPSIS Gets all linked servers and summary of information from the sql servers listed .DESCRIPTION Retrieves information about each linked server on the instance .PARAMETER SqlInstance SQL Server name or SMO object representing the SQL Server to connect to. This can be a collection and recieve pipeline input to allow the function to be executed against multiple SQL Server instances. .PARAMETER SqlCredential SqlCredential object to connect as. If not specified, current Windows login will be used. .PARAMETER Silent Use this switch to disable any kind of verbose messages .NOTES Author: Stephen Bennett ( https://sqlnotesfromtheunderground.wordpress.com/ ) dbatools PowerShell module (https://dbatools.io) Copyright (C) 2016 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/Get-DbaLinkedServer .EXAMPLE Get-DbaLinkedServer -SqlServer DEV01 Returns all Linked Servers for the SQL Server instance DEV01 #> [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'Default')] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)] [Alias("ServerInstance", "SqlServer")] [object[]]$SqlInstance, [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]$SqlCredential, [switch]$Silent ) dynamicparam { if ($SqlInstance) { return (Get-ParamSqlLinkedServers -SqlServer $SqlInstance[0] -SqlCredential $SqlCredential) } } begin { $linkedservers = $psboundparameters.LinkedServers } process { foreach ($Instance in $SqlInstance) { 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 } $lservers = $server.LinkedServers if ($linkedservers) { $lservers = $lservers | Where-Object { $_.Name -in $linkedservers } } foreach ($ls in $lservers) { Add-Member -InputObject $ls -MemberType NoteProperty -Name ComputerName -value $server.NetName Add-Member -InputObject $ls -MemberType NoteProperty -Name InstanceName -value $server.ServiceName Add-Member -InputObject $ls -MemberType NoteProperty -Name SqlInstance -value $server.DomainInstanceName Add-Member -InputObject $ls -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Impersonate -value $ls.LinkedServerLogins.Impersonate Add-Member -InputObject $ls -MemberType NoteProperty -Name RemoteUser -value $ls.LinkedServerLogins.RemoteUser Select-DefaultView -InputObject $ls -Property ComputerName, InstanceName, SqlInstance, Name, 'DataSource as RemoteServer', ProductName, Impersonate, RemoteUser, 'DistPublisher as Publisher', Distributor, DateLastModified } } } } |