functions/Find-DbaUnusedIndex.ps1
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function Find-DbaUnusedIndex { <# .SYNOPSIS Find Unused indexes .DESCRIPTION This command will help you to find Unused indexes on a database or a list of databases Also tells how much space you can save by dropping the index. We show the type of compression so you can make a more considered decision. For now only supported for CLUSTERED and NONCLUSTERED indexes You can select the indexes you want to drop on the grid view and by clicking OK the drop statement will be generated. .PARAMETER SqlInstance The SQL Server you want to check for unused indexes. .PARAMETER SqlCredential Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Windows and SQL Authentication supported. Accepts credential objects (Get-Credential) .PARAMETER Database The database(s) to process. Options for this list are auto-populated from the server. If unspecified, all databases will be processed. .PARAMETER ExcludeDatabase Specifies the database(s) to exclude from processing. Options for this list are auto-populated from the server. .PARAMETER Path Specifies the full path of a file to write the DROP statements to. .PARAMETER NoClobber If this switch is enabled, the output file will not be overwritten. .PARAMETER Append If this switch is enabled, content will be appended to the output file. .PARAMETER IgnoreUptime Less than 7 days uptime can mean that analysis of unused indexes is unreliable, and normally no results will be returned. By setting this option results will be returned even if the Instance has been running for less that 7 days. .PARAMETER WhatIf If this switch is enabled, no actions are performed but informational messages will be displayed that explain what would happen if the command were to run. .PARAMETER Confirm If this switch is enabled, you will be prompted for confirmation before executing any operations that change state. .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: Index Author: Aaron Nelson (@SQLvariant), SQLvariant.com Website: https://dbatools.io Copyright (c) 2018 by dbatools, licensed under MIT License: MIT https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT .LINK https://dbatools.io/Find-DbaUnusedIndex .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Find-DbaUnusedIndex -SqlInstance sql2005 -Path C:\temp\sql2005-UnusedIndexes.sql Generates the SQL statements to drop the selected unused indexes on server "sql2005". The statements are written to the file "C:\temp\sql2005-UnusedIndexes.sql" .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Find-DbaUnusedIndex -SqlInstance sql2005 -Path C:\temp\sql2005-UnusedIndexes.sql -Append Generates the SQL statements to drop the selected unused indexes on server "sql2005". The statements are written to the file "C:\temp\sql2005-UnusedIndexes.sql", appending if the file already exists. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Find-DbaUnusedIndex -SqlInstance sqlserver2016 -SqlCredential $cred Generates the SQL statements to drop the selected unused indexes on server "sqlserver2016", using SQL Authentication to connect to the database. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Find-DbaUnusedIndex -SqlInstance sqlserver2016 -Database db1, db2 Generates the SQL Statement to drop the selected unused indexes in databases db1 & db2 on server "sqlserver2016". .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Find-DbaUnusedIndex -SqlInstance sqlserver2016 Generates the SQL statements to drop the selected unused indexes on all user databases. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Fine-DbaUnusedIndex -SqlInstance sqlserver2016 -IgnoreUptime Generates the SQL statements to drop the selected unused indexes on all user databases even if the instance has been online for less than 7 days. Note that results may not have enough detail for all indexes, so care should be taken when using them or the generated scripts. Best practice is to allow a full week to capture the majority of index use cases #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true)] param ( [parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)] [Alias("ServerInstance", "SqlServer")] [DbaInstanceParameter[]]$SqlInstance, [PSCredential]$SqlCredential, [Alias("Databases")] [object[]]$Database, [object[]]$ExcludeDatabase, [Alias("OutFile", "FilePath")] [string]$Path, [switch]$NoClobber, [switch]$Append, [switch]$IgnoreUptime, [switch][Alias('Silent')] $EnableException ) begin { # Support Compression 2008+ $unusedQuery = " SELECT DB_NAME(database_id) AS 'DatabaseName' ,s.name AS 'SchemaName' ,t.name AS 'TableName' ,i.object_id AS ObjectId ,i.name AS 'IndexName' ,i.index_id as 'IndexId' ,i.type_desc as 'TypeDesc' ,user_seeks as 'UserSeeks' ,user_scans as 'UserScans' ,user_lookups as 'UserLookups' ,user_updates as 'UserUpdates' ,last_user_seek as 'LastUserSeek' ,last_user_scan as 'LastUserScan' ,last_user_lookup as 'LastUserLookup' ,last_user_UPDATE as 'LastUserUpdate' ,system_seeks as 'SystemSeeks' ,system_scans as 'SystemScans' ,system_lookups as 'SystemLookup' ,system_updates as 'SystemUpdates' ,last_system_seek as 'LastSystemSeek' ,last_system_scan as 'LastSystemScan' ,last_system_lookup as 'LastSystemLookup' ,last_system_update as 'LastSystemUpdate' FROM SYS.TABLES T JOIN SYS.SCHEMAS S ON T.schema_id = s.schema_id JOIN SYS.indexes i ON i.object_id = t.object_id LEFT OUTER JOIN sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats iu ON iu.object_id = i.object_id AND iu.index_id = i.index_id WHERE iu.database_id = DB_ID() AND OBJECTPROPERTY(i.[object_id], 'IsMSShipped') = 0 AND user_seeks = 0 AND user_scans = 0 AND user_lookups = 0 AND i.type_desc NOT IN ('HEAP', 'CLUSTERED COLUMNSTORE')" if ($Path.Length -gt 0) { if ($Path -notlike "*\*") { $Path = ".\$Path" } $directory = Split-Path $Path $exists = Test-Path $directory if ($exists -eq $false) { Stop-Function -Message "Parent directory $directory does not exist." return } } Write-Message -Level Output -Message "Connecting to SQL Server." $server = Connect-SqlInstance -SqlInstance $SqlInstance -SqlCredential $SqlCredential -MinimumVersion 9 } process { if (Test-FunctionInterrupt) { return } if ($server.VersionMajor -lt 9) { Stop-Function -Message "This function does not support versions lower than SQL Server 2005 (v9)." return } $lastRestart = $server.Databases['tempdb'].CreateDate $endDate = Get-Date -Date $lastRestart $diffDays = (New-TimeSpan -Start $endDate -End (Get-Date)).Days if ($diffDays -le 6) { if ($IgnoreUptime -ne $true) { Stop-Function -Message "The SQL Service was restarted on $lastRestart, which is not long enough for a solid evaluation." return } else { Write-Message -Level Warning -Message "The SQL Service was restarted on $lastRestart, which is not long enough for a solid evaluation." } } <# Validate if server version is: - sql 2012 and if have SP3 CU3 (Build 6537) or higher - sql 2014 and if have SP2 (Build 5000) or higher If the major version is the same but the build is lower, throws the message #> if ( ($server.VersionMajor -eq 11 -and $server.BuildNumber -lt 6537) ` -or ($server.VersionMajor -eq 12 -and $server.BuildNumber -lt 5000) ) { Stop-Function -Message "This SQL version has a known issue. Rebuilding an index clears any existing row entry from sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats for that index.`r`nPlease refer to connect item: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3160407/fix-sys-dm-db-index-usage-stats-missing-information-after-index-rebuil" return } if ($diffDays -le 33) { Write-Message -Level Warning -Message "The SQL Service was restarted on $lastRestart, which may not be long enough for a solid evaluation." } if ($pipedatabase.Length -gt 0) { $database = $pipedatabase.name } if ($database.Count -eq 0) { $database = ($server.Databases | Where-Object { $_.IsSystemObject -eq 0 -and $_.IsAccessible }).Name } if ($database.Count -gt 0) { foreach ($db in $database) { if ($ExcludeDatabase -contains $db -or $null -eq $server.Databases[$db]) { continue } if ($server.Databases[$db].IsAccessible -eq $false) { Write-Message -Level Warning -Message "Database [$db] is not accessible." continue } try { Write-Message -Level Output -Message "Getting indexes from database '$db'." $sql = $unusedQuery $unusedIndex = $server.Databases[$db].ExecuteWithResults($sql) $scriptGenerated = $false if ($unusedIndex.Tables[0].Rows.Count -gt 0) { $indexesToDrop = $unusedIndex.Tables[0] if ($indexesToDrop.Count -gt 0 -or !([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($indexesToDrop))) { foreach ($index in $indexesToDrop) { if ($Path.Length -gt 0) { Write-Message -Level Output -Message "Exporting $($index.TableName).$($index.IndexName)" $sqlout += "USE [$($index.DatabaseName)]`r`n" $sqlout += "GO`r`n" $sqlout += "IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM sys.indexes WHERE [object_id] = OBJECT_ID('$($index.SchemaName).$($index.TableName)') AND name = '$($index.IndexName)')`r`n" $sqlout += "DROP INDEX $($index.SchemaName).$($index.TableName).$($index.IndexName)`r`n" $sqlout += "GO`r`n`r`n"` } } if ($Path.Length -gt 0) { $sqlout | Out-File -FilePath $Path -Append:$Append -NoClobber:$NoClobber } else { $indexesToDrop } $scriptGenerated = $true } } else { Write-Message -Level Output -Message "No Unused indexes found!" } } catch { Stop-Function -Message "Issue gathering indexes" -Category InvalidOperation -ErrorRecord $_ -Target $db } } if ($scriptGenerated) { Write-Message -Level Warning -Message "Confirm the generated script before execute!" } if ($Path.Length -gt 0) { Write-Message -Level Output -Message "Script generated to $Path" } } else { Write-Message -Level Output -Message "There are no databases to analyse." } } end { if (Test-FunctionInterrupt) { return } Test-DbaDeprecation -DeprecatedOn "1.0.0" -Alias Get-SqlUnusedIndex } } |