Test-SqlAvailabilityGroup
Evaluates the health of an availability group.
Syntax
ByPath (Default)
Test-SqlAvailabilityGroup
[[-Path] <String[]>]
[-ShowPolicyDetails]
[-AllowUserPolicies]
[-NoRefresh]
[-AccessToken <PSObject>]
[-TrustServerCertificate]
[-HostNameInCertificate <String>]
[-Encrypt <String>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
ByObject
Test-SqlAvailabilityGroup
[-InputObject] <AvailabilityGroup[]>
[-ShowPolicyDetails]
[-AllowUserPolicies]
[-NoRefresh]
[-AccessToken <PSObject>]
[-TrustServerCertificate]
[-HostNameInCertificate <String>]
[-Encrypt <String>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Test-SqlAvailabilityGroup cmdlet evaluates the health of an availability group.
This cmdlet evaluates SQL Server policy-based management policies.
To run this cmdlet, you must have CONNECT, VIEW SERVER STATE, and VIEW ANY DEFINITION user rights.
Module requirements: version 21+ on PowerShell 5.1; version 22+ on PowerShell 7.x.
Examples
Example 1: Evaluate the health of an availability group
PS C:\> Test-SqlAvailabilityGroup -Path "SQLSERVER:\Sql\Server\InstanceName\AvailabilityGroups\MainAG"
This command evaluates the health of the availability group named MainAG.
The command returns a summary.
Example 2: Evaluate the health of all availability group
PS C:\> Get-ChildItem "SQLSERVER:\Sql\Server\InstanceName\AvailabilityGroups" | Test-SqlAvailabilityGroup
This command gets all availability groups that have availability replicas in the specified ___location in the SQLSERVER: provider. The command passes them to the current cmdlet by using the pipeline operator. That cmdlet evaluates the health of each availability group.
Example 3: Display results for each policy of an availability group
PS C:\> Test-SqlAvailabilityGroup -Path "SQLSERVER:\Sql\Server\InstanceName\AvailabilityGroups\MainAG" -ShowPolicyDetails
This command evaluates the health of the availability group named MainAG.
This command specifies the ShowPolicyDetails parameter.
Therefore, it displays the evaluation results for each policy-based management policy that ran.
Example 4: Display results for userdefined policies of an availability group
PS C:\> Test-SqlAvailabilityGroup -Path "SQLSERVER:\Sql\Server\InstanceName\AvailabilityGroups\MainAG" -AllowUserPolicies
This command evaluates the health of the availability group named MainAG.
The command includes user-defined policies in this evaluation.
Example 5: Get groups that have an error state
PS C:\> Get-ChildItem "SQLSERVER:\Sql\Server\InstanceName\AvailabilityGroups" | Test-SqlAvailabilityGroup | Where-Object { $_.HealthState -eq "Error" }
This command gets all availability groups that have availability replicas in the specified ___location in the SQLSERVER: provider. The command passes them to the current cmdlet by using the pipeline operator. That cmdlet evaluates the health of each availability group. The command passes those results to the Where-Object cmdlet, which returns results based on the HealthState property.
Parameters
-AccessToken
The access token used to authenticate to SQL Server, as an alternative to user/password or Windows Authentication.
This can be used, for example, to connect to SQL Azure DB and SQL Azure Managed Instance
using a Service Principal or a Managed Identity (see references at the bottom of this page)
In common scenarios, this parameter is obtained with something like (Get-AzAccessToken -ResourceUrl https://database.windows.net).Token (requires the Az.Accounts module)
The type of the parameter can be either string (clear text token) or SecureString (encrypted token, as returned by newer version of the Get-AzAccessToken cmdlet.)
Parameter properties
| Type: | PSObject |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-AllowUserPolicies
Indicates that this cmdlet tests user policies found in the policy categories of Always On Availability Groups.
Parameter properties
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
Parameter properties
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Default value: | False |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
| Aliases: | cf |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Encrypt
The encryption type to use when connecting to SQL Server.
This value maps to the Encrypt property SqlConnectionEncryptOption on the SqlConnection object of the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient driver.
In v22 of the module, the default is Optional (for compatibility with v21). In v23+ of the module, the default value will be 'Mandatory', which may create a breaking change for existing scripts.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
Parameter properties
| Type: | String |
| Default value: | None |
| Accepted values: | Mandatory, Optional, Strict |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-HostNameInCertificate
The host name to be used in validating the SQL Server TLS/SSL certificate. You must pass this parameter if your SQL Server instance is enabled for Force Encryption and you want to connect to an instance using hostname/shortname. If this parameter is omitted then passing the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) to -ServerInstance is necessary to connect to a SQL Server instance enabled for Force Encryption.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
Parameter properties
| Type: | String |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-InputObject
Specifies an array of availability group, as AvailabilityGroup objects. This cmdlet evaluates the health of the availability groups that this parameter specifies.
Parameter properties
| Type: | AvailabilityGroup[] |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
ByObject
| Position: | 1 |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | True |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-NoRefresh
Indicates that will not refresh the objects specified by the Path or InputObject parameter.
Parameter properties
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Path
Specifies the path of the availability group that this cmdlet evaluates. If you do not specify this parameter, this cmdlet uses current working ___location.
Parameter properties
| Type: | String[] |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
ByPath
| Position: | 1 |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-ShowPolicyDetails
Indicates that this cmdlet displays the result of each policy evaluation that it performs. The cmdlet returns one object per policy evaluation. Each policy object includes the results of evaluation. This information includes whether the policy passed or not, the policy name, and policy category.
Parameter properties
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-TrustServerCertificate
Indicates whether the channel will be encrypted while bypassing walking the certificate chain to validate trust.
In v22 of the module, the default is $true (for compatibility with v21). In v23+ of the module, the default value will be '$false', which may create a breaking change for existing scripts.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
Parameter properties
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Parameter properties
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Default value: | False |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
| Aliases: | wi |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.