Add-SqlMonitorMonitoredObject
Published 14 February 2023
Adds the given monitored object to SQL Monitor.
Syntax
Add-SqlMonitorMonitoredObject -MonitoredObject <Object> [<CommonParameters>] Add-SqlMonitorMonitoredObject -MonitoredObject <Object> -BaseMonitor <BaseMonitor> [-Group <Object>] [-WindowsUserName <string>] [-WindowsPassword <string>] [-SqlServerAuthenticationMode <string>] [-SqlServerUserName <string>] [-SqlServerPassword <string>] [-NetworkProtocol <string>] [-SqlServerPort <int>] [-PacketSize <int>] [-ConnectionTimeout <int>] [-ExecutionTimeout <int>] [-EncryptConnection <bool>] [-AutoDetectClusterName <bool>] [-WmiType <string>] [-TrustServerCertificate <bool>] [-Type <string>] [-Alias <string>] [<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Add-SqlMonitorMonitoredObject cmdlet adds Amazon RDS SQL Servers, Azure SQL Databases, Azure SQL Servers, Azure Managed Instances, Clusters and Monitored Machines, and SQL Servers on Linux machines to a SQL Monitor server.
Parameters
  
    -MonitoredObject
    <Object>
  
Definitions of the monitored objects to be created, as returned by the `New-...` cmdlets (i.e. New-SqlMonitorWindowsHost, New-SqlMonitorPostgreSql, etc.) Previously, now deprecated: The address of the monitored object e.g. "localhost".
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | true | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | True (ByValue) | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -BaseMonitor
    <BaseMonitor>
  
The base monitor to add the monitored object to. For more informatiom, see https://documentation.red-gate.com/sm/api/powershell-cmdlet-reference/get-sqlmonitorbasemonitor.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | true | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -Group
    <Object>
  
Group object - please use Get-SqlMonitorGroup or related methods to find the group.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -WindowsUserName
    <String>
  
The username to connect to the Windows host. If not supplied, using Base Monitor service account.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -WindowsPassword
    <String>
  
The password to connect to the Windows host. If not supplied, using Base Monitor service account.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -SqlServerAuthenticationMode
    <String>
  
"windows" or "sqlServer" or "inherit", the last option uses the credentials supplied for Windows username/password or Base Monitor Service credentials.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | Inherit | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -SqlServerUserName
    <String>
  
SQL login username to connect to SQL Server instance with.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -SqlServerPassword
    <String>
  
SQL login password to connect to SQL Server instance with.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -NetworkProtocol
    <String>
  
SQL Network Protocol. Valid values are 'default', 'sharedMemory', 'namedPipes' and 'tcpip'.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -SqlServerPort
    <Int32>
  
SQL Server default port number.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | 0 | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -PacketSize
    <Int32>
  
Packet size.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | 0 | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -ConnectionTimeout
    <Int32>
  
Connection time-out.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | 0 | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -ExecutionTimeout
    <Int32>
  
Execution time-out.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | 0 | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -EncryptConnection
    <Boolean>
  
Encrypt connection.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | False | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -AutoDetectClusterName
    <Boolean>
  
Auto detect cluster name.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | False | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -WmiType
    <String>
  
WMI type. Value values are 'winrmhttps', 'winrmhttp' and 'dcom'.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -TrustServerCertificate
    <Boolean>
  
Trust server certificate
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | False | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -Type
    <String>
  
"Cluster" or "AzureSqlServer" or "AzureManagedInstance" or "AmazonRdsSqlServer" or "SqlServerOnLinux"
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | Cluster | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -Alias
    <String>
  
Alias to set for the monitored object on creation. Only available for the AzureManagedInstance, AmazonRdsSqlServer and SqlServerOnLinux types.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -ProgressAction
    <ActionPreference>
  
{{ Fill ProgressAction Description }}
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | named | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh847884.aspx.
Inputs
The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.
- 
    None.
    
 You cannot pipe input to this cmdlet.
Examples
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
Add-SqlMonitorMonitoredObject -MonitoredObject "localhost" -BaseMonitor $BaseMonitor
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
Add-SqlMonitorMonitoredObject -MonitoredObject "localhost" -BaseMonitor $BaseMonitor -Type "SqlServerOnLinux" -SshUserName "ssh_user" -SshPassword "ssh_pass" -SqlServerUserName "sa" -SqlServerPassword "sql_pass"