New-SqlMonitorWindowsHost
Published 21 March 2023
Creates a new temporary object that holds information about a Windows host.
Syntax
New-SqlMonitorWindowsHost [-FullName] <string> [-BaseMonitor] <BaseMonitor> [[-Group] <Group>] [[-UserName] <string>] [[-Password] <string>] [[-AutoDetectClusterName] <bool>] [[-WmiType] <string>] [<CommonParameters>]
Description
The New-SqlMonitorWindowsHost cmdlet creates a new temporary object that holds information about a Windows host. The returned object needs to be passed to Add-SqlMonitorMonitoredObject, as it does not add anything to SQL Monitor on its own.
Parameters
  
    -FullName
    <String>
  
The address of the monitored object e.g. "localhost".
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | true | 
| Position? | 1 | 
| 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? | 2 | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -Group
    <Group>
  
Group object - use Get-Group or related methods to find the group.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | 3 | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -UserName
    <String>
  
The username to connect to the Windows host. If not supplied, using Base Monitor service account.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | 4 | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -Password
    <String>
  
The password to connect to the Windows host. If not supplied, using Base Monitor service account.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | 5 | 
| Default Value | None | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -AutoDetectClusterName
    <Boolean>
  
Auto detect cluster name. This is enabled by default, set to false to disable auto-detection.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | 6 | 
| Default Value | True | 
| Accept Pipeline Input | False | 
| Accept Wildcard Characters | false | 
  
    -WmiType
    <String>
  
WMI type. Value values are 'winrmhttps', 'winrmhttp' and 'dcom'.
| Aliases | None | 
| Required? | false | 
| Position? | 7 | 
| 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 --------------------------
$server = New-SqlMonitorWindowsHost -HostName "localhost" -BaseMonitor $BaseMonitor $server | Add-SqlMonitorMonitoredObject
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
$server = New-SqlMonitorWindowsHost -HostName "localhost" -BaseMonitor $BaseMonitor -WindowsUserName "win_username" -WindowsPassword "win_pass" $server | Add-SqlMonitorMonitoredObject