SQL Data Catalog

Start-ClassificationInstanceScan

Start scan of a registered instance.

Syntax

Start-ClassificationInstanceScan [-FullyQualifiedInstanceName] <string> [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Scans the instance for new databases. Updates data stored in SQL Data Catalog based on metadata read from the live instance provided.

Parameters

-FullyQualifiedInstanceName <String>

The fully-qualified name of the SQL Server instance to be registered. For a named instance, this should take the form 'fully-qualified-host-name\instance-name' (e.g. "myserver.mydomain.com\myinstance"). For the default instance on a machine, just the fully-qualified name of the machine will suffice (e.g. "myserver.mydomain.com").

Aliases None
Required? true
Position? 1
Default Value None
Accept Pipeline Input True (ByValue)
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.

Return values

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

  • A hashtable with the following properties:

    - type: string

    - title: string

    - status: int

    - detail: string

    - instance: string

Examples

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

Start-ClassificationInstanceScan -FullyQualifiedInstanceName 'mysqlserver.mydomain.com\myinstancename'

Start a scan of a live instance "myinstancename" running on the "mysqlserver.mydomain.com" machine, which results in updating data about this instance stored in SQL Data Catalog.


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