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April 29, 2010

Exploring SQL Server Indexes with PowerShell

If you are a SQL Server user, you may have heard of PowerShell and its capabilities. PowerShell is a powerful scripting language that allows you to automate tasks and manage your SQL Server environment efficiently. In this article, we will explore how to use PowerShell to find the size of indexes in SQL Server databases.

One of the experts in the PowerShell community is Laerte Junior. He is known for his exceptional knowledge of PowerShell and his willingness to help others. Recently, I had been struggling with setting up PowerShell and encountered several issues. After reaching out to Laerte for assistance, he promptly responded and spent time working with me to resolve the problem. His expertise and remote troubleshooting skills were truly impressive.

Now, let’s dive into the solution that Laerte provided for finding the size of indexes in SQL Server databases using PowerShell. Here are the steps:

  1. To retrieve all indexes in all tables across all databases, use the following command:
  2. Get-SqlDatabase -sqlserver "YourServer" | Get-SqlTable | Get-SqlIndex | Format-Table Server, dbname, schema, table, name, id, spaceused
  3. To retrieve all indexes in all tables within a specific database, use the following command:
  4. Get-SqlDatabase -sqlserver "YourServer" "YourDB" | Get-SqlTable | Get-SqlIndex | Format-Table Server, dbname, schema, table, name, id, spaceused
  5. To retrieve all indexes in a specific table within a specific database, use the following command:
  6. Get-SqlDatabase -sqlserver "YourServer" "YourDB" | Get-SqlTable "YourTable" | Get-SqlIndex | Format-Table Server, dbname, schema, table, name, id, spaceused
  7. If you want to output the results to a text file, you can use the following command:
  8. Get-SqlDatabase -sqlserver "YourServer" | Get-SqlTable | Get-SqlIndex | Format-Table Server, dbname, schema, table, name, id, spaceused | Out-File C:\IndexesSize.txt
  9. If you have a list of servers in a text file, you can iterate through them using the following command:
  10. $servers = Get-Content C:\temp\servers.txt
    foreach ($server in $servers) {
        Get-SqlDatabase -sqlserver $server | Get-SqlTable | Get-SqlIndex | Format-Table Server, dbname, schema, table, name, id, spaceused
    }

By following these steps, you can easily retrieve information about the size of indexes in your SQL Server databases using PowerShell. This can be helpful for monitoring and optimizing your database performance.

Thank you to Laerte Junior for his valuable contribution to the PowerShell community and for providing this solution. I hope this article helps you in your SQL Server journey.

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