Some useful windows command for SQL DBAs


Finding Uptime

systeminfo | find /i "Boot Time"
System Boot Time:          14/12/2017, 7:48:04 AM

Cluster Command

cluster resource /status
cluster node /status
cluster group /status

Finding Processor Info

for the total number of cores
echo %NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS%
Go to RUN --> msinfo32

Finding Memory Info

Windows Cmd:
wmic ComputerSystem get TotalPhysicalMemory && wmic OS get FreePhysicalMemory,TotalVirtualMemorySize,FreeVirtualMemory
Results will be in bytes


 Powershell Cmd:
(Get-WMIObject Win32_PhysicalMemory |  Measure-Object Capacity -Sum).sum/1GB

 For Remoting:
For ($x in serverlist.txt){ $colItems = get-wmiobject -class "Win32_ComputerSystem" -computername $x foreach ($objItem in $colItems){ $displayGB = [math]::round($objItem.TotalPhysicalMemory/1024/1024/1024, 0) write-host "Total Physical Memory: " $displayGB "GB" write-host "Model: " $objItem.Model } $colItems = get-wmiobject -class "Win32_Processor" -computername $x foreach ($objItem in $colItems){ write-host "System Name: " $objItem.SystemName }}

Open SSMS as a different windows login 


C:\windows\system32>runas.exe /noprofile /env /user:pcname\mirroruser ssms.exe

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