Get-SPScaleOutDatabaseDataState
Published: July 16, 2012
Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise
Returns the state information about the specified scale-out database.
Get-SPScaleOutDatabaseDataState -Database <SPDatabasePipeBind> [-AssignmentCollection <SPAssignmentCollection>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]]
Get-SPScaleOutDatabaseDataState -ConnectionString <String> [-AssignmentCollection <SPAssignmentCollection>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-IsAzureDatabase <SwitchParameter>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]]
Parameters
1| Parameter | Required | Type | Description | ||
| Database | Required | Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPDatabasePipeBind | Specifies the scale-out database to return the state information about. | ||
| AssignmentCollection | Optional | Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPAssignmentCollection | Manages objects for the purpose of proper disposal. Use of objects, such as SPWeb or SPSite, can use large amounts of memory and use of these objects in Windows PowerShell scripts requires proper memory management. Using the SPAssignment object, you can assign objects to a variable and dispose of the objects after they are needed to free up memory. When SPWeb, SPSite, or SPSiteAdministration objects are used, the objects are automatically disposed of if an assignment collection or the Global parameter is not used.
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| Confirm | Optional | System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter | Prompts you for confirmation before executing the command. For more information, type the following command: get-help about_commonparameters | ||
| WhatIf | Optional | System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter | Displays a message that describes the effect of the command instead of executing the command. For more information, type the following command: get-help about_commonparameters |
| Parameter | Required | Type | Description | ||
| ConnectionString | Required | System.String | Specifies the connection string for the scale-out database from which to return the state information. | ||
| AssignmentCollection | Optional | Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPAssignmentCollection | Manages objects for the purpose of proper disposal. Use of objects, such as SPWeb or SPSite, can use large amounts of memory and use of these objects in Windows PowerShell scripts requires proper memory management. Using the SPAssignment object, you can assign objects to a variable and dispose of the objects after they are needed to free up memory. When SPWeb, SPSite, or SPSiteAdministration objects are used, the objects are automatically disposed of if an assignment collection or the Global parameter is not used.
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| Confirm | Optional | System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter | Prompts you for confirmation before executing the command. For more information, type the following command: get-help about_commonparameters | ||
| IsAzureDatabase | Optional | System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter | Specifies whether the state information of the scale-out database is in the form of a Microsoft SQL Azure Database. | ||
| WhatIf | Optional | System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter | Displays a message that describes the effect of the command instead of executing the command. For more information, type the following command: get-help about_commonparameters |
Detailed Description
This cmdlet contains more than one parameter set. You may only use parameters from one parameter set, and you may not combine parameters from different parameter sets. For more information about how to use parameter sets, see Cmdlet Parameter Sets.
Use the Get-SPScaleOutDatabaseDataState cmdlet to return state information about the specified scale-out database or about the database which will be connected with the specified connection string. The database state information includes total count of partitions, total weight of the partitions, the range and the subranges of the database.
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$databases = Get-SPScaleOutDatabase -ServiceApplication $serviceApplication
$database = $databases[0]
Get-SPScaleOutDatabaseDataState –Database $database
This example gets the data state of the scale-out database for the first scale-out database of the given service application.
Change History
| Date | Description |
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| July 16, 2012 | Initial publication |

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