Command Prompt Utilities
The following table contains a list of command prompt utilities that ship with Microsoft SQL Server.
Utility | Description | Installed in |
|---|---|---|
Used to copy data between an instance of Microsoft SQL Server and a data file in a user-specified format. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn | |
Used to analyze a workload and recommend physical design structures to optimize server performance for that workload. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn | |
Used to configure and execute an Integration Services package. A user interface version of this command prompt utility is called DTExecUI, which brings up the Execute Package Utility. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn | |
Used to manage SSIS packages. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn | |
Deployment Utility (Analysis Services - Multidimensional Data) | Used to deploy Analysis Services projects to instances of Analysis Services. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VShell\Common7\IDE |
Allows you to enter Transact-SQL statements, system procedures, and script files at the command prompt. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn | |
Used to start SQL Server Profiler from a command prompt. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn | |
Used to run scripts designed for managing Reporting Services report servers. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn | |
Used to configure a report server connection. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn | |
Used to manage encryption keys on a report server. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn | |
Used to start SQL Server Agent from a command prompt. | x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\<instance_name>\MSSQL\Binn | |
Allows you to enter Transact-SQL statements, system procedures, and script files at the command prompt. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn | |
Used to collect diagnostic information for Microsoft Customer Service and Support. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn | |
Used by applications to perform backup, copy, and restore operations and associated clean-up tasks for a log shipping configuration without running the backup, copy, and restore jobs. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn | |
Used to execute database maintenance plans created in previous versions of SQL Server. | x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Binn | |
Used to run PowerShell commands and scripts. Loads and registers the SQL Server PowerShell provider and cmdlets. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn | |
Used to start and stop an instance of Database Engine from the command prompt for troubleshooting. | x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Binn | |
Used to start SQL Server Management Studio from a command prompt. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE | |
Used to compare the data in two tables for non-convergence, which is useful when troubleshooting a replication topology. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\COM |
