In this blog, we will simply see how to get the computer name on which the SQL Server instance is running, using "SERVERPROPERTY".
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What's the "SERVERPROPERTY"?
"SERVERPROPERTY" is a System-defined Function used to return the SQL Server instance information.
"SERVERPROPERTY" Syntax
- SERVERPROPERTY ('propertyname')
MACHINENAME
Use MachineName property to get the computer name on which the SQL Server instance is running.
Note
For a cluster, it returns the virtual server name.
Example
- Select SERVERPROPERTY('MachineName') as 'MachineName'.
Output
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Get the computer name on which the SQL server instance is running using PowerShell?
You can use Windows PowerShell to invoke SQL command on a reachable server within the network using Invoke-Sqlcmd cmdlet as the following:
- Open Windows PowerShell as Administrator
- Type the Invoke-Sqlcmd with the below parameters.
- -query: the SQL query that you need to run on the remote server.
- -ServerInstance: the SQL server instance name.
- -Username: the username that has sufficient permission to access and execute SQL query on the remote server.
- -Password: the password of the elevated user.
- PS SQLSERVER:\> Invoke-Sqlcmd -query "select SERVERPROPERTY('MachineName') as 'MachineName'" -ServerInstance "epm\epmdb" -Username sa -Password *****
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Applies To
- SQL Server 2008.
- SQL Server 2012.
- SQL Server 2014.
- SQL Server 2016.
- SQL Server 2017.
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