Remove-SqlAvailabilityGroup
Removes an availability group.
Syntax
Remove-SqlAvailabilityGroup
[-Path] <String[]>
[-Script]
[-AccessToken <PSObject>]
[-TrustServerCertificate]
[-HostNameInCertificate <String>]
[-Encrypt <String>]
[-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
Remove-SqlAvailabilityGroup
[-InputObject] <AvailabilityGroup[]>
[-Script]
[-AccessToken <PSObject>]
[-TrustServerCertificate]
[-HostNameInCertificate <String>]
[-Encrypt <String>]
[-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Remove-SqlAvailabilityGroup cmdlet removes an availability group in Always On Availability Groups. You can run this cmdlet on any instance of SQL Server that has Always On Availability Groups enabled on a Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC) node that has security credentials for the availability group.
Examples
Example 1: Remove an availabity group
PS C:\> Remove-SqlAvailabilityGroup -Path "SQLSERVER:\Sql\Server\InstanceName\AvailabilityGroups\MainAG"
This command removes the availability group named MainAG
. You can run this command on any server instance
that hosts an availability replica for the availability group.
Example 2: Remove all availability groups
PS C:\> Get-ChildItem "SQLSERVER:\Sql\Server\InstanceName\AvailabilityGroups" | Remove-SqlAvailabilityGroup
This command gets all availability groups that have availability replicas in the specified location in the SQLSERVER: provider. The command passes them to the current cmdlet by using the pipeline operator. That cmdlet deletes each availability group.
Example 3: Create a script to remove an availability group
PS C:\> Remove-SqlAvailabilityGroup -Path "SQLSERVER:\Sql\Server\InstanceName\AvailabilityGroups\MainAG" -Script
This command creates a Transact-SQL script that removes the availability group named MainAG. The command does not perform this action.
Parameters
-AccessToken
The access token used to authenticate to SQL Server, as an alternative to user/password or Windows Authentication.
This can be used, for example, to connect to SQL Azure DB
and SQL Azure Managed Instance
using a Service Principal
or a Managed Identity
.
The parameter to use can be either a string representing the token or a PSAccessToken
object as returned by running Get-AzAccessToken -ResourceUrl https://database.windows.net
.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
Type: | PSObject |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Aliases: | cf |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | False |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Encrypt
The encryption type to use when connecting to SQL Server.
This value maps to the Encrypt
property SqlConnectionEncryptOption
on the SqlConnection object of the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient driver.
In v22 of the module, the default is Optional
(for compatibility with v21). In v23+ of the module, the default value will be 'Mandatory', which may create a breaking change for existing scripts.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
Type: | String |
Accepted values: | Mandatory, Optional, Strict |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-HostNameInCertificate
The host name to be used in validating the SQL Server TLS/SSL certificate. You must pass this parameter if your SQL Server instance is enabled for Force Encryption and you want to connect to an instance using hostname/shortname. If this parameter is omitted then passing the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) to -ServerInstance is necessary to connect to a SQL Server instance enabled for Force Encryption.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
Type: | String |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-InputObject
Specifies availability group that this cmdlet removes.
Type: | AvailabilityGroup[] |
Position: | 1 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | True |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Path
Specifies the path of the availability group that this cmdlet removes.
Type: | String[] |
Position: | 1 |
Default value: | None |
Required: | True |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ProgressAction
Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by the Write-Progress cmdlet. The Write-Progress cmdlet creates progress bars that show a command's status.
Type: | ActionPreference |
Aliases: | proga |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Script
Indicates that this cmdlet returns a Transact-SQL script that performs the task that this cmdlet performs.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-TrustServerCertificate
Indicates whether the channel will be encrypted while bypassing walking the certificate chain to validate trust.
In v22 of the module, the default is $true
(for compatibility with v21). In v23+ of the module, the default value will be '$false', which may create a breaking change for existing scripts.
This parameter is new in v22 of the module.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Aliases: | wi |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | False |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.AvailabilityGroup[]