SqlWaitForAG

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
InstanceName	Key	String	The name of the SQL Server instance to be configured.
ServerName	Write	String	The host name of the SQL Server to be configured. Default value is the current computer name.
Name	Key	String	Name of the cluster role/group to look for (normally the same as the Availability Group name).
RetryIntervalSec	Write	UInt64	The interval, in seconds, to check for the presence of the cluster role/group. Default value is 20 seconds. When the cluster role/group has been found the resource will wait for this amount of time once more before returning.
RetryCount	Write	UInt32	Maximum number of retries until the resource will timeout and throw an error. Default values is 30 times.
GroupExist	Read	Boolean	Returns $true if the cluster role/group exist, otherwise it returns $false. Used by Get.

Description

The SqlWaitForAG DSC resource will wait for a cluster role/group to be created. When the cluster group is found it will wait for the availability group to become available. When the availability group has been found the resource will wait the amount of time specified in the parameter RetryIntervalSec before returning.

Requirements

• Target machine must be running Windows Server 2012 or later.
• Target machine must be running SQL Server Database Engine 2012 or later.
• Target machine must have access to the Failover Cluster PowerShell module.

Security Requirements

• The account running this resource must have permission in the cluster to be able to run the cmdlet Get-ClusterGroup.

Known issues

All issues are not listed here, see here for all open issues.

Examples

Example 1

This example will wait for the cluster role/group 'AGTest1'.

Configuration Example
{
    param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $SqlAdministratorCredential
    )

    Import-DscResource -ModuleName 'SqlServerDsc'

    node localhost
    {
        SqlWaitForAG 'SQLConfigureAG-WaitAGTest1'
        {
            Name                 = 'AGTest1'
            RetryIntervalSec     = 20
            RetryCount           = 30
            InstanceName         = 'MSSQLSERVER'

            PsDscRunAsCredential = $SqlAdministratorCredential
        }
    }
}

Example 2

This example will wait for both the cluster roles/groups 'AGTest1' and 'AGTest2'.

Configuration Example
{
    param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]
        $SqlAdministratorCredential
    )

    Import-DscResource -ModuleName 'SqlServerDsc'

    node localhost
    {
        SqlWaitForAG 'SQLConfigureAG-WaitAGTest1'
        {
            Name                 = 'AGTest1'
            RetryIntervalSec     = 20
            RetryCount           = 30
            InstanceName         = 'MSSQLSERVER'

            PsDscRunAsCredential = $SqlAdministratorCredential
        }

        SqlWaitForAG 'SQLConfigureAG-WaitAGTest2'
        {
            Name                 = 'AGTest2'
            RetryIntervalSec     = 20
            RetryCount           = 30
            InstanceName         = 'MSSQLSERVER'

            PsDscRunAsCredential = $SqlAdministratorCredential
        }
    }
}