Category Archives: SQLCMD

SQL Server: Monitoring Disk Space with FSUTIL command line utility

Posted on September 27, 2016 by

Table of Contents Introduction Pre-requisites Data flow Enable xp_cmdshell Download SQL Code Output Conclusion References See Also Introduction This article talks about one of SQL method to fetch the disk usage details and use of T-SQL in conjunction with invoking … Continue reading →

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SQLCMD – Database Backup and Restore – Automation – Quickest and Simplest method

Posted on August 19, 2013 by

In today’s world we rely more on third party tools to do a Backup and Restore of databases. Most of us still use SQL Native method to do a Database Backup and Restoration. This post illustrates the quickest way of … Continue reading →

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SQLCMD –Quick Copy of Files – Using Robocopy

Posted on July 5, 2013 by

The requirement is to move the files to different server programatically and hence I’ve decided to use Robocopy in SQLCMD. Robocopy is a command line utility. It has been available as part of the windows resource kit and It’s one of … Continue reading →

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