Problem Statement:
While troubleshooting an issue in SQL Server, I wanted to know the space information of the server. Since we did not have access to the server, we have come up with a simple script as below. I am sharing the script here hoping this helps you in similar situation.Script:
declare @svrName varchar(255)
declare @sql varchar(400)
--User Options(By default Server name)
set @svrName = Cast(SERVERPROPERTY('MachineName') as varchar(255))
set @sql = 'powershell.exe -c "Get-WmiObject -ComputerName ' + QUOTENAME(@svrName,'''')
+ ' -Class Win32_Volume -Filter ''DriveType = 3'' '+
'| select name,capacity,freespace |foreach{$_.name+''|''+$_.capacity/1048576+''%''+$_.freespace/1048576+''*''}"'
--creating a temporary table
CREATE TABLE #Details
(line varchar(255))
--inserting disk name, total space and free space value in to temporary table
insert #Details
EXEC xp_cmdshell @sql
--Retrieve the Capacity values in GB from PS Script Details
select rtrim(ltrim(SUBSTRING(line,1,CHARINDEX('|',line) -1))) as drivename
,round(cast(rtrim(ltrim(SUBSTRING(line,CHARINDEX('|',line)+1,
(CHARINDEX('%',line) -1)-CHARINDEX('|',line)) )) as Float)/1024,0) as 'capacity(GB)'
,round(cast(rtrim(ltrim(SUBSTRING(line,CHARINDEX('%',line)+1,
(CHARINDEX('*',line) -1)-CHARINDEX('%',line)) )) as Float) /1024 ,0)as 'freespace(GB)'
from #Details
where line like '[A-Z][:]%'
order by drivename
--Drop the temporary table
drop table #Details
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