lowlydba.sqlserver.traceflag module – Enable or disable global trace flags on a SQL Server instance

Note

This module is part of the lowlydba.sqlserver collection (version 2.3.3).

It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install lowlydba.sqlserver. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: lowlydba.sqlserver.traceflag.

New in lowlydba.sqlserver 0.1.0

Synopsis

  • Enable\Disable global trace flag on a SQL Instance. This trace flag takes affect immediately and does not require SQL Instance restart.

  • This setting does not persist after restart.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

enabled

boolean / required

Flag to enable or disable the trace flag.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

sql_instance

string / required

The SQL Server instance to modify.

sql_password

string

Password for SQL Authentication.

sql_username

string

Username for SQL Authentication.

trace_flag

integer / required

Trace Flag number.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

platform

Platforms: all

Target OS/families that can be operated against.

Examples

- name: Eliminate successful backup information from SQL Error Log
  lowlydba.sqlserver.traceflag:
    sql_instance: sql-01.myco.io
    trace_flag: 3226
    enabled: true

- name: Disable trace flag
  lowlydba.sqlserver.traceflag:
    sql_instance: sql-01.myco.io
    trace_flag: 3226
    enabled: false

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

data

dictionary

Output from the Enable-DbaTraceFlag or Disable-DbaTraceFlag function.

Returned: success, but not in check_mode.

Authors

  • Sudhir Koduri (@kodurisudhir)