1. Test and Verify Instances with DBAchecks

2. About Me
Josh Corrick Worked in IT for around 7 years Lived in Jacksonville for 4 years MCSA - Linux in Azure Passionate about PowerShell Contributed to Dbatools I like to Hike

3. Overview What is DbaChecks? What does DbaChecks run on?
What is Unit testing?
How do we use DbaChecks?
Demos

4. But First… Who are you? Dba? Developer? BI + Reporting?
All three of these?
PowerShell?

5. What is DbaChecks? DbaChecks is a framework for checking SQL Instances
Think of it as a Automated Checklist
It is written in PowerShell and is an open sourced module
Written (Chrissy LeMaire), @sqldbawithbeard (Rob Sewell) and a handful of others

6. How do you Install DbaChecks?

7. What does DbaChecks run on?
DbaChecks requires PowerShell version 4+ (but not 6…yet)
Some modules from PowerShell Gallery
Pester
Dbatools
PSFramework

8. What is Pester? A Behavior Driven Development Test Runner
….It is a test framework for PowerShell
……It’s module for writing code to check your code
…………It helps you test things with PowerShell

9. Testing Types Test Types Unit Tests smaller units of code Integration
Tests how code works together with a system
Component
Tests on how information passes through code
System
Tests that a system meets the specs required
Acceptance
QA Testing to ensure the everything is running

10. Testing Types Test Types Unit Tests smaller units of code Integration
Tests how code works together with a system
Component
Tests on how information passes through code
System
Tests that a system meets the specs required
Acceptance
QA Testing to ensure the everything is running

11. Why should I care about Pester?
…………Pester helps you test things with PowerShell
Before Pester
Find a Problem
Write a Script
Run that Script
See Errors on the Screen
Google Errors
Adjust Script
Repeat steps 3-6 until working
With Pester
Find a Problem
Write a Script
Write a Unit Test for that Script
Run the Test
If your test passes your good
If it doesn’t adjust your script

12. Back to DbaChecks
Leverages Unit and Integration tests to validate systems
Includes Necessary checks (Backup Integrity)
Desirable checks (Suspect Pages, Duplicate Index)
Best Practices (SQL Agent job ownership, PowerPlan)

13. DEMOS

14. Questions?

15. Contact Me
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