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Gather a Database Inventory

As a DBA for a large corporation, I manage literally hundreds of databases. In order to help keep track of all the databases and log files, I needed a way to quickly gather an inventory of all databases located on each sql named instance, so I came up with this simple little script that also includes a filesize in megabytes column: 


USE [Master]
GO 
SELECT 
	sysdatabases.name AS 'db_name'  
,	(select 'file_type' =  
	CASE  
		WHEN sysaltfiles.groupid = 1 THEN 'data'
		WHEN sysaltfiles.groupid = 0 THEN 'log'
	END) as 'file_type'	
,	sysaltfiles.name AS 'file_name'
,	(sysaltfiles.size * 8 / 1024) AS 'file_size(MB)' -- file size in MB
FROM 
	dbo.sysdatabases
JOIN
	dbo.sysaltfiles ON
	(dbo.sysdatabases.dbid=dbo.sysaltfiles.dbid)
WHERE
	sysdatabases.dbid NOT IN ('1','2','3','4')
ORDER BY
	dbo.sysdatabases.name


Run this script in the Master database and it will output a database list that you can export to a spreadsheet for reporting or futher analysis. If anyone knows a better way to do this or some enhancement suggestions to include additional useful information, let me know.

Legacy Comments


Raju Joseph
2007-03-01
re: Gather a Database Inventory
I would use the new catalog views - sys.master_files and sys.databases. Also, it would be nice if I could also see the status of the database as well (ONLINE, EMERGENCY, etc.).

Phil
2007-03-02
re: Gather a Database Inventory
Thanks for the tip Raju. I will play around with the script and see if I can add those columns.

Stay tuned

TOm
2007-05-13
re: Gather a Database Inventory
calling it file_name is a little bit tricky. The sysaltfiles.filename is the physical file name which you may also want to output.

Joe
2007-07-23
re: Gather a Database Inventory
Thanks for the script. Work great.

Soumadip Banerjee
2007-10-29
re: Gather a Database Inventory
Add To total size of the Database

Patrick
2008-05-29
re: Gather a Database Inventory
This works great but if you are admin of several SQL servers can you write this to get the data from all servers on a domain?

mukhtar aqeel
2009-06-29
re: Gather a Database Inventory
salam