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Send Disk space report daily by a Job

How to send Disk space report daily by a Job

Send Disk space report daily by a Job. Here we will use a TSQL script for the activity. The script will create two temporary tables for the activity and use the Database mail to send the report via email.

Steps

1) First Configure Database mail in SQL Server if it is not configured before. You can follow the link for instruction: https://www.ourtechideas.com/blog/configure-database-mail/

2) Create a Job for the activity & schedule as per your requirement

3) Modify the script & use it in the Job

  • Must modify in the script
    • Email Sender Name
    • DB Mail Profile
    • Recipients Email
    • Copy Recipients Email

TSQL Script

Enabling xp_cmdshell & database Mail XPs

sp_configure 'show advanced options'
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RECONFIGURE
GO

sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell'
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RECONFIGURE
GO

sp_CONFIGURE 'Database Mail XPs'
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RECONFIGURE
GO

 

-- Deleting temporary tables
SET NOCOUNT ON

IF OBJECT_ID('Tempdb..#Creport') IS NOT NULL
	DROP TABLE Tempdb..#Creport;

IF OBJECT_ID('Tempdb..#output') IS NOT NULL
	DROP TABLE Tempdb..#output;

-- by default it will take the current server name, we can set the server name as well
DECLARE @sql VARCHAR(4000)
DECLARE @LOCAL_NET_ADDRESS VARCHAR(20)
DECLARE @svrName VARCHAR(20)

SET @svrName = CAST(SERVERPROPERTY('ComputerNamePhysicalNetBIOS') AS VARCHAR(30))
SET @LOCAL_NET_ADDRESS = Cast(CONNECTIONPROPERTY('LOCAL_NET_ADDRESS') 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 Tempdb..#output (line VARCHAR(255))

CREATE TABLE Tempdb..#Creport (
	[SERVER NAME] VARCHAR(100)
	,DRIVENAME VARCHAR(100)
	,CAPACITY_GB INT
	,FREESPACE_GB INT
	,USED_SPACE_PERCENTAGE AS (100 - (FREESPACE_GB * 100 / CAPACITY_GB))
	)

INSERT #output
EXEC xp_cmdshell @sql

-- script to retrieve the values in MB from PS Script output
-- script to retrieve the values in GB from PS Script output
-- inserting disk name, total space, and free space value into temporary table
INSERT INTO Tempdb..#Creport
SELECT --CONNECTIONPROPERTY('LOCAL_NET_ADDRESS') AS LOCAL_NET_ADDRESS, 
	@SVRNAME [SERVER NAME]
	,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 Tempdb..#output
WHERE line LIKE '[A-Z][:]%'
ORDER BY drivename

-- HTML
DECLARE @tableHTML NVARCHAR(MAX);
DECLARE @servername VARCHAR(max)

SET @servername = @@SERVERNAME
SET @tableHTML = N'<H3> Disk space available on: ' + @svrName + '</H3>' + -- ' | ' + @LOCAL_NET_ADDRESS + 
	N'<table border="1" Cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:x-small;">' + N'<tr style="background-color:#FFFF00;color:black;font-weight:bold;" align="center">' + N'<td align=center><b>SERVER NAME</b></td>
	<td align=center><b>DRIVENAME</b></td>
	<td align=center><b>CAPACITY(GB)</b></td>
	<td align=center><b>FREESPACE(GB)</b></td>
	<td align=center><b>USED_SPACE_PERCENTAGE</b></td>' + CAST((
			SELECT td = [SERVER NAME]
				,''
				,td = [DRIVENAME]
				,''
				,td = [CAPACITY_GB]
				,''
				,td = [FREESPACE_GB]
				,''
				,td = [USED_SPACE_PERCENTAGE]
				,''
			FROM #Creport
			FOR XML PATH('tr')
				,TYPE
			) AS NVARCHAR(MAX)) + N'</center></table>' + N'<BR><BR><BR>Thanks<BR> Sanjay Humania <BR><BR>';;-- Sender's Name

IF (
		SELECT count(*)
		FROM #Creport
		) > 0
BEGIN
	DECLARE @today VARCHAR(20) = convert(VARCHAR, getdate(), 105)
	DECLARE @subject NVARCHAR(max)
	DECLARE @sqlstr VARCHAR(400)

	SET @sqlstr = 'Disk space available on: ' + @svrName --+ ' | ' + @LOCAL_NET_ADDRESS --+' | ' + @today

	-- Email server configuration
	EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail @profile_name = 'SQL_DB_Email'
		,-- Change Profile Name
		@recipients = 'sanjay.humania@gmail.com;'
		,-- Change recipients name
		@copy_recipients = 'sanjayhumania@gmail.com;'
		,-- Change copy recipients name
		@subject = @sqlstr
		,@body = @tableHTML
		,@body_format = 'HTML';
END

-- Deleting temp tables
DROP TABLE [#Creport]
GO

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