Retriving SQL server instances on the network

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I am trying to get the names of all SQL server instances on the network. I am using the SMO (server management objects). The problem is that the call to

SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServers(false)

returns a DataSet containing only the names of the servers not the installed instances. Even though there are multiple instances installed on single machine I get only one DataRow representing that machine. What is even worst is that the "Instance" DataColumn is empty(DBNull.Value). In the test environment I am using SQL server 2008 express. If anybody has any idea what could be the reason for that or knows any other approach to achieve the described functionality please let me know. Any advice will be appreciated.

Uros

Posted 11-Jan-12 12:41pm

koleraba

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Have a look at this CodeProject article.Locate SQL Server instances on the local network[^].

Posted 11-Jan-12 14:15pm

Wonde Tadesse

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koleraba · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-12T01:04:00

Hi

It turn's out that the solution was simpler than I thought. The problem was that the SQL Server Browser service was stopped. When running the above smo command while the service is started you get all the running instances along with their properties(InstanceName, Version, IsClustered ...)

Uros