dsccommunity / dsccommunity/SqlServerDsc
SqlServiceAccount: A change of SQL Server Agent restarts Database Engine
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Description
Details of the scenario you tried and the problem that is occurring:
When changing account name for SQL Server Agent, both SQL Server Agent and Database Engine is restarted. Database Engine should not need to be restarted.
The DSC configuration that is using the resource (as detailed as possible):
SqlServiceAccount Integration_Test
{
ServerName = $Node.ServerName
InstanceName = 'DSCSQL2016'
ServiceType = 'SqlServerAgent'
ServiceAccount = $SqlAgentServicePrimaryCredential
RestartService = $true
PsDscRunAsCredential = $SqlInstallCredential
}
Version of the Operating System, SQL Server and PowerShell the DSC Target Node is running:
n/a
What module (SqlServer or SQLPS) and which version of the module the DSC Target Node is running:
n/a
Version of the DSC module you're using, or 'dev' if you're using current dev branch:
Dev
Contributor guide
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the SqlServiceAccount resource and its handling of the RestartService setting for ServiceType = 'SqlServerAgent'. Reproduce the account change with the provided DSC configuration and verify that only SQL Server Agent restarts, while the Database Engine remains running.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- databases
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100