Instance.Create Method

Compiles the instance and application metadata and creates instance and application databases.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Nmo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub Create

public void Create ()

public:
void Create ()

public void Create ()

public function Create ()

Remarks

The account that you use to create an instance of Notification Services must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

The database and schema in which the Notification Services instance is created is based on the specification of the DatabaseName and SchemaName properties.

To test or deploy an instance of Notification Services, you must perform several additional steps, which are documented in the Deploying an Instance of Notification Services section.

Example

The following examples show how to create, register, and enable an instance of Notification Services:

// Set Database Engine instance and 
// Notification Services object
server = new smo.Server(sqlServer);
notificationServices = server.NotificationServices;

// Determine if the instance already exists. If so, exit.
if (server.NotificationServices.Instances.Contains(
    instanceName))
{
    Console.WriteLine("Instance exists and will be deleted.");
    myInstance = notificationServices.Instances[instanceName];
    DeleteInstance(myInstance);
}

// Call ConfigureInstance method to configure the instance
// and define the application(s).
myInstance = ConfigureInstance(notificationServices);

// Create the instance
Console.WriteLine("Creating instance...");
myInstance.Create();

//Optional: Export an Instance Configuration File (ICF)
Console.WriteLine("Exporting ICF...");
myInstance.Export(@"C:\NS\Full", true);

// Register and enable the instance
Console.WriteLine("Registering instance...");
myInstance.RegisterLocal(serviceUserName, servicePassword);
Console.WriteLine("Enabling instance...");
myInstance.Enable();
Console.WriteLine("Done.");

' Set Database Engine server and 
' Notification Services object
server = New smo.Server(sqlServer)
notificationServices = server.NotificationServices

' Determine if the instance already exists. If so, exit.
If server.NotificationServices.Instances.Contains( _
  instanceName) Then
    Console.WriteLine( _
        "Instance exists and will be deleted.")
    myInstance = notificationServices.Instances( _
        instanceName)
    DeleteInstance(myInstance)
End If

' Call ConfigureInstance method to configure the instance
' and define the application(s).
myInstance = ConfigureInstance(notificationServices)

' Create the instance
Console.WriteLine("Creating instance...")
myInstance.Create()

'Optional: Export an Instance Configuration File (ICF)
Console.WriteLine("Exporting ICF...")
myInstance.Export("C:\NS\Full", True)

' Register and enable the instance
Console.WriteLine("Registering instance...")
myInstance.RegisterLocal(serviceUserName, servicePassword)
Console.WriteLine("Enabling instance...")
myInstance.Enable()
Console.WriteLine("Done.")

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

Instance Class
Instance Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Nmo Namespace

Other Resources

User-Schema Separation
Deploying Notification Services
How to: Create an Instance of Notification Services (SQL Server Management Studio)
nscontrol create Command