Physical Server or a Virtual Machine SQL Server?

Question

Is there a anyway to figure out via a SQL Script to know whether SQL Server is running on a Physical Server or Virtual Server ?

Answer 1

I found a script:

SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('computernamephysicalnetbios') AS ServerName
,dosi.virtual_machine_type_desc
,Server_type = CASE 
WHEN dosi.virtual_machine_type = 1
THEN 'Virtual' 
ELSE 'Physical'
END
FROM sys.dm_os_sys_info dosi

If you have a CMS configured, run the below Script from your CMS against multiple servers:

SELECT dosi.virtual_machine_type_desc
,Server_type = CASE 
WHEN dosi.virtual_machine_type = 1
THEN 'Virtual' 
ELSE 'Physical'
END
FROM sys.dm_os_sys_info dosi 

Answer 2

If you are using SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM or older then there is a CMD Command "SYSTEMINFO" which has information about System model.
OR
If cmdshell is enabled on instance then you can execute it from SQL Server Management Studio.

DECLARE @result int
EXEC @result = xp_cmdshell 'SYSTEMINFO'

System Manufacturer: VMware, Inc.
System Model: VMware Virtual Platform

New columns (virtual_machine_type, virtual_machine_type_desc) in DMV sys.dm_os_sys_info are introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlosteam/archive/2011/05/11/more-on-dmv-changes-in-sql-2008-r2-sp1.aspx

Answer 3

Using Powershell use below..

$Virtual = Get-wmiobject win32_computersystem | Where-Object model -EQ 'Virtual Machine'
  if ($Virtual) 
  {
  Write-Host "SQL Server Running on Virtual Server" -ForegroundColor Green
  }
  else 
  {
  Write-Host "SQL Server Running on Physical Server" -ForegroundColor Yellow 
  }

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