Chris Bell shows us how to get the list of aliases set up on a server:
It is also a pain to sit and transcribe the various alias settings to be able to rebuild them all on the next machine.
There is an export list option for the aliases on your server, that’s nice and all, but there isn’t a corresponding import option.
Plus you have to deal with 32 and 64 bit lists.
The very simple script below helps since you can use to get the details of both the 32 and 64bit SQL Server aliases you have setup on your system.
Ready for it? It’s a long convoluted one:
If you use server aliases, you’ll want to check out this script.