What physical box am I on?

To find out the Windows Server Name that is currently running the live node use

begin try
exec xp_cmdshell 'ping -a localhost'
end try

begin catch
exec sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1 reconfigure -- to show the advanced options
exec sp_configure xp_cmdshell, 1 reconfigure -- to enable the command-shell
exec xp_cmdshell 'ping -a localhost' -- run a dos-command
exec sp_configure 'xp_cmdshell', 0 reconfigure -- to disable the command-shell
exec sp_configure 'show advanced options', 0 reconfigure  -- to hide the advanced options
end catch

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