Required Accounts and Permissions

SQL Enterprise Job Manager connects to registered SQL Server instances and their host computers to collect information. The collection service requires permissions to connect and gather information using SQL connection credentials.

Depending on the level of access and actions you want SQL Enterprise Job Manager to perform on your environment, you should check you have the following permissions in each account:

AccountActionPermissions required
Windows User Account To install SQL Enterprise Job Manager componentsWindows Administrator permission on the Target computer

To create and access the SQL Enterprise Job Manager repository databases

  • Create Database Rights on the target SQL Server Instance
  • Read and write privileges on the SQL Enterprise Job Manager Repository Databases
To start or stop the SQL Server AgentWindows Administrator permission on the computer running the SQL Server Agent service



SQL Server login account

For most SQL queries

VIEW SERVER STATE

VIEW ANY DATABASE

VIEW ANY DEFINITION

To monitor database information

ALTER ANY DATABASE server level permission or

CREATE DATABASE in the master database

To start or stop the SQL Server Agentsysadmin server roles
To create and access the SQL Enterprise Job Manager repository databases
  • Create Database Rights on the target SQL Server Instance
  • Read and write privileges on the SQL Enterprise Job Manager Repository Databases

IDERA suggests that you provide SQL connection credentials with "sysadmin" server roles if you want to be able to collect all information from your environment.



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