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:
| Account | Action | Permissions required |
|---|---|---|
| Windows User Account | To install SQL Enterprise Job Manager components | Windows Administrator permission on the Target computer |
To create and access the SQL Enterprise Job Manager repository databases |
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| To start or stop the SQL Server Agent | Windows 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 Agent | sysadmin server roles | |
| To create and access the SQL Enterprise Job Manager repository databases |
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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.