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To access the cloud instances discovery options click Cloud on the left pane of the Discovery Center Options view.

Discovering Amazon Instances

The Amazon tab on the Cloud Discovery Settings section allows you to set and edit Amazon accounts for discovering instances. To add an account click Add Amazon Account and follow these steps:

To configure the discovery of instances on Amazon click on

Before you begin

Make sure you perform these steps before adding an Amazon account on SIM.

1. Create an AWS account as trusted entity for read-only role on the main AWS account where SQL Inventory Manager discovery will be running.
2. Create a read-only role on the user’s main AWS account (where SQL Inventory Manager discovery will be running)

Adding an Amazon account

Click Add Amazon Account and enter the following information on the Amazon Account dialog.

Name

<Short Description of what it is>

AWS Account #

AWS Role ARN

AWS External ID

AWS Login

AWS Password

Editing an account

To edit an Amazon account click on the gear icon Image Removed next to the account name you want to edit and select Edit. Once you modify your information on the Add/Edit dialog click Save to save your changes.

Removing an account

To remove an Amazon account click on the gear icon Image Removed next to the account name you want to remove and select Remove.

Note: All the instances discovered before removing an account remain on the Discovered View.

Discovering Azure Instances

SQL Inventory Manager retrieves the majority of the metrics using SQL Scripts but retrieving performance metrics require the use of API calls.

There are two scenarios when discovering instances:

Scenario 1: Instance is discovered using cloud account. In this case, the account is already associated with this instance so API calls will be using this account

Scenario 2: Instance is not discovered, but added directly from add instance screen in this case, API calls will be using account details added via add instance wizard

For more information on how to discover Amazon Instances refer to AWS Setup.

For more information on how to discover Azure Instances refer to Azure Setup.

SQL Inventory Manager Discover and visualize your SQL Server environment.