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The IDERA SQL Inventory Manager list of managed instances displays all your environment's registered instances together with their status, SQL Server versions, editions, number and size of their databases, owners, locations and whether the instances are clustered. 

You can click the headers of these columns to order your information; for example, click # of DBs to order all your instances according to the number of databases.

Instance status

Next to the instance name, you can find the following icons that represent the instance status:

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up  Image Modified Instance

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down  Image Modified Disabled

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instance  Image Modified Instance not

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available  Image Modified Authentication

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failure  Image Modified Slow

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Available individual instance

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actions

When you select one instance, you can perform any of the following actions:

• View Details
• Refresh Data
• Edit Instance Properties
• Edit Tags
• Export
• Decommission
• Disable Monitoring
• Remove
• Add SQL Server Instance
• Edit MS SQL License Info
• Apply advanced filters
• Clear filters
  
  

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Viewing instance details

You can access an instance details view by selecting the instance and clicking View Details on  on the action items bar or by clicking directly on the instance name. For more information about what information is available on the instance details view, refer to Viewing instance details. 

Refresh Data

If you want to refresh the collected data for an instance, select the instance and click Refresh Data on click   Image Added  Refresh Data on the action items bar. You can also find this option by clicking the gear icon next to the respective instance. You can only perform this action for one instance at a time. 

Edit instance properties

Select an instance and click Edit Properties on the action items bar. You can also find this option by clicking the gear icon next to the respective instance. On the properties dialog window you can change the owner, location, comments, and credentials. For more information go to Editing instances properties.

Edit Tags

By selecting an instance and clicking Edit Tags on the action items bar, SQL Inventory Manager opens a new dialog window where you can add new tags or change the currently assigned tags of the selected instance. You can also find this option by clicking the gear icon next to the respective instance. For more information about editing tags for a specific instance, go to Manage tags for a single instance.

More Actions

Under Click the More Actions you can find three  button  Image Added  on the action items bar to find additional options: Decommission, Disable Monitoring, Remove, and Add SQL Server instance.

Decommission

Using More Actions, select an instance and click Decommission on the action items bar to stop monitoring and alerting on that instance. You can also find this option by clicking the gear icon next to the respective instance. For more information about decommissioning an instance or database, see Decommissioned instances.

Disable Monitoring

If you want to disable the monitoring of an instance, select the instance, go to More Actions, and select Disable Monitoring. 

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 You can also find this option by clicking the gear icon next to the respective instance.

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 For more information about disabling instances,

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click here.

Remove instance

If you no longer want to manage an instance, you can remove it by selecting the respective instance, going to More Actions on the action items bar, and selecting Remove. You can also find this option by clicking the gear icon next to the instance. SQL Inventory Manager displays all removed instances on the Ignored instances view. For more information about removing instances click here.

Add SQL Server

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instance

If you want to access the Add SQL Server instance wizard, go to More actions and select this option. The wizard opens and allows you to browse and register SQL Server instances. 

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Advanced Filter

Apply advanced filters to your instances view, for more information refer to Filtering and Sorting.

Clear Filters

Clears any applied advanced filters.

Available bulk actions for multiple instances

Edit bulk properties

You can select several instances and change:

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You can also perform the following actions under the More Actions option:

• Decommission
• Disable monitoring
• Enable monitoring
• Remove 
• Add SQL Server instances

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• Click the option you want to perform on the action items bar: Refresh Data, Edit Owner, Edit Location, Edit Credentials, Edit Tags, Export, and More Actions including Decommission,  Enable/Disable Monitoring, Refresh Remove, and RemoveAdd SQL Server Instance. You can also apply Advanced Filters or Clear Filters.
• Or click the gear icon next to one of the selected instances. SQL Inventory Manager opens a dialog window that shows you on how many instances you are performing the changes.
  

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Take into account

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that Enable Monitoring

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 will only be available if you have disabled instances.How do you export information available on the

Exporting Instances view

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information

What filter options are available on this view?

On the left side of the Instances view,  you have options for filtering the instances that you want SQL Inventory Manager to display on your managed instances view. You can filter these instances by Tags, Owner, Location, and Version. These options will help you get a quick view of your required instances; for example, if you want to see your managed instances filtered by a specific Owner, just choose the respective option from the Owner filter.

You can enable or disable the option Apply filter as it changes depending if you want to see the changes as you apply the filter, or if you prefer to select your filters first and see the results when you finish. 

Filtering and Sorting

SQL Inventory Manager offers different ways of sorting and filtering the listed instances/servers, for further information refer to Filtering and SortingImage Removed

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