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You can find the Add SQL Server Instance option on the following views:
- Dashboard tab - top right section of the instances table.
- Instances tab - action items bar of the Managed, Discovered, Ignored, and SQL Licensing sections respectively.
- Administration tab - instances section.
Below you can see the tabs and sections where you can find Add SQL Server instances. Click the image to view full size.
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- If you select a Windows user account or SQL Server login account, type the respective user name and password. SQL Inventory Manager uses this account for SQL queries to gather availability and configuration data.
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- Click any of the suggested Popular Tags on the right side of the window. The tag appears now on Current Tags on the left.
- You can click See All Tags on the top right section to display all available tags.
- If you want to Add a New Tag, type the name in the bottom box, and click ADD. Your new tag will be added to the Current Tags list.
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After you review your registration details click FINISH. SQL Inventory Manager begins to collect instances information after a few minutes of their registration and will continuously collect availability, performance, and configuration information from them and their host computers.
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After registration, you can still change credentials, tags, and information settings on the Edit Properties option. Refer to Editing instance properties for more information. |
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You can also force data collection for an instance by selecting Refresh Data on the Instance details view. For more information, refer to Viewing instance details.
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