Discovering Cloud Instances

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

Deleting an account

Discovering Azure Instances