SQL Server by OS Credentials Discovery

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Universal Discovery can discover MS SQL Server CIs using operating system (OS) credentials. Universal Discovery creates an identifiable SQL Server CI, rather than a generic RunningSoftware CI.

Previously, SQL Server discovery assumed the existence of a process with the name of sqlservr.exe. Once Universal Discovery found this process, generic running software with a MSSQL DB value in the name attribute was reported to UCMDB.

The Data Flow Probe can report multiple SQL Server instances, each of them linked by a dependency link to its own sqlservr.exe process.

Universal Discovery supports SQL Server named instances.

There are two approaches to identifying MS SQL Server instance names by OS credentials. The changes appear in the Host_Resources_Basic package:

By Process Command Line. The SQL Server process usually includes the MS SQL Server instance name in its command line. Universal Discovery extracts this instance name to a CI.

Note A process command line cannot be retrieved by the SNMP protocol. Therefore, SNMP cannot be used to discover the MS SQL Server instance name, and Universal Discovery reports the generic running software CI instead.

Using Windows Services. Universal Discovery checks existing services for those that include sqlservr.exe in the command line and extracts the instance name from the service name (because the service name reflects the instance name).