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MSSQL on Linux: Discover SQL Server Databases for a Database Engine

Microsoft.SQLServer.Linux.Discovery.Database (Discovery)

This rule discovers all databases running for a given instance of SQL Server DB Engine on Linux.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule discovers all databases running for a given instance of SQL Server DB Engine on Linux.

Overridable Parameters

Name

Description

Default Value

Enabled

Enables or disables the workflow.

Yes

Interval (seconds)

The recurring interval of time in seconds in which to run the workflow.

14400

Synchronization Time

The synchronization time specified by using a 24-hour format. May be omitted.

 

Timeout (seconds)

Specifies the time the workflow is allowed to run before being closed and marked as failed.

300

Timeout for query execution (seconds)

The workflow will fail and register an event, if the query execution takes longer than the specified period.

60

Timeout for database connection (seconds)

The workflow will fail and register an event, if it cannot access the database during the specified period.

15

Exclude List

A comma-separated list of databases that must be excluded from discovery. Use a wildcard character ‘*’ to exclude all databases. Otherwise, use conditions like ‘*_test’ to exclude databases, the names of which end with _test, ‘Test*’ to exclude databases, the names of which start with Test, or a ‘*test*’ condition to exclude databases that have a test entry in any part of the database’s name.

 

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SQLServer.Linux.DBEngine
EnabledTrue
Frequency14400
RemotableFalse

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered Classes and their attribuets:

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Microsoft.SQLServer.Linux.DataSource.DatabaseDiscovery Default

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.SQLServer.Linux.Discovery.Database" Target="Microsoft.SQLServer.Linux.DBEngine" Enabled="true">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.Linux.Database"/>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.Linux.DataSource.DatabaseDiscovery">

    <MachineName>$Target/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/MachineName$</MachineName>

    <NetbiosComputerName>$Target/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/NetbiosComputerName$</NetbiosComputerName>

    <InstanceName>$Target/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/InstanceName$</InstanceName>

    <ConnectionString>$Target/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/ConnectionString$</ConnectionString>

    <InstanceVersion>$Target/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/Version$</InstanceVersion>

    <InstanceEdition>$Target/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/Edition$</InstanceEdition>

    <ExcludeList/>

    <SqlExecTimeoutSeconds>60</SqlExecTimeoutSeconds>

    <SqlTimeoutSeconds>15</SqlTimeoutSeconds>

    <TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>

    <IntervalSeconds>14400</IntervalSeconds>

    <SyncTime/>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>