This article provides an extensive look into the scheduling process for operations within ApexSQL Manage.
In the world of ever-growing SQL Server environments, there is a need for automation of DBAs daily assignments, among which is discovery and maintenance of newly created SQL Server instances. This article aims to provide a meaningful guide on how to automate the discovery of new SQL Servers in ApexSQL Manage.
Previous articles relevant to the topic of schedules are:
To create a discovery schedule, go to the Schedules tab. Click the Create button and opt for the Server discovery schedule:
This will open the Server discovery window, and by default, the primary tab will be Schedule. Here, a schedule name can be specified, frequency of the schedule execution as well as additional customization for precise periods of execution and duration of the schedule that can be tailored to the DBA needs. For this article, the following configuration will be used:
Remaining options are left to the default values:
Once this tab is configured, click the Scan tab to proceed with the schedule configuration. For this article, the following configuration will be used:
The Notification tab is used to configure email notifications. For this example the following configuration will be used:
To add an email, click the Add button and specify the email address. Click OK to confirm adding of the email address:
The Summary tab provides an overview of schedule parameters and is used as a final check before creating the schedule. Click the OK button to create the schedule:
Once the schedule is created, it will show up in the main schedule grid. To run the schedule manually, click the Run button:
Upon running the schedule, an email notification will be sent with the information on newly discovered SQL Server instances, their type as well as a version number. For this example, the following email was received:
To register the discovered SQL Servers in ApexSQL Manage, click the description column of a discovery schedule. This will open the Register window where SQL Servers can be selected for registering. In this example, the following parameters will be used:
Click the OK button to register the SQL Servers in ApexSQL Manage:
Registered SQL Server instances and their details can be found in the main grid of the Inventory tab:
In summary, scheduling discovery of SQL Servers can provide faster management of DBAs time and have an always-ready email report of newly discovered SQL Server instances across their environment.
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