Does discovery need full read write access as admin to discover windows servers

[Doraemon]

Hi, Does discovery service account require full control (Read, write, edit etc) admin access to discover windows servers and mssql instance running on them. or is it read only access.

Please tell me if it has full control what could go wrong?

[Rahul Priyadars]

You need Admin Access on given Host . WMI 135 and Higher Ports must be opened.

User must have write Access on $ADMIN Share of the Host from Mid Server.

Refer this KB for more details - 

https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1116898

Regards

RP

[Doraemon]

Thanks for the response Rahul. Does it create any files on the server if we have write access to admin$ while discovering mssql instance running on the pattern? 

[Rahul Priyadars]

During HOST discovery it creates some temp file on $ADMIN Share before its sent to Service Now.

Regards

RP

[Doraemon]

And does Admin access need full permission or read only permssion?