ITOM Discovery Credentials

[Nisha30]

Hello ITOM Experts,

I have a question rather clarification.

Our all infrastructure devices whether Windows, Linux , SQL DB , STorage all are AD Authenticated single sign on. 

we have our MidServer Domain Account with permissions to all devices/ Device types.

Infra Devices/Applications  are in Windows machines such as Storage ones, DB ones. Except Linux one which is separate.

Question: We need only "Windows Credential" - WMI to be set up right rather than separate Storage,DB,etc with complete IP ranges /Subnet .as They all are SSO and AD windows integrated.

OR do we need to create separate Credentials for each type - CIM, SQL DB, ???

My thoughts are might be I am wrong , we need only one set of Windows credential .

Please let me know if we need only WIN credentials in this case or individual credential type?

Thanks

[Bhavani Shankar]

Hey @Nisha30,

Windows credentials are used only in the case of "Windows Server" discovery, and you are right if the same credentials are used in DBs, you will have to create applicative credentials for the respective DB type. (not so sure about storages, because I need to know the mechanism to be used for its discovery whether is it SNMP, REST API based or any other)

Refer to this support article that explains in detail about Windows server discovery.

Windows Discovery Overview - Support and Troubleshooting

[Nisha30]

@Bhavani Shankar  so what I wanted to know is do we need to create all Credential types for DB, STorage etc, eventhough it is a single domain account and all AD Windows Authenticated.

Thanks

[Pratiksha · Accepted solution]

You don’t need to. If the Windows account has permission to read the database running on the same server, that’s sufficient.

However, in some use cases, you may need to use application-specific credentials in addition to Windows credentials.

Regards,
Pratiksha