Amazon Redshift Serverless Snapshot pattern-based discovery

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  • Updated July 20, 2026
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    Summary of Amazon Redshift Serverless Snapshot pattern-based discovery

    The Amazon Redshift Serverless Snapshot pattern-based discovery in ServiceNow enables automated detection and inventory of Amazon Redshift Serverless Snapshot resources within your AWS cloud environment. This discovery populates both CMDB and non-CMDB tables, providing comprehensive visibility and relationship mapping for these resources. The pattern is part of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application and requires specific configuration to operate effectively.

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    Key Features

    • Pattern Activation: The discovery pattern for Amazon Redshift Serverless Snapshot is disabled by default. Starting with Visibility Content version 6.28.0, enabling or disabling patterns is streamlined and retains update compatibility.
    • Resource Inclusion List: To avoid duplicate discoveries, ensure that Amazon Redshift Serverless Snapshot resources are not listed in the Resource Inclusion List (table sacloudinventoryresourcewhitelist).
    • AWS GovCloud Support: When discovering resources in AWS GovCloud (US), configure the AWS service account with the appropriate datacenter URL.
    • Data Population:
      • Non-CMDB tables (e.g., cmdbawsredshiftserverlesssnapshot) are populated with snapshot-specific details such as ARN, name, status, and related configuration items.
      • CMDB tables (e.g., cmdbcicmpresource) capture general resource information including resource type, install status, and operational status.
    • CI Relationships: The pattern establishes important relationships such as:
      • Hosted on AWS Datacenter
      • Snapshot references its corresponding cloud resource
    • Tag Discovery: AWS tags associated with snapshots are collected and stored in the cmdbkeyvalue table for enhanced metadata management.

    Practical Guidance for ServiceNow Customers

    • Before enabling this pattern, verify AWS discovery prerequisites and update to the latest Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application to ensure compatibility and access to new features.
    • Remove any Amazon Redshift Serverless Snapshot resources from the Resource Inclusion List to prevent duplicate entries during discovery.
    • Enable the pattern explicitly to begin discovery; this can be done without concerns about losing updates after upgrades.
    • Configure discovery schedules appropriately, especially when working with AWS GovCloud accounts, by specifying the correct datacenter URLs.
    • Use the populated CMDB and non-CMDB tables to track Redshift Serverless Snapshot resources accurately, understand their statuses, and manage their relationships within your AWS environment.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds AWS services on your cloud environment. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

    Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements

    Verify the AWS discovery prerequisites
    For more information, see the prerequisites section in AWS discovery using patterns.
    Remove resources from the Resource Inclusion List table
    Verify that the relevant resource isn't listed in the Resource Inclusion List [sa_cloud_inventory_resource_whitelist] table to avoid duplicate discovery. For more information on removing resources from the Resource Inclusion List, see AWS Resource Inventory discovery with Patterns.
    Enable the relevant pattern
    The pattern for this service is disabled by default. Starting with Visibility Content version 6.28.0, activating or deactivating a pattern won't be considered a customization, and it will continue to receive updates. Patterns that were previously activated or deactivated will reset to the latest predefined version after upgrading while retaining the last active field value. For more information on enabling patterns, see Activate a disabled pattern.
    Configure the Discovery schedule to support GovCloud
    Discovering AWS GovCloud (US) accounts requires using a datacenter URL when setting up an AWS service account. For more information, see Create AWS service accounts.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in both CMDB and non-CMDB tables.

    Data stored in non-CMDB tables

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in the non-CMDB table when running the Amazon AWS - Redshift Serverless Snapshot - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern.

    You can review the non-CMDB AWS tables by navigating to All > Configuration > AWS. You can also search the navigation filter for the specific pattern name.

    Table 1. AWS Redshift Serverless - Snapshot [cmdb_aws_redshift_serverless_snapshot]
    Field Description
    Object Id [object_id] The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) uniquely identifying the resource.
    Name [name] The user-defined name of the resource.
    Status [status] The current state or condition of the resource.
    Configuration Item [configuration_item] References the Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] table.

    Data stored in CMDB tables

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in the CMDB when running the Amazon AWS - Redshift Serverless Snapshot - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern.

    Table 2. Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]
    Field Description
    Object ID [object_id] The ARN uniquely identifying the resource.
    Name [name] The user-defined name of the resource.
    Resource type [resource_type] Type of resource. The value is set to AWS::Redshift Serverless::Snapshot.
    Install Status [install_status] Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.
    Operational status [operational_status] Operational status of the resource. Default value is Operational.

    CI relationships

    The Amazon AWS - Redshift Serverless Snapshot - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern creates these relationships to support Amazon Redshift Serverless Snapshot discovery.

    CI Relationship CI
    Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] Hosted on::Hosts AWS Datacenter [cmdb_ci_aws_datacenter]
    AWS Redshift Serverless - Snapshot [cmdb_aws_redshift_serverless_snapshot] References Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]

    AWS tag discovery

    The pattern collects tags and populates them in the Key Value [cmdb_key_value] table.
    Table 3. Key Value [cmdb_key_value]
    Field Description
    Key [key] Tag name.
    Value [value] Tag value.