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Michael Valentine Jones
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USA
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Posted - 06/20/2007 :  17:05:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

Does anyone know of good tools for scanning the network for SQL Servers?

I have been using SQLPing 3.0 that I found at the link below, but it is GUI based, so it is hard to automate. It does do a good job of finding SQL Servers in an IP address range using about 8 different methods of discovery, and allows export of the information to an XML file. The drawback is that I have to scan 100+ IP address ranges manually.
http://www.sqlsecurity.com/Tools/FreeTools/tabid/65/Default.aspx

I want to be able to find instances of SQL Server and insert the info into a table. I am trying to maintain a complete inventory of SQL Server instances on the network, whether I manage them or not.

When someone comes to me to say their server is all messed up, I want to be able to say that it isn’t one I manage. And, of course, I would like to make sure that I have backups, etc. setup for the ones I should be managing, or at least have access to them.

I would like to be able to schedule scans of IP address ranges to occur on a regular basis to be able to discover new instances as they come online. I would like the tool to be able to discover any version of SQL Server.

It would also be very nice if it was free.






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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

Sweden
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Posted - 06/20/2007 :  17:12:46  Show Profile  Visit SwePeso's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Does this help?
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/listsqlservers.asp?df=100&forumid=3432&exp=0&select=130122

http://www.sqldbatips.com/showarticle.asp?ID=45


Peter Larsson
Helsingborg, Sweden
Edited by - SwePeso on 06/20/2007 17:15:59
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SwePeso
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Posted - 06/20/2007 :  17:21:55  Show Profile  Visit SwePeso's Homepage  Reply with Quote 
Dim dmoServer As SQLDMO.SQLServer
Dim dmoApp As SQLDMO.Application
Dim dmoNameList As SQLDMO.NameList
Dim i As Integer
Set dmoServer = New SQLDMO.SQLServer
Set dmoApp = dmoServer.Application
Set dmoNameList = dmoApp.ListAvailableSQLServers()

For i = 0 To dmoNameList.Count - 1
    Debug.Print dmoNameList(i)
Next i


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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

USA
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Posted - 06/20/2007 :  18:00:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The SQL DMO documentation indicates that it scans the local area network, so I don't know what range of IP addresses it would actually go after.

I need to be able to discover servers on a WAN, so I am not sure that would do the job for me. Also, I don't know if it could detect servers that are only installed, but not currently active.



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Edited by - Michael Valentine Jones on 06/21/2007 08:48:46
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jezemine
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Posted - 06/20/2007 :  18:58:35  Show Profile  Visit jezemine's Homepage  Reply with Quote
as I recall the SMO method depends on SQL Browser running on each remote, so it's not guaranteed to find all of them.

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Dow Jones
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Posted - 11/20/2008 :  05:57:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi,

Are you aware of any other similar tools?

Have you tried Quest Discovery Wizard for SQL Server(http://www.quest.com/landing/?ID=1305)? It's freeware. I found it helpful in my tasks a couple months ago...
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