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26 days ago
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SQL Server discovery issue

I'm trying to get a SQL Server instance discovered by SL1 which refuses to even determine SQL Server is installed. All the discovery does is return this message: SQL Server discovery returned empty ...
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    18 days ago

    Thought I'd left a reply covering the solution, but apparently it didn't save. It was some sort of permissions issue, only resolved by making the service account used by ScienceLogic PowerShell account a local admin. A message in the Windows Security Event Log indicated it was due to not having "Act as part of the operating system" rights, but those rights weren't sufficient. I suspect some sort of Group Policy interfering with things, but without knowing exactly what rights the service account is expected to have and the rats nest of GPOs, I don't have time to dig further.