It also makes it easier to delete a management pack, because you must delete any dependencies before you can delete a management pack. If customizations for all management packs are saved in the Default Management Pack and you need to delete a single management pack, you must first delete the Default Management Pack, which also deletes customizations to other management packs. For example of the customization requiring new management pack, see Discovery “Overriding Interval” section. Security Configuration Run As Profile Name Associated and Monitors Microsoft SQL Server 2012 PDW Microsoft SQL Server 2012 This account is used for discovery Watcher Account Parallel Data Warehouse Seed operations performed by Microsoft SQL Discovery. Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse Management Pack. Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse Discovery. Microsoft SQL Server 2012 PDW Action Microsoft SQL Server 2012 This account is used for all operations Account Parallel Data Warehouse requiring direct access to Microsoft SQL Nodes and Components Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse. Discovery. All management pack monitors. Low privilege environment setup Overview This section describes how to configure the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse management pack for least privilege access to the environment. Setting up a least privilege environment Configuring Active Directory In Active Directory create domain user that will be used for low-privilege access to WMI: PDWWatcher
It also makes it easier to delete a management pack, because you must delete any dependencies before you can delete a management pack. If customizations for all management packs are saved in the Default Management Pack and you need to delete a single management pack, you must first delete the Default Management Pack, which also deletes customizations to other management packs. For example of the customization requiring new management pack, see “Overriding Discovery Interval” section. Security Configuration Run As Profile Name Associated and Monitors Microsoft SQL Server 2012 PDW Watcher Account Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse Seed Discovery. Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse Discovery. This account is used for discovery operations performed by Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse Management Pack. Microsoft SQL Server 2012 PDW Action Account Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse Nodes and Components Discovery. All management pack monitors. This account is used for all operations requiring direct access to Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse. Low privilege environment setup Overview This section describes how to configure the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse management pack for least privilege access to the environment. Setting up a least privilege environment Configuring Active Directory In Active Directory create domain user that will be used for low-privilege access to WMI: PDWWatcher
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