Identify Databases on Server

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This video demonstrates how to use the Server Visualizer to identify SQL database servers and inventory the databases installed on each server in preparation for upgrade planning.

Video Transcript

When preparing to upgrade database servers enterprise-wide to the latest version of SQL, it is possible to determine what databases are currently on the servers and identify all the servers that have possibly unknown databases.

From the Server Visualizer, go to the Database Servers dataset to display all the servers that have a version of SQL installed.

Double-click on Number of Databases for each server to identify all the databases on that server.