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Cloud Discovery Schedules

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In this lesson, you will learn:

  • What a cloud schedule covers
  • How often to run it
  • SNWR AWS Daily

🔁 Quick look back: Last time: Connecting the SNWR AWS Account. You learned how the AWS account was connected with a credential and service account.

1 The Problem: Cloud Changes Faster Than Server Rooms

In AWS, Kenji’s team adds and removes instances often. If cloud data is scanned rarely:

  • The CMDB shows servers that are gone.
  • New ones are missing.

🎯 The problem: Cloud changes faster than server rooms.

👉 The fix: Schedule Cloud Discovery at least daily.

Table of the AWS schedule.
Figure 1. SNWR AWS Daily.

2 What a cloud schedule sets

  • The service account.
  • Which regions.
  • When to run.
  • Which MID Server.

3 How often

Daily suits most clients. Busy cloud teams may run more often. Discovery Admin Workspace shows cloud and IP schedules together.

💡 Good to know: Run the IP scan inside the VPC after the cloud schedule, so new instances exist before their servers are explored.

4 Project Clear View: How We Implemented It

📍 Situation: The AWS account was connected.

🧭 Decision: Create SNWR AWS Daily and order it before the VPC IP scan.

🛠️ Steps we took:

  1. Created the cloud schedule for ap-south-1 at 05:00 IST.
  2. Set the VPC IP scan for 05:45 IST.
  3. Ran both once on snwrtest.
  4. Checked both appear in Discovery Admin Workspace.

✅ What we verified:

  • Both ran in order.
  • New instances appeared before their servers were explored.

📁 Evidence: Both schedules, listed in the migration matrix.

5 Quick recap

  • Cloud changes fast, so scan at least daily.
  • A cloud schedule sets account, regions, time and MID.
  • Run the VPC IP scan after the cloud scan.
  • The workspace shows both together.

6 Check yourself

Think of your answer first. Then tap to check.

1 Why scan cloud at least daily? Show answer

Cloud resources change quickly.

2 When does SNWR AWS Daily run? Show answer

05:00 IST.

3 Why run the IP scan after the cloud scan? Show answer

So new instances exist before their servers are explored.

Nice work! SNWR’s AWS account is scanned daily. 🎉
Next up: Cloud Resources in the CMDB

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