Documentation

Database Users Module
The Database Users module does more than just gather database user information. This collection is meant to serve a higher purpose – specifically, of provid...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:23 AM
Clone Users Module
The Clone Users utility allows you to completely script and clone logins, with associated users and permissions, to one or more servers in the environment. W...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:23 AM
SID Server Utility
Keep a central list of SQL Server logins, and their assigned ID number (“SID”). Standardizing login SIDs across your enterprise prevents the common orphaned ...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:23 AM
Login Access Method Utility
This utility is an auditing feature that shows you how users are gaining access to SQL, and whether they are getting in through multiple methods.  This is an...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:23 AM
Login Password Strength Utility
This utility allows you to check the password strength of your SQL logins, as well as additional login properties. This also allows you to do "brute for...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:23 AM
How To: Define Applications
  We often refer to different servers not by their name, but by their associated function or application. Minion Enterprise provides a way to define applic...
Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 2:46 PM
Using Setup.BackupReportThreshold
This procedure is used to change the reporting thresholds for backup reporting.  It isn’t used automatically anywhere in the system, but it’s syntax is cre...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:23 AM
Using Minion Enterprise with Extended Protection
This article describes the Extended Protection (EP) support in Minion Enterprise (ME). EP is a Windows security mechanism designed to prevent man-in-the-m...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:23 AM
SQL Version Number Update
From time to time MinionWare sends out updates to the SQL Server version table.  This has not effect on the system as a whole and is safe to run.  The updat...
Thu, May 16, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Using Service Levels
Minion Enterprise (ME), requires you to manage your environment using service levels.  We’ll call them SLAs (Service Level Agreements) in this doc. SLA-base...
Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 10:23 AM