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Oracle scanners

The security-related configurations for the Snow Inventory Oracle Scanners are listed below.

Snow Inventory Oracle Scanner​

The following security aspects can be configured using the Oracle element of snowagent.config:

  • Instance credentials

    To specify default credentials to be used when scanning the database instances, use <DefaultInstanceCredentials>. For the default credentials to work in environments with both container and non-container databases, you must in addition configure <UseMixedCredentials>. For more information, see DefaultInstanceCredentials and UseMixedCredentials.

    To specify instance-specific credentials, use <Include><Instance><Credentials>. For more information, see Include.

  • Navigate to correct temporary working directory

    To run the scanner in combination with a security policy that changes the CWD (Current Working Directory) on OS user logon, use <FileSystemSecurityModule>. For more information, see FileSystemSecurityModule.

Snow Inventory Oracle Middleware Scanner​

You can configure Snow Inventory Oracle Middleware Scanner to anonymize scanned data. For more information, see Configure the scanner to anonymize data.

Snow Inventory Java Scanner​

You can configure the security level of the Snow Inventory Java scanner. For more information, see Scanner security level.

Snow Inventory Oracle Hardware Scanner​

There are no specific security-related configurations for Snow Inventory Oracle Hardware Scanner.