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Determine if SQL is installed in a vCloud Virtual Machine

Does anyone know of a way to determine if SQL is installed on a virtual machine without logging into that virtual machine or being able to access it on it's network. We are a multi-tenant vCloud environment and would like to determine which customers have SQL installed in the virtual machines in our vSphere/vCloud Env. for auditing purposes.

We are open to any suggestions; third party tools, Power-CLI, etc.

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Sreec
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Hi,

    Since you are a multi-tenant Cloud provider, Can a Customer bring any Microsoft license to your environment? Do you provide  Microsoft Licences to your customers? Smiley Happy You should certainly read

Microsoft Volume Licensing - Software Assurance Benefits - License Mobility Through Software Assuran...

Just by looking /fetching the compute  resource  one cannot determine what DB/Application is running inside the VM

Cheers,
Sree | VCIX-5X| VCAP-5X| VExpert 7x|Cisco Certified Specialist
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