Scheduling a recurring scan for unmanaged EC2 instances - Amazon Systems Manager
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Scheduling a recurring scan for unmanaged EC2 instances

You can run an on-demand scan for Amazon EC2 instances in your account or organization that Systems Manager isn't able to manage due to various configuration issues. You can also schedule this scan to occur automatically on a regular schedule.

To schedule a recurring scan for unmanaged EC2 instances

  1. Open the Amazon Systems Manager console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/systems-manager/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Diagnose and remediate.

  3. Choose the Unmanaged EC2 instances issue tab.

  4. In the Diagnose unmanaged EC2 instances section, turn on Schedule recurring diagnosis.

  5. For Diagnostic frequency, select whether to run the diagnosis once a day or once a week.

  6. (Optional) For Start time, enter a time, in 24-hour format, for the diagnosis to begin. For example, for 8:15 PM, enter 20:15.

    The time you enter is for your current local time zone.

    If you don't specify a time, the diagnostic scan runs immediately. Systems Manager also schedules the scan to run in the future at the current time. If you specify a time, Systems Manager waits to run the diagnostic scan at the specified time.

  7. Choose Execute. The diagnosis runs immediately, but will also run on the schedule you have specified.