Administrator Guide

Dell Data Protection | Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise for VDI with VMware | 02/2017
16. Database Server
This is where you will configure the database connection for your environment to work.
Click Browse to select the server on which to install the database.
Server: someSQLDBName.
Port: 1433 –default port unless this has been changed in environment.
Select the authentication method for the installer to use to set up the Dell Data Protection database. After
installation, the installed product does not use the credentials specified here.
Select connect using either Windows authentication or Server authentication.
Windows authentication credentials of current user - If you choose Windows Authentication, the same
credentials that were used to log in to Windows will be used for authentication (User Name and Password
fields will not be editable). Ensure that the account has system administrator rights and the ability to manage
the SQL Server.
OR
SQL server authentication using the credentials below – If you use SQL authentication, the SQL account
used must have system administrator rights on the SQL Server.
The installer must authenticate to the SQL Server with these permissions: create database, add user,
assign permissions.
Name of catalog: database catalogue name, unless you wish to change it. Ours we changed to
DDP_Server_test
Click Next.