HP Storage Essentials V5.1 Installation Guide First Edition (T4283-96025, August 2006)

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1. Open SQL Server Enterprise Manager (Start Menu > Programs > Microsoft SQL Server >

Enterprise Manager).

2. Expand the tree-control until you can see your server.

3. Right-click the server name.

The SQL Server Properties (Configure) window appears.

4. Click the Security tab.

5. For “Authentication,” select SQL Server and Windows.

6. For “Startup service account,” select System Account

Step A - Create the APPIQ_USER for the SQL Server

The management server accesses SQL Server through the APPIQ_USER account. This account is

created when you run the CreateSQLServerAct.bat script on Microsoft Windows on the

computer running the SQL Server database you want to monitor. The account has create session

and select dictionary privileges to be used with the management server.

Keep in mind the following:

• The script must run under SA user. To verify that the SA account is enabled, launch SQL Server’s

Query Analyzer tool and attempt to connect to the database as SA with the SA user’s

password.

• Obtain the SQL Server name before you run the script

• Create APPIQ_USER account on SQL Server database you want to monitor.

• You should have already installed the database for the management server.

• Make sure you have all the necessary information before you begin the installation. Read

through the following steps before you begin.

To create the APPIQ_USER account for SQL Server:

1. To run the script on Microsoft Windows, go to the DBIQ\sqlserver\win directory on the

CIM Extensions CD-ROM.

IMPORTANT: You must complete the following steps.

2. Verify you have the password to the SA user account.

You are prompted for the password for this user account when you run the script.

3. Run the CreateSQLServerAct.bat script on Microsoft Windows on the computer with the

SQL Server database.

The script creates a user with login to master and select privilege on data dictionary tables on a

managed SQL Server instance.