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Chapter 6 View Composer
TheinstructionsalsoassumethatyouareconfiguringthedatabaseonWindowsServer
2003SP2orhigher.SomestepsaredifferentifyouconfiguretheODBCdatasourceon
aWindowsXPProfessionalSP2host.
SQLServerManagementStudioExpressisavailablefrom:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=C243A5AE‐4BD1‐4E3D‐
94B8‐5A0F62BF7796
To add a View Composer database to SQL Server 2005
1OnthevCenter
ServerhostsystemselectStart>AllPrograms>MicrosoftSQL
Server2005>SQLServerManagementStudioExpressandconnecttothe
existingSQLServerinstanceforVirtualInfrastructureManagement.
2IntheObjectExplorerpane,right‐clicktheDatabasesentryandselectNew
Database.Youarepresentedwiththe
NewDatabasedialog.
3Enteraname(forexampleViewComposer)intheDatabasenamefieldandclick
OK.YourdatabaseisaddedundertheDatabasesentryintheObjectExplorer.
4ExitMicrosoftSQLServerManagementStudioExpress.
To add an ODBC data source
1OnthevCenterServerhostsystemselectStart>AdministrativeTools>Data
Source(ODBC)
.TheMicrosoftODBCDataSourceAdministratorwizardis
displayed.
2 SelecttheSystemDSNtab.
3ClickAddandselectSQLNativeClientfromthelist.
4ClickFinish.TheCreateaNewDataSourcetoSQLServersetupwizardis
displayed.
5Intheappropriatefields,enteraname(forexample,VMware View Composer)and
abriefdescriptionoftheViewComposerdatabase.
6IntheServerfield,entertheSQLServerdatabaseinformationintheform
<host_name>\<server_name>,where<host_name>isthenameofthehost
systemand<server_name>istheSQLServerinstance.Forexample:
VCHOST1\SQLEXP_VIM
ClickNext.