Specifications

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View Manager Administration Guide
142 VMware, Inc.
To add a View Composer database to Oracle 10g
1OnthevCenterServerhost,selectStart>AllPrograms>OracleOraDb10g_home
>ConfigurationandMigrationTools>DatabaseConfigurationAssistanttostart
theOracleDatabaseConfigurationAssistant.
2WhentheWelcomepageappears,clickNext.
3OntheOperationspage,selectCreateadatabaseandclickNext.
4OntheDatabase
Templatespage,selecttheDataWarehousetemplateandclick
Next.
5OntheDatabaseIdentificationpage,enteraGlobalDatabaseNameandanOracle
SystemIdentifier(SID)prefix.
Forsimplicity,enterthesamevalueforboth.
6OntheManagementOptionspage,clickNexttoacceptthedefaultsettings.
7OntheDatabaseCredentials
page,enterapasswordfortheSYSTEMaccountand
clickNext.
8Ontheremainingconfigurationpages,clickNexttoacceptthedefaultsettings.
9OntheCreationOptionspage,verifythatCreateDatabaseisselectedandclick
Finish.
10 ReviewtheoptionsontheConfirmationpage,andclickOKtocreatethe
database.
Thedatabaseiscreated.
11 ClickFinish.
To add an ODBC data source
1OnthevCenterServerhost,selectStart>AdministrativeTools>DataSource
(ODBC).TheMicrosoftODBCDataSourceAdministratorwizardisdisplayed.
2 SelecttheSystemDSNtab.
3ClickAddandselecttheappropriateOracledriverfromthelist(forexample,
Oracle in OraDb10g_home).
4ClickFinish
.TheOracleODBCDriverConfigurationdialogboxisdisplayed.