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Configure SQuirreL SQL to Use the FSDB JDBC Driver
If you have SQuirreL SQL, you can configure it to use the FSDB JDBC driver.
Prerequisites
If you are configuring SQuirreL SQL on a remote server, copy the common.jar file from the
vcenter-
ops
\common\lib directory on the vCenter Operations Manager server to the local
vcenter-ops
\common\lib
directory.
Procedure
1 In the SQuirreL SQL Client, select Drivers > New Driver.
2 Configure the driver settings.
a In the Name text box, type a name for the FSDB JDBC driver.
For example: FSDB JDBC
b In the Example URL text box, type the URL that the FSDB JDBC driver uses to connect to the
vCenter Operations Manager DBMS.
For example: rmi://localhost:1199/DBMS
c On the Extra Class Path tab, add the full paths to the common.jar, log4j-1.2.9.jar, and
FSDBJDBCDriver.jar files.
For example:
vcenter-ops
\common\lib\common.jar
vcenter-ops
\common\lib\log4j-1.2.9.jar
vcenter-ops
\tools\FSDBJDBCDriver\FSDBJDBCDriver.jar
IMPORTANT Do not specify the common.jar file in the FSDBJDBCDriver\lib folder.
d In the Class Name text box, type the name of the FSDB JDBC driver class.
For example: com.integrien.fsdbjdbcdriver.FSDBJDBCDriver.
3 Click OK to save the new driver.
4 Stop and restart SQuirreL SQL.
5 In the SQuirreL SQL Client, select Aliases > New Alias.
6 Configure the alias settings.
a In the Name text box, type a name for the alias.
For example: FSDBJDBC Driver RMI
b From the Driver drop-down menu, select the driver that you created.
For example: FSDB JDBC
c In the URL text box, type the URL that the FSDB JDBC driver uses to connect to the
vCenter Operations Manager DBMS.
For example: rmi://localhost:1199/DBMS
NOTE You do not need to type a user name or password.
7 Click Test.
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