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Option Description
Instance name (if any)
The name of the database instance that can be identified by the
INSTANCE_NAME parameter in the database initialization parameter file.
This option is valid only for SQL Server and Oracle databases.
Domain
To use Windows authentication, type the domain name of the SQL Server
machine, for example company.org.
To use SQL authentication, leave this text box blank.
This option is valid only for SQL Server and specifies whether you want to
use Windows or SQL Server authentication.
Use Windows authentication mode
(NTLMv2)
Select to send NTLMv2 responses when using Windows authentication.
This option is valid only for SQL Server.
If the specified parameters are correct, a message states that the connection to the database is successful.
NOTE Although Orchestrator has established a connection to the database, the database configuration
is not yet complete. You must build or update the database table structure.
5 (Optional) Build or update the table structure for Orchestrator.
Option Description
Create the database tables
Builds a new table structure for the Orchestrator database.
Update the database
Uses the database from your previous Orchestrator installation and
updates the table structure.
After the database is populated, you can reset the database access rights to db_dataread and
db_datawrite.
6 Click Apply changes.
The database connection is successfully configured. On the Database tab, the red triangle changes to a green
circle to indicate that the component is now configured correctly.
Example: Configure Orchestrator to Work with SQL Server Express by Using
Windows Authentication Mode
If you want to use Orchestrator in small scale deployments for testing purposes, you might want to use SQL
Server Express 2008, which you can install together with vCenter Server. After you create a new database,
for example vco, and enable it for remote connection, perform the following steps to configure the database
connection:
1 Log in to the Orchestrator configuration interface as vmware.
2 Click the Database tab.
3 From the Select the database type drop-down menu, select SQLServer.
4 In the User name and Password (if any) text boxes, type your Windows credentials.
5 In the Database server IP address or DNS name text box, type the IP address of the machine on which
Orchestrator and the database are installed.
6 In the Port text box, type the TCP/IP port of SQL Server, which usually is 1433.
7 In the Database name text box, type the name of the SQL Server Express database you created, for
example vco.
8 In the Instance name (if any) text box, type the name of the database instance.
You can leave this field blank if you have only one instance of SQL Server installed on the machine.
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