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Wizard page Action
Administrator
Specify the database administrator user name and password.
Administrator
user name
Type an administrator account for the database. Each
database requires an administrator that can perform
all schema management operations. The
administrator account is specific to the database and
cannot log in to Data Director.
Password
Type an administrator account password.
Options
Expiration
Select a date and time at which the database expires.
Then select an action upon expiration, or no
expiration.
Tags
(Optional) Select one or more tags for this database.
Use tags to filter the list of databases that you view
in an organization's Databases tab, for example, all
your customer relationship databases can have a tag
called CRM.
Snapshot
(Optional) Select the check box to take a snapshot
backup of the database when creation and
provisioning finishes.
IP Whitelist
Select Allow all connections to the database.
Optionally, select Only allow connections from
selected IP whitelists (next page), and select an
organization IP whitelist or create a custom IP
whitelist.
The database appears in the Databases List with a status of Creating. The process can take several minutes.
The status changes to Running when creation finishes successfully.
What to do next
You can load the database data and use the database.
Create an Empty SQL Server Database
You can create an empty SQL Server database from a database resource template. The template is configured
to allocate resources to the database.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have access to the organization and database group in which to create the new database.
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Verify that you have Clone permission on the catalog database and Create databases permission on the
database group in which you create the database.
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Verify that you have Use template permission on at least one resource template, backup template.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the organization in which you want to create the database.
2 Click the Manage & Monitor tab.
3 Select the database group in which you want to create the database.
4 Click the Databases tab.
5 Click the plus (+) icon to start the Create Database wizard.
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