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4OntheDatabaseTemplatespage,selecttheDataWarehousetemplateandclick
Next.
5OntheDatabaseIdentificationpage,enteraGlobalDatabaseNameandanOracle
SystemIdentifier(SID)prefix.
Forsimplicity,enterthesamevalueforboth.
6OntheManagementOptionspage,clickNexttoacceptthedefaultsettings.
7On
theDatabaseCredentialspage,enterapasswordfortheSYSTEMaccountand
clickNext.
8Ontheremainingconfigurationpages,clickNexttoacceptthedefaultsettings.
9OntheCreationOptionspage,verifythatCreateDatabaseisselectedandclick
Finish.
10 ReviewtheoptionsontheConfirmationpage,andclickOK
tocreatethedatabase.
Thedatabaseiscreated.
11 ClickFinish.
To add an ODBC data source
1OntheVirtualCenterserverhostsystemselectStart>AdministrativeTools>Data
Source(ODBC).TheMicrosoftODBCDataSourceAdministratorwizardis
displayed.
2 SelecttheSystemDSNtab.
3ClickAddandselecttheappropriateOracledriverfromthelist(forexample,
Oracle in OraDb10g_home).
4ClickFinish.TheOracleODBCDriverConfigurationdialogboxisdisplayed.
5EnteraDSNtousewithViewComposer,adescriptionofthedatasource,anda
userIDtoconnecttothedatabase.
FortheTNSServiceName,selecttheGlobalDatabaseName(specifiedinthe
OracleDatabase
ConfigurationAssistant)fromthedropdownmenu.
6ClickTestConnectiontoverifythedatasourceandclickOK.
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