Prepare to Install › Prepare an Existing Database Server
Prepare an Existing Database Server
After you have created your database, set up the database client, and before you install BusinessObjects Enterprise, ensure that the CMS can connect to it. During your installation, you are asked whether you want to install MySQL or use an existing database. If you opt to use an existing database, you will be asked for the connection and authentication details by the BusinessObjects Enterprise installer:
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Existing Database
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Information Required by Installer
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MySQL
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- Database name
- Server name
- Port number (default is 3306)
- Login credentials used to access database
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Sybase
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- Server name
- Login credentials used to access database
Note:
- The Sybase server name is a combination of the host name and the port number which is set by your database administrator in the file sql.ini interfaces file.
- BusinessObjects Enterprise will connect to the default database for the user you specify. This default is set by the database administrator.
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DB2
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- Server: DB2 database alias
- Login credentials used to access database
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Oracle
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- Server: TNSNAMES connect identifier
- Login credentials used to access database
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Microsoft SQL Server
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- ODBC DSN name from the Windows System DSN
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