VMware ESX 4.0 - INSTALLATION GUIDE UPDATE 1 Installation Manual page 82

ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide
Procedure
1 Open a DB2 Command Editor window and log in as the user that you created on the vCenter Server
database.
a Open DB2 Control Center.
b Select the database.
c Right-click the database and select Menu > Query.
The Command Editor window appears.
2 In the directory of the vCenter Server installation package
locate the dbschema scripts.
3 In the DB2 Command Editor window, run each SQL file query in the order shown here by opening the
SQL files one at a time and pressing Ctrl+Enter.
First, execute the
VCDB_db2.sql
For the following files, change the statement termination character from
purge_stat1_proc_db2.sql
purge_stat2_proc_db2.sql
purge_stat3_proc_db2.sql
purge_usage_stats_proc_db2.sql
stats_rollup1_proc_db2.sql
stats_rollup2_proc_db2.sql
stats_rollup3_proc_db2.sql
cleanup_events_db2.sql
delete_stats_proc_db2.sql
upsert_last_event_proc_db2.sql
job_schedule1_db2.sql
job_schedule2_db2.sql
job_schedule3_db2.sql
job_cleanup_events_db2.sql
load_usage_stats_proc_db2.sql
load_stats_proc_db2.sql
You now have a database schema that is compatible with vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1.
What to do next
Perform the following tasks:
1 On the machine on which you intend to install vCenter Server, create a data source name (DSN) that points
to the database server with the schema.
2 Run the vCenter Server installer.
a If a database reinitialization warning message appears in the vCenter Server installer, select Do not
overwrite, leave my existing database in place and continue the installation.
This message appears if you are using a database that has vCenter Server tables created by a previous
installation. The message does not appear if the database is clean.
If you leave your existing database in place, you cannot join the vCenter Server to a Linked Mode
group during the installation. You can join after the installation is complete. (See
Group After Installation,"
b When prompted, provide the database user login.
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file:
VCDB_db2.sql
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