VMware ESX 4.0 - INSTALLATION GUIDE UPDATE 1 Installation Manual page 94

ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide
Connect to an Oracle Database Locally
A vCenter Server system can access the database locally.
Procedure
1 Create a new tablespace for a vCenter Server system using a SQL statement such as the following.
CREATE TABLESPACE "VPX" DATAFILE 'C:\Oracle\ORADATA\VPX\VPX.dat' SIZE 1000M AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT
500K;
2 Create a user, such as vpxAdmin, for accessing the tablespace through ODBC.
CREATE USER vpxAdmin IDENTIFIED BY vpxadmin DEFAULT TABLESPACE vpx;
3 Either grant dba permission to the user, or grant the following permissions to the user.
grant connect to
grant resource to
grant create view to
grant unlimited tablespace to
By default, the RESOURCE role has the CREATE PROCEDURE, CREATE TABLE, and CREATE
SEQUENCE privileges assigned. If the RESOURCE role does not have these privileges, explicitly grant
them to the vCenter Server database user.
4 Create an ODBC connection to the database.
These are example settings.
Data Source Name: VMware vCenter Server
You now have a database that you can connect to locally.
What to do next
Install vCenter Server.
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TNS Service Name: VPX User Id: vpxAdmin
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