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Create an Oracle 11g or 10g Database for View Composer
View Composer can store linked-clone desktop information in an Oracle 11g or 10g database. You create a
View Composer database by adding it to an existing Oracle 11g or 10g instance and configuring an ODBC data
source for it.
Add a View Composer Database to Oracle 11g or 10g
You can add a new View Composer database to an existing Oracle 11g or 10g instance to store linked-clone
data for View Composer.
Prerequisites
Verify that a supported version of Oracle 11g or 10g is installed on the vCenter Server computer. For details,
see "Database Requirements for View Composer,"
Procedure
1 On the vCenter Server computer, start the Database Configuration Assistant.
Database Version
Oracle 11g
Oracle 10g
2 On the Operations page, select Create a database.
3 On the Database Templates page, select the General Purpose or Transaction Processing template.
4 On the Database Identification page, type a Global Database Name and an Oracle System Identifier (SID)
prefix.
For simplicity, use the same value for both items.
5 On the Management Options page, click Next to accept the default settings.
6 On the Database Credentials page, select Use the Same Administrative Passwords for All Accounts and
type a password.
7 On the remaining configuration pages, click Next to accept the default settings.
8 On the Creation Options page, verify that Create Database is selected and click Finish.
9 On the Confirmation page, review the options and click OK.
The configuration tool creates the database.
10 On the Database Creation Complete page, click OK.
What to do next
Follow the instructions in
Add an ODBC Data Source to Oracle 11g or 10g
After you add a View Composer database to an Oracle 11g or 10g instance, you must configure an ODBC
connection to the new database to make this data source visible to the View Composer service.
These instructions assume that you are configuring the ODBC data source on Windows Server 2003 SP1. Some
steps are different if you configure the ODBC data source on Windows XP Professional SP2.
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Action
Select Start > All Programs > Oracle-OraDb11g_home > Configuration and
Migration Tools > Database Configuration Assistant.
Select Start > All Programs > Oracle-OraDb10g_home > Configuration and
Migration Tools > Database Configuration Assistant.
"Add an ODBC Data Source to Oracle 11g or 10g," on page 32.
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