Creating An Event Database; Add A Database And Database User For View Events - VMware View Manager 4.5 Installation Manual

Creating an Event Database

You create an event database to record information about View Manager events. If you do not configure an
event database, you must look in the log file to get information about events, and the log file contains very
limited information.
This chapter includes the following topics:

"Add a Database and Database User for View Events,"

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"Prepare an SQL Server Database for Event Reporting,"
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"Configure the Event Database,"
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Add a Database and Database User for View Events
You create an event database by adding it to an existing database server. You can then use enterprise reporting
software to analyze the events in the database.
The database server for the event database can reside on a View Connection Server host itself or on a dedicated
server. Alternatively, you can use a suitable existing database server, such as a server that hosts a View
Composer database.
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Prerequisites
Verify that you have a supported Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle database server on a system that a View
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Connection Server instance has access to. For a list of supported database versions, see
Requirements for View Composer,"
Verify that you have the required database privileges to create a database and user on the database server.
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If you are not familiar with the procedure to create databases on Microsoft SQL Server database servers,
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review the steps in
If you are not familiar with the procedure to create databases on Oracle database servers, review the steps
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in "Add a View Composer Database to Oracle 11g or 10g,"
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