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Table 19. Common data prerequisite properties (continued)
Prerequisite
property Platforms
DBType All
DBTypeDetails All
Description
Checks the types of database server
installed on the machine.
For Oracle on UNIX systems only: The
collector expects the ORACLE_BASE and
ORACLE_HOME environment variables to be
set in the $HOME/.profile file, for
example:
export ORACLE_BASE=/home/oracle/
app/oracle/product/11.2.0/
export ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/
app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1
where $HOME must be /home/oracle, the
home directory for the Oracle user.
The types of database server installed on
the machine.
For Oracle on UNIX systems only: The
collector expects the ORACLE_BASE and
ORACLE_HOME environment variables to be
set in the $HOME/.profile file, for
example:
export ORACLE_BASE=/home/oracle/
app/oracle/product/11.2.0/
export ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/
app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1
where $HOME must be /home/oracle, the
home directory for the Oracle user.
The prerequisite property writes the
details about the database server type,
that is, the database server type, the
installed location, and the version to the
result.txt file. The details of multiple
database server types are separated by
semi colons
Valid values
The value can be any of the following
types:
v String representing any type of the
database server, for example:
any
v String representing the type of the
database server, for example:
Oracle
v regex{str}, a regular expression with
the input parameter, str, representing
the search pattern for the database
server type, for example:
regex{.*MSSQL.*|DB2.*}
Checks whether the database server
type is MS SQL or DB2 on Windows
systems.
v String representing no type of the
database server, for example:
unknown
The value can be any of the following
types:
v String representing any type of the
database server, for example:
any
v String representing one type of the
database server, for example:
DB2
v regex{str}, a regular expression with
the input parameter, str, representing
the search pattern for the database
server type, for example:
regex{.*MSSQL.*|DB2.*}
Checks whether the database server
type is MS SQL or DB2 on Windows
systems.
Appendix C. Prerequisite properties reference
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