Creating A System Dsn Entry For An External Database - VMware ACE Management Server Administrator's Manual

3 (Optional) If ACE Management Server is going to connect to the database over the network (TCP socket
connection), ensure that the following are in place:
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TCP connectivity is enabled in the database configuration options.
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The TCP connection is not blocked by firewall settings on the database server or the ACE
Management Server host.
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If you are using a PostgreSQL database, configure per‐user permission to connect to the database
over the network. Configure that permission in the pg_hba.conf file, which is located in the root
folder of your database.
4 (Optional) On the ACE Management Server machine, to verify the server's connectivity to the database
with the configured user credentials, run a command‐line or graphical SQL tool.
Examples of such tools are sqlcmd.exe for SQL Server, sqlplus.exe for Oracle, and psql for
PostgresSQL. For database configuration and verification instructions, see the respective database
documentation.
5 On the ACE Management Server machine, create a System DSN entry.

Creating a System DSN Entry for an External Database

The only required information in DSN configuration is the DSN name, server IP address or host name, and the
database name. You do not need to provide a user name and password in the DSN configuration. You provide
a user name and password later, when you use the ACE Management Server Setup application.
Ensure that you create a system DSN and not a user DSN. If you create a user DSN, it is visible only to your
user account. ACE Management Server runs under the local system account, so the server cannot detect or use
a user DSN.
Create a System DSN Entry for a Windows Database
Regardless of whether the host is 32‐bit or 64‐bit, you create a DSN entry for a 32‐bit system.
Before you begin, to determine the correct ODBC driver, see your operating system and database
documentation.
To create a System DSN entry for a Windows database
1 Do one of the following:
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On 32‐bit hosts, use the ODBC Data Sources plug‐in by choosing Control Panel > Administrative
Tools > Data Sources (ODBC).
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On 64‐bit hosts, navigate to %WINDIR%\syswow64\odbcad32.exe and use that program to create a
System DSN entry for a 32‐bit subsystem.
ACE Management Server does not support ODBC using an SQL Native Client driver on Windows 64‐bit
systems.
2 Create an entry that includes the DSN name, server IP address or host name, and the database name.
3 (Optional) If the DSN Setup wizard provides an option to test the connection, verify that the connection
works with the database user credentials.
4 Make a note of the database DSN, user name, and password.
You can now use the browser‐based ACE Management Server Setup application to connect to this database.
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