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The text that appears on the Start tab changes, depending on whether you have done an initial configuration:
If this page says This server has not been configured yet, you must click Start to complete the
configuration setup wizard.
If this page says This server is configured, the Next and Previous wizard buttons do not appear. You can
navigate to other tabs by clicking a tab.
Viewing and Changing Licensing Information
After you enter an ACE Management Server serial number, use the Licensing tab to determine the expiration
date, if any.
The serial number is on the registration card in your package. If you purchased VMware ACE online, the serial
number is sent by email.
If the system on which you installed ACE Management Server currently has more than one valid server
license, just one license appears on the page.
You can use the Licensing tab to add or change a serial number, user name, or company name.
If you make changes to the information on this tab, you must click Apply or Cancel before you can navigate
to another tab.
Using an External Database
The embedded database is an SQLite database. VMware recommends that you use an external database in
production environments.
The embedded database is initialized during server installation and requires no special configuration. This
database is adequate for testing purposes but is not designed to be effectively shared across multiple
processes.
Before you can configure the ACE Management Server to use an external database, you must create a system
DSN and credentials for accessing that data source. See "Set Up an External Database" on page 30.
Use the following information to help you complete the fields on the Database tab:
Data Source Name (DSN) – Data source name you used when you created a system DSN entry on the
ACE Management Server machine.
User Name and Password – Credentials for a user account that has full access to the database, including
rights to create tables.
After you enter the database connection credentials, the setup application checks for an existing database.
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After you enter credentials, if the message Compatible schema exists. Do you want to
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reinitialize the schema and overwrite the existing data? appears, select Use existing schema
and data unless you want to erase all data in your existing database. To reinitialize the database at some later
time, you can reopen this configuration application and return to this page.
If the existing schema is not compatible, no schema is available or the schema cannot be upgraded. If you
overwrite the existing schema and data, a new schema is created. If you do not overwrite the existing schema
and data, the configuration application quits.
If you are upgrading the server from the previous release, the database schema is upgraded automatically and
you do not lose your previous data. The upgrade is performed on the first start of the upgraded server, even
if you do not rerun the setup application.
If you make changes to the information on the Database tab, you must click Apply or Cancel before you can
navigate to another tab.
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