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ACE Management Server Administrator's Manual
Database Options
ACE Management Server offers the following database options:
Embedded SQLite database – The default mode of ACE Management Server
works with an embedded SQLite 3 database engine. The SQLite database engine is
initialized during server installation and requires no special configuration.
The embedded database supports up to several gigabytes of data.
The SQLite database is file based and is not designed to be effectively shared across
multiple processes. If you use third‐party tools to access the database for a read
operation, therefore, you cannot depend on transactional isolation of the pending
write operations of the ACE Management Server.
The embedded database is adequate for testing purposes, but VMware
recommends that you use an external database in production environments.
Supported external database – In production environments, use a supported
external database as a backing store for ACE Management Server, through ODBC
connectivity. Supported external database engines are the following:
On Windows, Microsoft SQL Server (SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005) and
Oracle Database 10g
On Linux, PostgreSQL 7.4 or higher
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If ACE Management Server is deployed in the DMZ, use an external
OTE
database located inside your corporate network behind a firewall.
Using an external database with ACE Management Server offers the following
benefits:
Online backup so that you do not have to shut down ACE Management Server
to back up the database.
Enhanced security model. You can fine‐tune permissions to access sensitive
data. The SQLite database engine provides file‐system based security.
Performance fine‐tuning.
Ability to use external database management and reporting tools.
Ability to use load balancers with multiple ACE Management Server
instances. You must use an external RDBMS as the backing store, because the
SQLite database is not designed to be effectively shared across multiple
processes.
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