Configuring the Reporting Database

To configure the reporting database, first install your Manager; second, configure the database; and third, configure the Manager to use the new database. Then, restart the Manager.

Install the Manager

1. Install and configure your GridServer Manager. Restart the Manager after completing the installation.
2. Ensure that the tables.<db>.sql file needed by the createdb script is in the DS_MANAGER/webapps/livecluster/WEB-INF/etc/db directory.

Configure the database

Procedure 

1. Set the CLASSPATH on the Manager containing the Director that communicates with the database. The CLASSPATH must include the database driver JAR files applicable to your database. For example, to create an SQL Server database in a UNIX shell: 
export
   CLASSPATH=JDBCDriver/msbase.jar:JDBCDriver/mssqlserver.jar:\
   JDBCDriver/msutil.jar

replacing JDBCDriver with the actual path to the directory containing your driver JAR files.

2. Run the createdb script provided in DS_MANAGER/webapps/livecluster/WEB-INF/etc/db directory on your Manager. Pass the name of the database properties file as an argument. Before you run the script, change the property file settings to match those of your database.

Configure the Manager

Procedure 

1. Log in to the GridServer Administration Tool with an account that has a Security Role with the Manager Reconfigure feature enabled.
2. Go to Admin > System Admin > Manager Configuration > Database.
3. Configure the values in the Reporting Database Connection section using the appropriate table below. Note that hostname is the hostname and database is the name of the database.

Property

Value

Oracle

URL

jdbc:oracle:thin:@hostname:1521/database

Driver

oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver

Transaction Isolation

TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED

Microsoft SQL Server

URL

jdbc:sqlserver://hostname:1433;DatabaseName=dbName;SelectMethod=cursor

(SelectMethod=cursor is required)

Driver

com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver

Transaction Isolation

TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE

PostgreSQL

URL

jdbc:postgresql://hostname:5432/dbName

Driver

org.postgresql.Driver

Transaction Isolation

TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED

4. Copy the corresponding JDBC driver’s JAR file into the Manager’s DS_MANAGER/webapps/livecluster/WEB-INF/lib directory.
5. Restart the GridServer Manager.