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Thedb_ownerroleontheMSDBdatabaseisrequiredforinstallationandupgrade
only.Thisrolecanberevokedaftertheinstallationorupgradeprocessis
completed.
3OnyourVirtualCenter Server,opentheWindowsODBCDataSource
Administrator.
4 SelectSettings>ControlPanel>AdministrativeTools>DataSources(ODBC).
5 SelecttheSystem
DSNtab.
6TomodifyanexistingSQLServerODBCconnection:
a SelecttheappropriateODBCconnectionfromtheSystemDataSourcelist
andclickConfigure.
bProceedwithStep 8.
7TocreateanewSQLServerODBCconnection:
aClickAdd.
bForSQLServer2000,selectSQLServerandclickFinish.
ForSQLServer
2005,selectSQLNativeClientandclickFinish.
8TypeanODBCdatastorename(DSN)nameintheNamefield.
For example,typeVMware VirtualCenter.
9 (Optional)TypeanODBCDSNdescriptionintheDescriptionfield.
10 SelecttheservernamefromtheServerdrop‐downmenu.
TypetheSQLServermachinenameinthetextfieldifyoucannotfinditinthe
drop‐downmenu.
11 ClickNext.
12 Selectoneoftheauthenticationmethods:
IfyouareusinglocalSQLSe rver,selectWindowsNTauthentication.Itisal so
knownas“trustedauthentication”andissupportedonlyiftheSQLServeris
runningonthesamesystemastheVirtualCenter Server .
IfyouareusingremoteSQLServer,selectSQLServerauthentication.
WindowsNTauthenticationisnotsupportedonremoteSQLservers.
13 TypeyourSQLServerloginnameandpasswordandclickNext.
Askyourdatabaseadministratorforthisinformation.
