OpsCenter Analytics How-To Configure an ODBC Connection

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April 29, 2010

Overview OpsCenter uses a SQL Anywhere database from Sybase. You can download the ODBC drivers for it at ftp://ftp.veritas.com/pub/opscenter/odbc/sqlanywhere_11_odbc.zip

Installation
Unzip the ODBC drivers into a directory where youd like to keep them permanently. Open up a command prompt and change the directory to the expanded folder and run the install.bat script

Note: The installation process writes the location of the odbc drivers into the system registry and moving the files or renaming the folder after the installation will cause the ODBC drivers and any DSN youve setup to stop functioning. If you ever have to move the directory containing the ODBC drivers, simply run install.bat again from the new location. The script will update the registry with the new location.

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Configure the ODBC Driver

Allow Remote Connections to OpsCenter Database By default, the OpsCenter Database will only allow access from within the OpsCenter Server. If you need to create an ODBC connection from a separate host, such as your desktop, you will first need to disable this restriction. On the OpsCenter Server open up the database configuration file located at INSTALL_DIR\Server\db\conf\server.conf where INSTALL_DIR is the directory youve installed OpsCenter to and is by default at C:\Program Files\Symantec\OpsCenter Modify this text configuration file via notepad and notice the LocalOnly=YES; option.

Remove that option and the semicolon right after it so that the x flag becomes -x tcpip(ServerPort=13786) Save and exit the file. Restart the Symantec OpsCenter Database Server service for the change to take place. Restarting the database server will also restart the Symantec OpsCenter Server and Symantec OpsCenter WebServer services

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Create A Data Source Name (DSN)

If you do not have access to Administrative Tools, click on Start->Run and type in odbcad32.exe and click OK. This will start the ODBC Data Source Administrator.

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Create A Data Source Name (DSN)

1) Click on Add.

2) Choose OPSCENTER SQL Anywhere

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3) Supply a UserID DBA and Password SQL

4) On the Database tab enter opscenter_<hostname>. Substitute the actual hostname. If your hostname was BUROPS123, then the database name is opscenter_burops123.

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5) Uncheck Shared Memory. Check TCP/IP. Enter host=IP ADDRESS;PORT=13786. Substitute the actual IP address of the OpsCenterserver in this field. Click the ODBC tab and click Test Connection. You may be prompted the with a dialog asking you if you need to keep the database running after the test. Choose Yes, otherwise OpsCenter database may shut off.

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Congratulations! Your DSN is properly configured. Click on OK. If the connection is not successful, please go back and review all of the steps for setting up the DSN.

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