HP Systems Insight Manager 7.3 Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

8 Database installation

Install and use SQL Express

Install and use SQL Express.

This option enables you to install and configure Systems Insight Manager to use SQL Express.

Procedure 19 Install and use SQL Express

1. From the Database Configuration window, select Install and Use SQL Express.

2. In the Username field, the installing user account appears and can be edited. The account

specified must be the user name for the database server.

3. In the Password field, enter the password for the database server.

Systems Insight Manager does not support the following in a user name and password:

• A blank password

• A space followed by a double-quote

• A backslash (\)

If you use these characters in your user name or password, the Systems Insight Manager

database initialization fails.

4. In the Domain and Host fields, enter the domain name for the database server.

5. Click Next. A dialog box appears indicating files are being extracted. After the files are

extracted, a new dialog box appears indicating SQL Express is being installed. After SQL

Express is installed, the Select Installation Type window appears.

NOTE: The port number for SQL DB and Oracle DB is 1433 and 1521 respectively.

Use SQL/SQL Express

Use SQL/SQL Express.

This option is applicable if you have SQL Server 2008/SQL Server 2012 SP1 or SQL Express

installed and you want to configure Systems Insight Manager to use it.

Procedure 20 Use SQL or SQL Express

1. From the Database Configuration window, select Use SQL/SQL Express.