User`s guide

90 Chapter 7: Configuration
3. Specify the path to the tnsnames.ora file (e.g. a UNC path)
• Windows 32-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\[vizrt]\viz|content
pilot 5.x
• Windows 32-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\
[vizrt]\viz|content pilot 5.x
• Example paths: C:\Program Files\vizrt\Common\Oracle or
\\hostname\directory
4. Click OK.
See Also
• Database Configuration
• Database Service Names and SID
• Database Initialization File Configuration
7.10.8 Database Client
By default the Oracle Instant Client is installed when installing Viz Content Pilot
(VCP). A separate installation of an Oracle client is not needed, and the database
configuration for VCP and the Newsroom Component (NrC) can be done during
the installation.
If Oracle’s Runtime Client is already installed, it is not necessary to install Oracle’s
Instant Client, and if the NrC is embedded in a Java-based newsroom system it is
recommended to use Oracle’s Runtime Client.
By default all VCP applications will use the Instant Client found under
“...\vizrt\Common\Oracle”, so no registry entries are needed unless it is
desirable to disable the use of the Instant Client and use a full Runtime Client.
Note: Media Sequencer must use the Oracle 11g Runtime Client.
The Instant Client does not create a tnsnames.ora file so a file must be created if
it is to be used. In order to use a tnsnames.ora file, a registry entry or a system
environment variable, called TNS_ADMIN, must be entered.
Note: It is possible to choose Custom, and uninstall the Instant Client if a Runtime
Client is already installed.
This section contains information on the following topics:
• To use a tnsnames.ora file with Instant Client
• To disable Instant Client and use Runtime Client
• To override the default Oracle client
To use a tnsnames.ora file with Instant Client
1. Open Registry
2. Search for the registry key
• Windows 32-bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\[vizrt]\
viz|content pilot 5.x