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Chapter 7: Configuration 77
• Viz Object Store User’s Guide
7.10 Database Configuration
This section describes how to manually configure the database connection.
This section contains information on the following topics:
• Database Configuration During Installation
• Database Setup Options
• Database Initialization File Configuration
• Database Registry Settings
• Database Parameters
• Database Service Names and SID
• Database TNS Alias
• Database Client
7.10.1 Database Configuration During Installation
Database Parameters for all Viz Content Pilot (VCP) clients and its Newsroom
Component (NrC) can be set during the Viz Content Pilot Installation.
Note: The VCP Database option sets the database connection for the Media
Sequencer.
When running the VCP installer, the following database configuration parameters
can be set:
• SID/Service name or TNS alias or Connect Descriptor
• Hostname or IP address
• Username (default PILOT)
• Password (default PILOT)
Note: Hostname is not needed during installation when using a TNS alias or Connect
Descriptor.
The VCP installer configures the database connection parameters in the registry
for the NrC. As the NrC does not use an INI file, all changes and additions must be
made to the registry after installation.
For VCP, Viz Object Store (VOS) and Viz Template Wizard (VTW) a common
initialization (INI) file is created during installation. Connection settings can be
configured using a TNS name alias, a full connect descriptor, or by using Oracle’s
easy connect naming method (EZCONNECT). The database connection type should
ideally be the same for all applications.
All database connections for VCP 5.x should all use UTF-8 character encoding.
Note: Administrator rights are needed to change registry settings.