Users Guide

Primary Tab

The Primary tab defines the settings for the primary server.

Figure 117: General SQLDB (Primary Tab)

Table 70:

Generic SQLDB (Primary Tab)

Parameter Description

Server Name Enter the hostname or IP address of the database server.

Port (Optional) Specify a port value if you want to override the default port.

Database Name Enter the name of the database to retrieve records from.

Username/Password

Enter the name of the user used to log into the database. This account should

have read access to all the attributes that need to be retrieved by the specified

filters.

Enter the password for the user account entered in the field above.

Timeout Enter the time in seconds that Policy Manager waits before attempting to fail over

from primary to the backup servers (in the order in which they are configured).

ODBC Driver Select the ODBC driver (Postgres, Oracle11g, or MSSQL) to connect to the

database.

NOTE: MySQL is supported in versions 6.0 and newer. Dell does not ship

MySQL drivers by default. If you require MySQL, contact Dell support at

dell.com/support to get the required patch. This patch does not persist across

upgrades, so customers using MySQL should contact support before they

upgrade.

Attributes Tab

The Attributes tab defines the SQL DB query filters and the attributes to be fetched by using those filters.

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