Configuring a Windows portal server (ODBC connection)

Use this procedure to configure a portal server on Windows to connect to an Oracle Tivoli Data Warehouse:

1. Log on to the Windows system where the portal server is installed and begin the configuration:
   1. Click Start → Programs → IBM Tivoli Monitoring → Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services.

      The Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services window is displayed.

   2. Right-click Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server and click Reconfigure.
2. The next two windows (entitled TEP Server Configuration) contain the settings for the connection between the portal server and the hub monitoring server. These settings were specified when the portal server was installed. Click OK on each window to accept the settings.
3. Click Yes on the message asking if you want to reconfigure the warehouse information for the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.
4. Select Oracle from the list of databases and click OK.

   The following configuration window is displayed.

   Figure 54. Configure Oracle Data Source for Warehouse Proxy window

   
5. Click OK to accept all default information on this window, or change one or more default values and then click OK. The fields on this window are described in the following table:

   Table 96. Configuration information for the Tivoli Data Warehouse database on Oracle

   Field	Default value	Description
   Data Source Name	ITM Warehouse	The name of the data source.
   Database User ID	ITMUser	The login name of the database user that the portal server will use to access the Tivoli Data Warehouse database.
   Database Password	itmpswd1	The password for the database login user. If your environment requires complex passwords (passwords that require both alpha and numeric characters), specify a password that complies with these requirements.
   Reenter Password	itmpswd1	Confirm the password by entering it again.

6. Click OK.

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