VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A Setup Guide - Page 47

Chapter 3 Before You Install vCenter Server 4 Create a user, such as vpxAdmin, for accessing the tablespace through ODBC. CREATE USER vpxAdmin IDENTIFIED BY vpxadmin DEFAULT TABLESPACE vpx; 5 Grant permissions to the user, in one of the following ways. n Grant dba permission to the user. n Grant the following permissions to the user. grant connect to user grant resource to user grant create view to user grant create sequence to user grant create table to user grant create materialized view to user grant execute on dbms_lock to user grant execute on dbms_job to user grant unlimited tablespace to user # To ensure space is sufficient By default, the RESOURCE role has the CREATE PROCEDURE, CREATE TABLE, and CREATE SEQUENCE privileges assigned. If the RESOURCE role lacks these privileges, grant them to the vCenter Server database user. 6 Use a text editor or the Net8 Configuration Assistant to edit the tnsnames.ora file located in the directory C:\Oracle\Oraxx\NETWORK\ADMIN, where xx is either 10g or 11g. Add the following entry, where HOST is the managed host to which the client must connect. VPX = (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST = (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=vpxd-Oracle)(PORT=1521)) ) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVICE_NAME = VPX) ) ) 7 Configure the TNS Service Name option in the ODBC DSN. The TNS Service Name is the net service name for the database to which you want to connect, in this case, VPX. You can find the net service name in the tnsnames.ora file. Connect to an Oracle Database Locally Before a vCenter Server system can connect to an Oracle database locally, you must set up the connection. Procedure 1 Create a new tablespace for a vCenter Server system using a SQL statement such as the following statement. CREATE TABLESPACE "VPX" DATAFILE 'C:\Oracle\ORADATA\VPX\VPX.dat' SIZE 1000M AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 500K; 2 Create a user, such as vpxAdmin, for accessing the tablespace through ODBC. CREATE USER vpxAdmin IDENTIFIED BY vpxadmin DEFAULT TABLESPACE vpx; VMware, Inc. 47