VMware VS4-ENT-PL-A Setup Guide - Page 62

vSphere Installation and Setup JDBC URL Formats for the vCenter Server Database The vCenter Server installer generates and validates the JDBC URL for the vCenter Server database. If the installer fails to connect to the database using the generated JDBC URL, the installer will prompt you to specify the JDBC URL. JDBC URL Note for All Databases NOTE The domain name cannot contain the exclamation point character (!). Java interprets the exclamation point as a jar file separator. JDBC URL Formats for Microsoft SQL Server Databases For Microsoft SQL Server databases, you can use the following example JDBC URLs as a model: n Connect to default (unnamed) SQL Server instance by host name: jdbc:sqlserver://host;databaseName=database n Connect to named instance by host name and instance name: jdbc:sqlserver://host;instanceName=instance;databaseName=database n Connect to SQL Server by host name and port: jdbc:sqlserver://host:port;databaseName=database n Connect by port: jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1422;databaseName\=VIM_VCDB (user name, password, and database type to be passed separately) n Connect to local server with integrated security: jdbc:sqlserver://localhost\\SQLEXP_VIM;databaseName=VIM_VCDB;integratedSecurity=true n Connect to local server without integrated security: jdbc:sqlserver://localhost\\SQLEXP_VIM;databaseName\=VIM_VCDB (user name, password, and database type to be passed separately) VMware vCenter Server JDBC configuration for Microsoft SQL Server might not work by default with direct IPv6 addresses. You must use one of the following forms: n Use the host name form for a standard Type-4 JDBC URL (recommended): jdbc:sqlserver://database-fully-qualified-host-name:port n Use direct IPv6 address format: jdbc:sqlserver://;serverName=[IPv6-address] For more information about JDBC URL formatting for MS SQL databases, including port and instance configuration options, see the msdn.microsoft.com Web site. At the time of this topic's publication, the information was available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms378428.aspx. JDBC URL Formats for Oracle Databases For Oracle databases, you can use the following example JDBC URLs as a model: n This format requires host name and address, port (default 1521) and service name (for example, "oracle.world"): jdbc:oracle:thin:@host:port/service 62 VMware, Inc.