H3C Technologies H3C Intelligent Management Center - Manual (Page 11)

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Item SNS Standard Enterprise
Remote database server Not supported Supported Supported
The embedded database uses SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 Express. For information about the database
installation procedures, see v7.0 H3C Intelligent Management Center SQL Server 2008 R2 Installation
and Configuration Guide. For information on the database and server requirements see the current Release
Notes.
For information on installing a remote database for IMC on Windows:
• SQL Server 2005 Installation and Configuration Guide
• SQL Server 2008 Installation and Configuration Guide
• SQL Server 2008 R2 Installation and Configuration Guide
• SQL Server 20012 Installation and Configuration Guide
For information about installing a separate database for IMC on Linux:
• Oracle 11g Installation and Configuration Guide
• Oracle 11g R2 Installation and Configuration Guide
Installation and deployment
To improve server performance, IMC uses the "Install + Deploy" model. Install puts copies of the
installation packages on the server running IMC. Deploy decompresses the installation packages and
runs deployment scripts on the server.
In this deployment example, IMC is deployed in centralized mode and all the IMC components are
deployed on the same server.
Before IMC deployment, you must install the target components on the IMC server. The components of
IMC are operational only after they are deployed.
IMC automatically creates a database user when a service component is deployed. H3C recommends
not modifying the database user configuration, including the user's password and password security
strategy.
When the deployment or upgrade process is interrupted, IMC automatically stores logs as a compressed
file in the \tmp directory of the IMC installation path. With the logs, you can quickly locate the problem
or error that occurred in IMC deployment or upgrade.
Prerequisites for installing a remote database
In centralized deployment, IMC data can be stored on a remote database server. Typically, the remote
database is installed on a dedicated database server.
To use an Oracle database:
• Install the Oracle client on IMC server. The client version must be the same as the database version.
• Configure the IP address of the database server as the network service name for IMC server.
To use a SQL database server:
• Install the SQL Server client on IMC server. The client version must be the same as the database
version.