OneSight Administrator Guide

Modifying System Definitions
OneSight uses JDBC and Perfmon to connect to your SQL Server
database.
JDBC Tab – OneSight uses a JDBC driver to connect to your
database. Two examples of such a JDBC driver are:
JDBC-ODBC Bridge (installed as part of OneSight)
Note: The SQL Server ODBC driver is installed with MSDE and
Microsoft SQL Server. If you do not have either of these on the
Empirix OneSight server and you are using a remotely installed
SQL database for OneSight, you need to install the SQL Server
ODBC driver on the OneSight machine and set up an ODBC DSN.
The ODBC driver is included with the SQL Server Client utilities.
Inet Sprinta JDBC driver for SQL Server (installed as part of
OneSight)
The information you provide here depends on which of these
drivers you are using. For monitoring enterprise level databases, the
Inet Sprinta JDBC driver is recommended.
Driver – Select a driver type from the list: Oracle Thin JDBC driver,
Inet Sprinta JDBC driver for Microsoft SQL Server, Sun
JDBC:ODBC Bridge, or Custom. You must have the appropriate
driver installed on the OneSight Server in order to set up a Database
monitor.
Driver String – This information will vary depending on the type of
database that you are monitoring. If you selected any option other
than Custom, the appropriate string is automatically displayed. For
example, this is the string for the Oracle Thin JDBC driver:
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
If you selected a Custom driver type, you can type in the Driver
String yourself.
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