Create a target connection for each database or storage type to which you want to archive data. The target connection can point to a different database, such as an archive or history database, or the connection can point to the Data Vault.
If you installed the Data Visualization component, the target connection is the connection that Data Archive uses to retrieve data for reports. When you create a connection to the Data Vault, Data Archive uses the target connection information to create a data source. If you change the target connection information, Data Archive updates the data source.
For restore jobs, the target database is the production database that you want to restore data to. If you want to restore archived data, create a new target connection for the source or production database. In the restore scenario, the source database becomes the archive target.
You can create target connections to the following databases:
IBM DB2
Informix
JDBC
Microsoft SQL Server
Netezza
ODBC
Data Vault
Oracle
Sybase ASE
Teradata
If a target connection is used as part of File Archive or retirement definitions, you cannot modify the application version.