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Register the Operational Reference Stores with the Original Schema Owner

If any of the Operational Reference Store (ORS) databases are registered with a proxy user, register the ORS database with the original schema owner. You must register the ORS with the original schema owner to ensure that you have sufficient privileges to perform the upgrade operations. You can reregister the ORS with the proxy user after you upgrade. The original default schema owner is CMX_ORS.

Start the Hub Console.

The

Change database

dialog box appears.

Select the MDM Hub Master database, and click

Connect

Select the

Databases

tool from the

Configuration

workbench.

Select

Write Lock

Acquire Lock

Click the

button.

The

Informatica MDM Hub Connection Wizard

appears and prompts you to select the database type.

Select the type of database, and click

Configure connection properties for the database.

Select an Oracle connection method, and then click

You can select the following Oracle connection methods:

Service: Connect to Oracle by using the service name.
SID: Connect to Oracle by using the Oracle System ID.

For more information about SERVICE and SID names, see the Oracle documentation.

The

Connection Properties

page appears.

Specify the connection properties for the connection type that you select, and click

You can configure the following connection properties:

Database Display Name: Name for the Operational Reference Store that must appear in the Hub Console.
Machine Identifier: Prefix given to keys to uniquely identify records from the Hub Store instance.
Database host name: IP address or name of the server that hosts the Oracle database.
SID: Oracle System Identifier that refers to the instance of the Oracle database running on the server. The
SID
field appears if you selected the
SID
connection type.
Service: Name of the Oracle SERVICE used to connect to the Oracle database. The
Service
field appears if the you selected the
Service
connection type.
Port: The TCP port of the Oracle listener running on the Oracle database server. The default is
1521
.
Oracle TNS Name: Name by which the database is known on your network as defined in the
TNSNAMES.ORA
file of the application server.

For example:
mydatabase.mycompany.com
.

You set the Oracle TNS name when you install the Oracle database. For more information about the Oracle TNS name, see the Oracle documentation.
Schema Name: Name of the Operational Reference Store.
User name: Specify the original user name for the ORS. Default is CMX_ORS.
Password: Password associated with the original user for the ORS.
The default password
ChangeMe
is displayed as *******, when
cmx.server.database.authentication.method=windowsauthentication
in the
cmxserver.properties
file. The application will use the Windows authentication to connect to the data source.

The

Summary

page appears.

Review the summary, and specify additional connection properties.

The following table describes the additional connection properties that you can configure:

Property	Description
Connection URL	Connect URL. The Connection Wizard generates the connect URL by default. The following list shows the format of the connect URL for the Oracle connection types: Service connection type jdbc:oracle:thin:@//database_host:port/service_name SID connection type jdbc:oracle:thin:@//database_host:port:sid For a service connection type, you have the option to customize and later test a different connection URL.
Create datasource after registration	Select to create the datasource on the application server after registration. If you do not select the option, you must manually configure the data source.

Property

Description

Connection URL

Connect URL. The Connection Wizard generates the connect URL by default. The following list shows the format of the connect URL for the Oracle connection types:

Service connection type: jdbc:oracle:thin:@//database_host:port/service_name
SID connection type: jdbc:oracle:thin:@//database_host:port:sid

For a service connection type, you have the option to customize and later test a different connection URL.

Create datasource after registration

Select to create the datasource on the application server after registration.

If you do not select the option, you must manually configure the data source.

For a service connection type, if you want to change the default URL, click the

Edit

button, specify the URL, and then click

Click

Finish

The

Registering Database

dialog box appears.