Checking the database configuration

Before you install IMC, make sure the database server and client are correctly installed and configured.

IMC uses a local database client to communicate with a remote database server. The client version must match the version of the database server.

On the remote database server, you must create a data file folder for storing IMC data. You will need to specify the path to the folder during IMC installation.

Additional database requirements vary by the database type: SQL Server or Oracle.

For a SQL Server database, the following requirements must be met:

• Set the startup type of the SQL Server and SQL Server Agent services to Automatic.

  To view the service startup type, click Start, and then select Administrative Tools > Services.

• The startup account of the SQL Server service must have write permissions to all disks on the database server. As a best practice, use the Local System account.

For an Oracle database, the following requirements must be met:

• Configure the Oracle database service to start automatically with the operating system.

• The database server and client use the same network service name, which contains the IP address of the database server as the host name.