Click Create Process, located in the upper-right section of the Administration Console. Click the IT Discovery Tool radio button.
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Click Next.
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Select the IT Discovery tool that you want to normalize. The discovery tools are listed in alphabetical order and may require scrolling the window to see the entire list.
Note • BDNA highly recommends that the database user account used to extract data from a data source is a read-only account.
To configure the Process Settings later: Click Finish to add the process to the Administration Console. You can complete the additional process settings at a later time.
IT Discovery Tool Data Source—MSSQL
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Server Name—Enter the name of the database server.
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Database—Enter the name of the database.
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Use Windows Authentication—Click the checkbox to enable Windows authentication.
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User Name—Enter the authentication domain/username that enables access to the database.
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Password—Enter the password that enables access to the database.
IT Discovery Tool Data Source—Oracle
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Server Name—Enter the name of the database server.
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Port—Enter the port used to connect to the database.
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SID—Click this radio button to enable use of the System Identifier (SID) that identifies the database instance, and then enter the system identifier (database name + instance number; e.g. database3).
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Service Name—Click this radio button to enable use of a ‘connector’ to one or more instances of the database, and then enter the Service Name (e.g., sales.us.example.com).
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User Name—Enter the username that enables access to the database.
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Password—Enter the password that enables access to the database.
IT Discovery Tool Data Source—DB2
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Server Name—Enter the name of the database server.
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Port—Enter the port used to connect to the database.
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Database—Enter the name of the database.
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User Name—Enter the username that enables access to the database.
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Password—Enter the password that enables access to the database.
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