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Database Formats

NerveCenter supports three different database formats -- use the most appropriate one for your environment. The three database formats are:

• Microsoft SQL Server (Windows NT)

  You determine the Microsoft SQL Server database name when you install NerveCenter and run DBWizard to create the database. The database is located on the SQL server machine and the ODBC connection string on the NerveCenter server machine points to the database.

• Microsoft Access (Windows NT)

  The name of the Microsoft Access database file is NCAccess.mdb. The file must be located on the server machine. (You do not have to have Microsoft Access installed on the server machine.)

• Flat files (UNIX)

  The files that make up the UNIX database are nervecenter.ncdb, which contains information about the NerveCenter objects such as polls and alarms, and nervecenter.node, which contains information about nodes.

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  Note    In the past, the UNIX database was made up of the following files: *.ncdb, alarm_sum.def, sysobjid.dat, *.ovhosts, and *.ncdb.nts.

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When NerveCenter was installed, the installer set up one of these databases. If you find another format or platform would be more appropriate, you can create a new database on that platform (as long as you have a server on that platform) and transfer your data from the old database to the new one. See Installing NerveCenter in the NerveCenter documentation for instructions on creating a new database. Also see Transferring Data between Databases for instructions on transferring data from one database to another.