Step 3: Adding a database connection

To work with a database in the Database Administration Console, you must have a connection established for it.

You can configure any of the following database connections:

A managed connection, which refers to a database that is either of the following:

Managed database — A database that is being managed by OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer. The database can reside on the local host or on a remote AdminServer. For a managed database, the connection is made through shared memory.

Scripted database — A database that you start with a script outside of the OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer environment. The database can reside on the local host or on a remote AdminServer.

An unmanaged database connection, which refers to a database that:

Is not being managed by OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer.

You are using only to perform database administration tasks related to multi-tenancy.

This type of database connection is new in this release of OpenEdge.

Decide if the connection you are setting up will be to a database on a local machine or a remote machine. If you want to set up a connection to a database on a remote machine, you must first set up remote configuration.

You can then set up the local or remote database connection.

For details about , setting up remote configuration before setting up the database connection, see:

1. Reviewing the remote configuration requirements in OpenEdge Management and Explorer: Configuring Multi-tenancy

2. Ungluing OpenEdge Management/OpenEdge Explorer from OpenEdge in OpenEdge Management and Explorer: Configuring Multi-tenancy

3. Setting up the local host machine in OpenEdge Management and Explorer: Configuring Multi-tenancy

4. Setting up the remote AdminServer in OpenEdge Management and Explorer: Configuring Multi-tenancy

For details about setting up a database connection, see:

Setting up the connection in OpenEdge Management and Explorer: Configuring Multi-tenancyUser credentials considerations in OpenEdge Management and Explorer: Configuring Multi-tenancy