Verifying Database Installation

This topic describes how to verify that the databases were successfully installed on the SQL server.

  1. Connect to the SQL server or to a computer with SQL Management Studio installed.

  2. Open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.

    The Connect to server window opens.

  3. Type in the SQL server's FQDN or IP address into the Server name field.

  4. Select Windows Authentication if your account has sysadmin permissions on the SQL server. Otherwise, choose SQL Server Authentication and log in with a sysadmin-level account.

  5. Click Connect.

  6. In the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, Expand Databases. You should see five new ObserveIT databases.

  7. Expand Security > Logins.

  8. Right-click the ObserveIT Service Account user – in this example, OITServiceAccount – and select Properties.

  9. Select User Mapping from Select a Page menu.

  10. Under User mapped to this login click the ObserveIT database.

  11. Make sure the checkbox in the Map column is checked.

  12. Make sure that the checkbox for db_owner is checked.

  13. Repeat for all databases.

  14. Click OK and close SQL Management Studio.

Related Topics:

Installing and Configuring Databases

Installing the ObserveIT Databases

Moving Database File to Drives

Setting Initial Database File Sizes

Installing Database Maintenance

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