How do you configure a playback database in 7.0 ? (4218456)

How do you configure a playback database in 7.0 ?

^{The Deployment guide on p.33 provides instructions on how to configure playback}

^{Configure the Playback Database}

^{The playback database stores data recently collected by the Diagnostic Server. Storing playback}

^{data allows Spotlight to show both current and recent data and lets you replay the behavior of a}

^{Spotlight connection using the history slider.}

^{Note:Each Diagnostic Server requires its own playback database.}

^{To store playback data}

^{1. SelectView | Options.}

^{2. ClickDiagnostic Server.}

^{3. ClickConfigure the playback database.}

^{4. Complete the following:}

^{Option Description}

^Store

^{playback data}

^forndays

^{Specify the number of days you want Spotlight to store playback}

^data.

^{The number of days specified corresponds to the number of days of}

^{history available to view in the History Browser. The default is}

^{seven days. The minimum is two days. The maximum is 14 days.}

^{Instance Type or select the name of a SQL Server to host the playback}

^{database. Clicking the down arrow displays a list of available}

^instances.

^{Note:Due to the size of the playback database, it is recommended}

^{that the database is not installed on a SQL Express instance.}

^Windows

^{authentication}

^{Select this option to connect to the playback database using the}

^{Diagnostic Server credentials.}

^{Spotlight on SQL Server Deployment Guide}

^{Configuration}

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^{Option Description}

^{SQL Server}

^{authentication}

^{Select this option to connect to the playback database using SQL}

^{Server credentials and then complete the User and Password fields.}

^{lUser>†A valid user that enables Spotlight to connect to the}

^{instance hosting the playback database.}

^{lPassword>†The password required to connect the specified}

^{user to the instance hosting the playback database.}

^{Database The name of the playback database. The default database is}

^{SpotlightPlaybackDatabase.}

^{Create If you want your playback database to have a different name to the}

^{default, type a new name in the Database field before you click the}

^{Createbutton.}

^{To create a new playback database, clickCreateand enter the}

^{authentication details required to create the playback database. The}

^{authentication details must have permissions to create databases.}

^{The Windows authentication option uses the credentials of the user}

^{logged in to the Spotlight client.}

^{Back Up Spotlight Configuration Data}

^{Spotlight configuration data is stored in the conf directory on the Diagnostic Server. The default}

^{location for the conf directory is:}

^{C:\Program Files\Quest Software\Diagnostic Server\Agent\conf}

^{You can perform backups of the Spotlight configuration data by backing up this}

^{directory regularly.}