Connecting to the Alarm Database

Before you can use the Alarm DB Purge-Archive utility, you must connect to the alarm database.

To configure the database connection

1. Open the Alarm DB Purge-Archive utility. Do the following:

   1. In the Tools view, expand Applications.

   2. Double-click Alarm DB Purge-Archive.

2. Click the Database tab.

   

3. Configure the database connection. Do the following:

   1. In the Authentication list, select the authentication method: SQL Server Authentication or Windows Authentication (default).

      Note: Windows authentication can provide better application security than SQL Authentication. If you switch from Windows Authentication to SQL Authentication, a pop up dialog will appear recommending that you use Windows Authentication for this reason. If you choose to ignore this warning and proceed with SQL Authentication, click OK. A similar message will be logged in the Log Viewer.

   2. In the Server Name list, click the node name of the server.

   3. In the Database box, type the name of the alarm database.

   4. In the User Information area, type the user name and password of an alarm database user account.

   Note: The Windows Authentication method uses the credentials of the user currently logged in, and disables the user name and password fields.

4. Click Test Connection to test the connection to the database. A message indicates if the connection to the alarm database is successful.

5. Click OK.

6. Click Apply.