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Connecting to the databases

The broker uses ODBC to access its database so you must set up an ODBC data source name (DSN) definition on each broker system. The broker also uses ODBC to connect to user databases on behalf of message flows that you deploy to its execution groups. If your message flows need to access user databases, you must set up an ODBC DSN for each of the user databases too. At any one time there can be multiple connections using the same DSN definition.

For more information about the connections that a broker database needs, see Broker database connections.

If you are using the Default Configuration Wizard or the database commands to create a broker or a database on Windows, the ODBC DSNs are automatically created for you.

To define the DSN explicitly, click the appropriate links for your operating system and data source type:

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When you have configured your ODBC data source names (DSN), you must also configure the environment for issuing console commands and for running the broker so that it can access the required database libraries. For more information, see Setting your environment to access databases.

Related tasks
Editing the .odbc.ini parameters
Editing the odbc64.ini parameters
Related reference
Supported databases
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