You must give each database in a DCM cluster a unique database ID, and a DCM delimiter that is the same in all the databases. Enter a description, a location, and some details about the administrators of this database. This information can be replicated across the cluster. The information can assist others in determining what the database is used for, where it is located and who to contact for any administration issues.
When you initialize the database, each object in the database is automatically assigned a cluster ID. The purpose of this attribute is to track name changes across databases.
Before you initialize a database for use with DCM, check that you have done the following checks and operations.