Data sources define the JDBC connections between the hosts and the database.
Data sources define all JDBC connections to the data tables in the relational database. The data tables contain processed cluster data that can be extracted and used in reports.
You define the JDBC connection to the database when you install Platform Analytics. The information about the JDBC driver together with the user and password information is called the data source. If you change your database or modify your connection, you need to update the data source properties in Platform Analytics accordingly. The default Platform Analytics data source for the server and the node is ReportDB.
Platform Analytics uses one or more data sources. You must install JDBC drivers for your database type on the Platform Analytics server host before defining the corresponding data source.
The data sources for the Platform Analytics node interact with the data tables in the database. If your cluster has multiple FLEXnet Manager servers, each FLEXnet Manager server has its own data source.
Data loaders either request cluster operation data, or obtain it directly from the data tables through the node data sources. The data loaders store this data into data tables through the node data sources.
If the Platform Analytics server is running on a UNIX host, you need to restart the Platform Analytics server daemons (by running perfadmin stop all and perfadmin start all) after changing the server data source.