Connecting to an Existing Unified Database

After creating a new project database in the Configure System utility, you can associate it with an existing unified database that contains the related configurations.

A unified database stores the server configurations of all the installed GENESIS components that use databases.

To connect to an existing unified database:

  1. In the New Project Settings section of the Configure System utility, select Use an existing unified database.

  2. Select the desired database from the drop-down list, and then click Next.

  3. (Optional) In the Configuration Settings section, select or clear the checkboxes to set your preferences for upgrading (the default setting) or overwriting all configurations and for including sample data.

    The Upgrade option saves any existing data and makes it compatible with the new version, while Overwrite permanently deletes the data and creates a clean database. When neither checkbox is selected, the existing data will be used as is and may not be compatible with the new version.

    Including the samples can help you become familiar with GENESIS before you start working with your real data.

  4. (Optional) In the Available Configurations section, select or clear the checkboxes in the Overwrite and Upgrade columns to set the preferences for individual configurations.

  5. (Optional) In the Samples column, select the checkboxes for the configurations which you want to include sample data for. Clear all the other checkboxes.

  6. In the Run On Startup column, select the checkboxes for the services (point managers) that you want to start when Windows starts up, and then click Next. Clear all the other checkboxes.

  7. In the Choose Setup Mode section, select one of the following options, and then click Configure.

    • Select Create a security user to create a user account with administrator privileges in Workbench that will be required to make changes to the system. In the GENESIS Security Credentials section that appears, specify the Username and Password.

      You can find the account in Workbench's Project Explorer under the Security > Users node.

    • Select Do not create a security user, which means that anyone can access Workbench and make changes to the GENESIS configuration.

    If you are reinstalling GENESIS version 11 and are connecting to an existing version 11 database, the following message may appear:

    Do one of the following:

    • Click OK to create a security user account with administrator privileges in Workbench that will be required to log in to the system. In the GENESIS Security Credentials section that appears, specify the Username and Password, and then click Configure.
    • Click Cancel to complete the configuration. No security user will be created.

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