You would want to create a configuration if you are manually installing and configuring P6 EPPM for the first time, or if you want to create additional configurations other than the one created by the P6 EPPM Configuration Wizard. The default name of the configuration created by the P6 EPPM Configuration Wizard is "Primavera P6 Configuration".
To create a P6 EPPM configuration:
- Run dbconfigpv.bat (with Windows) dbconfigpv.sh (with UNIX or Linux) at
<P6_EPPM_Home>/p6. The Database Configuration Wizard opens.Where: <P6_EPPM_Home> is the P6 EPPM home directory that was set during installation.
Note: Click Next after each of the following steps.
- On the Setup and Configuration of the Primavera P6 Database screen, select Microsoft SQL Server.
- On the Please enter the following information... screen, enter the public user credentials and the connection details for your database. The default public username is pubuser.
- On the What would you like to do? screen, select Create a new configuration and enter a name for the configuration in the field.
- On the Configuration of the Primavera P6 database completed successfully screen, click OK.