Creating P6 EPPM Configurations

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.cmd (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 your database type.
On the Please enter the following information... screen:
1. Enter the public user credentials.
  The default public username is pubuser.
2. Enter the connection details for your database.
  - For an Oracle or Microsoft SQL database, enter the connection details for your Oracle or Microsoft SQL database.
  - For an Oracle Autonomous Database:
    In the Database Name field, enter the service name of your Oracle Autonomous Database instance.
    
    In the Database Unzipped Wallet Location field, enter the location and name of the unzipped wallet file.
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.

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