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Accessing MySQL using the command-line interface

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In addition to accessing Data Warehouse data elements through the report authoring tools, you can obtain access to Data Warehouse data elements directly by connecting as a MySQL user. You might want to connect as a MySQL user to use the data elements in your own applications.

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There are many ways to connect. The following steps show one way.

When accessing MySQL, connect to the MySQL database on the machine where Data Warehouse is installed. The MySQL port is 3306 by default; however, you can change it during installation. The user name and password is dwhuser/netapp123.

Steps

  1. On the machine where Data Warehouse is installed, open a command-line window.

  2. Access the MySQL directory in the OnCommand Insight directory.

  3. Type the following user name and password: mysql -udwhuser -pnetapp123

    The following is displayed, depending on where Data Warehouse is installed:

    c:\Program Files\SANscreen\mysql\bin> mysql -udwhuser -pnetapp123
    Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 882
Server version: 5.1.28-rc-community MySQL Community Server (GPL)
    Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

  4. Show the Data Warehouse databases: show databases;

    The following is displayed:

    mysql> show databases;
+-------------------------+
| Database                |
+-------------------------+
| information_schema      |
| dwh_capacity            |
| dwh_capacity_efficiency |
| dwh_fs_util             |
| dwh_inventory           |
| dwh_performance         |
| dwh_ports               |
+-------------------------+