Creating Tracking and Subscription databases using TDM

You can use the SDL Tridion Database Manager (TDM) tool to create a Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle database.

About this task

Procedure

  1. Access the SDL Tridion installation media.
  2. Navigate to the Database\ directory.
  3. Run the executable called DatabaseManager.exe.
  4. Select New Database in the startup screen.
  5. Select the database, or databases, you want to create and click Next.
  6. Follow the instructions in the wizard to create the database.

Results

You have created Tracking and Subscription databases.

What to do next

When you create the Subscription and Tracking databases, you will need to retain the database details when you come to installing and configuring tracking and subscription on the presentation server.