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Viz Pilot User’s Guide
IMPORTANT! A failover situation will not be initiated until the user tries to access
the database.
INI File Settings for TNS alias
The TNS alias name must be set in the name property under the Database section in
the ContentPilot.ini file (see Database Initialization File Configuration).
IMPORTANT! In order for the TNS settings to work for Director, Template Wizard
and Object Store, the name key must contain the same TNS name alias as in the
tnsnames.ora file (e.g. VIZRTDB).
Registry Settings for TNS alias
In addition to the INI file, a TNS_ADMIN string must be added to the registry. This allows
all of the Viz Pilot system’s clients (that is, Director, Template Wizard, Object Store
and the Viz Pilot’s newsroom client) to use the tnsnames.ora file, and avoids potential
conflicts with other applications using a local environment variable.
The TNS_ADMIN string holds the path to the tnsnames.ora file. It can be added in
the General tab of the Viz Pilot Configuration Tool, see To configure the database
connection.
An alternative option is To set TNS_ADMIN as a local variable, which is described below.
To set TNS_ADMIN as a local variable
An alternative to using the Viz Pilot Configuration Tool is to add a local Windows
environment variable called TNS_ADMIN, with the same value as the config tool option.
The difference is that the config tool will only affect the Viz Pilot system, while the
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