https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/database-name/m-p/4692675#M42142 Hello,<BR /><BR />I'd like to choose the database name duruing a silent install by using the dbname property in the silent.xml file.<BR /><BR />However whatever I put there doe snot matter and the database name always ends up being of the form INSIGHT_V50_0_nnnnnnnn.<BR /><BR />Is there a way to change this sin,ce DBA a pretty strict on naming convetions here...<BR /> Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:29:35 GMT Frederic Crespo 2010-09-29T06:29:35Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/database-name/m-p/4692675#M42142 Hello,<BR /><BR />I'd like to choose the database name duruing a silent install by using the dbname property in the silent.xml file.<BR /><BR />However whatever I put there doe snot matter and the database name always ends up being of the form INSIGHT_V50_0_nnnnnnnn.<BR /><BR />Is there a way to change this sin,ce DBA a pretty strict on naming convetions here...<BR /> Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:29:35 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/database-name/m-p/4692675#M42142 Frederic Crespo 2010-09-29T06:29:35Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/database-name/m-p/4692676#M42143 I found how to do it... <BR /><BR />I can let the server install itself with it's own SQL and database.<BR /><BR />After the initial installation is done the database config files can be changed to use other values, then stop the service and run mxinitconfig -a to reconfigure the server with a chosen database name. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:47:12 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/database-name/m-p/4692676#M42143 Frederic Crespo 2010-09-30T13:47:12Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/database-name/m-p/4692677#M42144 Good tip. I suspected that was the only way to do it, but am hesitant to because I don't trust that it won't wreck something. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:12:16 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/database-name/m-p/4692677#M42144 jkrolak 2010-09-30T21:12:16Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/database-name/m-p/4692678#M42145 Hi, thats insight_V50_0_date_and_time format.<BR />btw that you can not control through silent.xml that xml just have instance name.<BR />default sim uses master database to connect to db to check rights.<BR /><BR />make sense?<BR /><BR />the method you have tried is also good. after that you can delete old db. there is no harm i see in that as i have tried it many times.<BR /><BR /><BR /> Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:22:08 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/database-name/m-p/4692678#M42145 Change_happens 2010-10-04T12:22:08Z