Install database drivers

To set up a database connection you need to install the required database driver in PPM first.

For license reasons, PPM does not come with database drivers. Please contact your system administrator for more information.

By default, the database drivers are located in the drivers directory of your PPM installation.

<installation directory>\ppmmashzone\server\bin\work\data_ppm\drivers

Procedure under Windows

  1. If required, stop all PPM system components. Click Stop PPM Core 9.9 in the Windows program group Software AG > Stop Servers.
  2. Copy the database drivers to the driver directory.
  3. Start all PPM components. Click Start PPM Core 9.9 in the Windows program group Software AG > Start Servers.

The database drivers are available in PPM.

Procedure under Linux

  1. If required, stop all PPM system components. Run the script stop_ppm.sh. The script is located in the directory <installation directory>/ppmmashzone/server/.
  2. Copy the database drivers to the drivers directory.
  3. Start all PPM components. Run the script start_ppm.sh. The script is located in the directory <installation directory>/ppmmashzone/server/.

The database drivers are available in PPM.