Create a Server Job That Uses a Driver and a Data Source

Follow these steps to develop a job that runs on a DataFlux Data Management Server and accesses a database:
  1. Install the DataFlux ODBC drivers (unless they were installed initially) on both the Data Management Studio client and on the DataFlux Data Management Server. Use the regular installers as needed. DataFlux provides a number of wire-protocol drivers that enable you to connect to specific databases without using a client-side library.
  2. Create a DSN on the database server.
  3. Configure an ODBC client-side connection on the DataFlux Data Management Studio host using the ODBC Connections window in Studio, as described in the Data Management Studio User's Guide.
  4. Create and test the job in DataFlux Data Management Studio. The nodes in the job will access the ODBC connection.
  5. Upload the job from Studio to the Data Management Server.
  6. Either copy the ODBC connection file onto the server or create the connection on the server. To create a server connection in Windows, use the ODBC Data Source Administrator. If your server is running in UNIX or Linux, use the dbdfconf tool that is provided with the DataFlux Data Management Server.
    If DataFlux Data Management Studio and DataFlux Data Management Server are installed and running on the same (Windows) host, then you will need to set up the ODBC DSN two times. Set up one DSN through ODBC Connections in Studio. For the DataFlux Data Management Server, set up the DSN again using the ODBC Data Source Administrator.