Settings for crawling

This section describes the settings for crawling each data source.

Settings for crawling DataSpider Servista

To crawl a DataSpider Servista destination, set the Metadata adapter to DataSpider Servista.

1. Place "metadata_adapter" (folder with complete set of jar and other files) in "server\plugin\data_processing\modules" on the PC where DataSpider Servista is installed.

2. Restart the DataSpider Servista service.

 

Settings for crawling Oracle Database

To crawl a destination whose Resource type is "Oracle," set the JDBC Driver.

1. You can obtain the jar file for the JDBC Driver compatible with the version of Oracle Database on the destination from the following website:

https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/appdev/jdbc-downloads.html

2. Copy the jar file obtained above into the "lib" folder.

 

Settings for crawling MySQL

To crawl a destination whose Resource type is "MySQL," set the JDBC Driver.

1. You can obtain the jar file for the JDBC Driver compatible with the version of MySQL on the destination from the following website:

https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/

2. Copy the jar file obtained above into the "lib" folder.

 

Settings for crawling Db2

To crawl a destination whose resource type is "Db2," set the JDBC Driver.

1. You can obtain the jar file for the JDBC Driver compatible with the version of Db2 on the destination from the following website:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/db2-jdbc-driver-versions-and-downloads

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Normally, this file is also stored in the "sqllib\java" folder under the folder where you installed Db2.

2. Copy the jar file obtained above into the "lib" folder.