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The

D s platform
r true

 uses multiple SQL databases to manage platform metadata. This section describes how to install and initialize these databases.

DB Installation Pre-requisites

• You must install a supported database distribution. For more information on the supported database versions, see System Requirements in the Planning Guide.
  • You must also acquire the database dependencies associated with the operating system distribution where the database is to be installed. Please see the database vendor for more information.
• Please verify that the ports used by the database are opened on the

  D s node

  . 
  • For more information on default ports, see System Ports in the Planning Guide.
  • If you need to use different ports, additional configuration is required. More instructions are provided later. 
• Installation and configuration of the database cannot be completed until the

  D s item
  item software

  has been installed. You should install the software on the

  D s node

   first.

• If you are installing the databases on an instance of Amazon RDS, additional setup is required first. See Install Databases on Amazon RDS.

Other pre-requisites specific to the database distribution may be listed in the appropriate section below.  

Warning
If you are concerned about durability and disaster recovery of your  D s item item metadata , your enterprise backup procedures should include the  D s item item databases . See Backup and Recovery in the Admin Guide.

List of Databases

The 

D s platform
r true

 requires access to the following databases. Below, you can review database names, descriptions and release in which it was introduced:

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