System Configuration setup for MNT

  1. Open System Configuration and go to the Files tab.
  2. Under Maintenance data (MntDb.mdb) click on the button SQL Settings… and the SQL Server Settings dialog box appears.
  3. Select Enable external DB for MNT database and the inactive fields become active.
  4. Fill in the fields as follows:
    DSN     = the name given to the creation of the Maintenance DSN in ODBC Data Sources, in our case MNT.
    Computer name of server     = the name of the PC  where the SQL Express database is installed followed by \SQLExpress.
  5. Under Authentication, select the method chosen for the SQL Express server.
  6. Click OK.

This completes the final task for creating the MNT database on the SQL Express server.