Create a data source connection in Data Virtualization using a Remote Agent

Last updated: Mar 17, 2025

About this task

Create a IBM Cloud Satellite Connector connection from Data Virtualization or by importing an existing platform connection.

Procedure

To create a connection from Data Virtualization, complete the following steps.
1. In Data Virtualization, navigate to the Data sources page and then select Add connection > New connection.
2. Select the on-premises data source that you want your IBM Cloud Satellite Connector to connect to.
3. Enter the following information:
  - Name of the connection
  - Hostname or IP address of the connection
  - Port number
  - Database name
  - Username
  - Password
4. Optional: In Private connectivity, select IBM Cloud Satellite, and then select the name of your connector.
5. Select Create.
  Note: If you did not select IBM Cloud Satellite from the previous optional step, you might encounter an error telling you that IBM Cloud is unable to create a direct connection to the data source. For this error message, select Create connection anyway.
6. From the Add collaborators and add the connection to a remote connector page, select the remote agent, and then select Add.
  Your data source connection now appears in the Data sources page under the Table view.
To create a connection by importing an existing platform connection, complete the following steps.
1. In the Data sources page, select Add connection > Existing platform connection > Continue.
2. Select the data source that you want to add and then select Add.
3. From the Add collaborators and add the connection to a remote connector page, select the Remote connector, and then select Add.
  Your data source connection now appears in the Data sources page under the Table view.