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Create the database tables with the Server Configuration Tool

The database tables for the MobileFirst Server applications can be created manually, with Ant Tasks, or with the Server Configuration Tool. The topics provide the explanation and details about database setup when you install MobileFirst Server with the Server Configuration Tool.

The Server Configuration Tool can create the database tables as part of the installation process. In some cases, it can even create a database and a user for the MobileFirst Server components. For an overview of the installation process with theServer Configuration Tool, see Install MobileFirst Server in graphical mode.

After you complete the configuration credentials and click Deploy in the Server Configuration Tool pane, the following operations are run:

• Create the database and user if needed.
• Verify whether the MobileFirst Server tables exist in the database. If they do not exist, create the tables.
• Deploys the MobileFirst Server applications to the application server.

If the database tables are created manually before you run the Server Configuration Tool, the tool can detect them and skip the phase of setting up the tables.

Depending on your choice of the supported database management system (DBMS), select one of the following topics for more details on how the tool creates the database tables.

• Create the DB2 database tables with the Server Configuration Tool
  
• Create the Oracle database tables with the Server Configuration Tool
  
• Create the MySQL database tables with the Server Configuration Tool
  

Parent topic: Relational databases