Creating the Database Administrator Profile - Teradata Database - Teradata Vantage NewSQL Engine

Profiles determine certain system resources available to member users, and can also set password control parameters.

1. From an administrative client, log on as user DBC.
2. Create the profile for the database administrator. To do this, specify values for the following fields and controls:

   Do not enter values at this time for fields not listed.

   Field	Description
   Profile Name	Required. The name of the database administrator profile. Administrative procedures in this publication use the name AdminProfile. User DBADMIN will be the only member of this profile. Because of space and ownership concerns, you must create a separate profile for other administrative users.
   Account	Optional. An account string defines the following characteristics for profile member sessions in the database: Session priority. This classification is in effect only when TASM or TIWM classification processes do not match the request to a user-defined workload. Account ID (to assign charges for system time and resources) Date stamp Time stamp Recommendation: Define at least one account string per profile. If necessary, you can add an account string later using a MODIFY PROFILE statement. For more about accounts, see Setting Up Your Administrative Environment: All DBAs.
   Spool Space	Optional. The spool space specification is only a limit to the amount of space available for intermediate query results or formatted answer sets to queries and volatile tables. The system borrows spool space for a user from unused permanent space anywhere in the system. Recommendation: Set this value equal to the amount of space in the Spool_Reserve database.
   Temporary Space	Optional. Required only when using global temporary tables and other features that require temporary space. Recommendation: Temporary space is not normally needed. Specify temporary space only when you develop a strategy for using the features that need temporary space. If necessary, you can add a temporary space later with a MODIFY USER statement.
   Password	Optional. Specify values for password control attributes if profile members cannot use default values.
   Other password controls	Optional. Recommendation: Set other password controls globally by updating DBC.SysSecDefaults if required by your site security policy. Be sure to review the default password control values to determine whether they conform to your site security requirements. For information on the default password control values and how to change them, see “Managing Database Passwords,” in Teradata Vantage™ NewSQL Engine Security Administration, B035-1100.

For example:

CREATE PROFILE "AdminProfile" AS
SPOOL=spool_space 
TEMPORARY=NULL
ACCOUNT=('$H-DBC-MANAGER','  account__str2','  account_str3')
DEFAULT DATABASE="All"
PASSWORD =   
(EXPIRE=90,MINCHAR=NULL,MAXCHAR=NULL,MAXLOGONATTEMPTS=NULL,LOCKEDUSEREXPIRE=NULL,
REUSE=NULL,DIGITS=NULL,RESTRICTWORDS=NULL,SPECCHAR=NULL);

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