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IBM Security Guardium: Database Test Connection is failing for Oracle database with Oracle Advanced Security enabled

Troubleshooting


Problem

IBM Security Guardium: Database Test Connection is failing for Oracle database with Oracle Advanced Security enabled with error below: com.inm.guardium.jdbc.oraclebase.ddej: [guardium][Oracle JDBC Driver]The connect attemppt failed because the server requires Oracle Advanced Security. To enable the driver to use OAS, please use the "dataIntegrityLevel" and/or "encryptionLevel" connect option

Symptom

Test Connection fails with error:


com.inm.guardium.jdbc.oraclebase.ddej: [guardium][Oracle JDBC
Driver]The connect attemppt failed because the server requires Oracle
Advanced Security. To enable the driver to use OAS, please use the
"dataIntegrityLevel" and/or "encryptionLevel" connect option

Cause

Oracle is using Oracle Advanced Security which requires additional security parameters in the connection string.

Environment

Guardium v9.x or v10.x and Oracle datasource with Oracle Advanced Security
enabled

Diagnosing The Problem

You are in presence of this problem if:

1. You get this error when testing the database connection:

com.inm.guardium.jdbc.oraclebase.ddej: [guardium][Oracle JDBC
Driver]The connect attemppt failed because the server requires Oracle
Advanced Security. To enable the driver to use OAS, please use the
"dataIntegrityLevel" and/or "encryptionLevel" connect option

AND

2. The Oracle database has Oracle Advanced Security enabled

Resolving The Problem

Specify one of the following options for the
Datasource , using the "Connection properties " field in the datasource configuration
window:
EncryptionLevel=required
or
DataIntegrityLevel=required 
or
EncryptionLevel=required, DataIntegrityLevel=required
 

Sample screenshot of how the Datasource may look:






 

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Document Information

Modified date:
26 April 2019

UID

swg22009449