1. IST VLabs Tutorial
Fall 2010
Dongwon Lee, Ph.D.

2. Connect to VLabs From IST classrooms: Working at home
Login the computer using:
ID: your PSU ID
Password: your PSU password
Domain: dce.psu.edu
Working at home
Use a remote connection s/w: Eg,
Windows: “Remote Desktop Connection”
Mac: “Remote Desktop Connection for Mac”

3. Connect to Vlabs: Eg, Windows
Step 1
Start->
All programs ->
Accessories ->
Communications ->
Remote Desktop Connection ->
“vlabs.up.ist.psu.edu”
Step 2 (optional):
Click on “options”
Fill up the configuration info
Done!

4. Connect to VLabs
Your PSU
ID and Password

5. Useful Networked Locations
Connects to IST’s Web Space
Start  Computer  IST UP Web Space

6. IST Personal Web Space Personal web page URL Team web page URL Note:
Team web page URL
 follow link therein
Note:
You have up to 75M storage capacity
The web space is enabled for ASP, ASPX, PHP, and HTML

7. IST Personal Web Space
would access the contents in my IST Personal Web Space

8. IST Personal Storage Space
Your local storage space “My Documents” where you can keep your personal stuff
\\upfs1.up.ist.local\Users\your_PSU_ID
Start -> Run; then type the UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path
\\upfs1.up.ist.local\Users\dul13

9. IST Personal Storage Space

10. Using SQL Server Management Studio
Open SQL GUI Interface
Start ->
All Programs ->
App Dev. & Mngmt ->
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 ->
SQL Server management studio
Click on “Connect"
UPDB1
Use
UPDB1

11. Using SQL Server Management Studio
Expand “databases” by clicking on it.
Now, you can explore the databases generated for you. The database name is your PSU login-ID.
dul13

12. Ex 1: Create Your First Tables
Expand your DB by clicking on it
Right-click on “Table” listed in tree-view
Choose “New Table”
Enter the fields and their characteristics
Save

13. Ex 1: Create Your First Tables
SalesPerson
Product
SID
Sname
Comm. 10
Tim
4.5 20
Jane
3.8 30
John
2.9
PID
Pname
Price
101
Printer
100
102
Monitor
500
103
Laptop
1000
Sells
Many-Many
SID
PID
Qty 10
101 20
103 2
102 6 30 19

14. Ex 2: Add a User
Add your project team members as users of your DB with certain privileges
Eg, To give read or write access to your DB to your proj team members
Workflow:
Security ->
Users ->
Right-Click ->
New User ->
Then …

15. Ex 2: Add a User
Add your project team members as your database users with rights
db_datareader
db_datawriter
db_owner
=> This will make your team members to be able to read/write your data/tables
Eg, UP\dul13