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Hitachi Vantara Lumada and Pentaho Documentation

Fix Driver and Database Connection Problems


Information about common driver and database connection issues.

There are several common driver and database connection problems.  To fix them, read the following articles.

JDBC Driver Issues



  1. Stop the DI Server.
  2. Copy your driver into this location: <pentaho-install-directory>/server/data-integration-server/tomcat/lib.
  3. Start the DI Server.


Fixing JTDSvarchar(MAX) Limitations in MSSQL 2005


The solution is to upgrade the MSSQL 2005 JDBC driver to version 1.0.809.102 or later. To do this, download and install the file from, then restart your MSSQL server.