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Table Of Contents
- vCloud Director Installation and Upgrade Guide
- Contents
- VMware vCloud Director Installation and Upgrade Guide
- Overview of vCloud Director Installation, Configuration, and Upgrade
- vCloud Director Architecture
- Configuration Planning
- vCloud Director Hardware and Software Requirements
- Browsers That vCloud Director Supports
- Summary of Network Configuration Requirements for vCloud Director
- Installing and Configuring a vCloud Director Database
- Create SSL Certificates
- Installing and Configuring vShield Manager
- Installing and Configuring an AMQP Broker
- Download and Install the VMware Public Key
- Creating a vCloud Director Server Group
- Install and Configure vCloud Director Software on the First Member of a Server Group
- Configure Network and Database Connections
- Install vCloud Director Software on Additional Members of a Server Group
- Install Microsoft Sysprep Files on the Servers
- Start or Stop vCloud Director Services
- Uninstall vCloud Director Software
- Upgrading vCloud Director
- vCloud Director Setup
- Cell Management Tool Reference
- Index
7 Specify database connection information.
The information that the script requires depends on your choice of database type. This example shows
the prompts that follow specification of an Oracle database. Prompts for other database types are
similar.
a Type the hostname or IP address of the database server.
Enter the host (or IP address) for the database:10.150.10.78
b Type the database port, or press Enter to accept the default value.
Enter the database port [default=1521]:
Using default value "1521" for port.
c Type the database service name.
Enter the database service name [default=oracle]:orcl.example.com
If you press Enter, the configuration script uses a default value, which might not be correct for
some installations. For information about how to find the database service name for an Oracle
database, see “Configure an Oracle Database,” on page 14.
d Type the database user name and password.
Enter the database username:vcloud
Enter the database password:
The script validates the information you supplied, then continues with three more steps.
1 It initializes the database and connects this server to it.
2 It offers to start vCloud Director services on this host.
3 It displays a URL at which you can connect to the Setup wizard after vCloud Director service starts.
This fragment shows a typical completion of the script.
Connecting to the database: jdbc:oracle:thin:vcloud/vcloud@10.150.10.78:1521/vcloud
...........
Database configuration complete.
Once the vCloud Director server has been started you will be able to
access the first-time setup wizard at this URL:
http://vcloud.example.com
Would you like to start the vCloud Director service now? If you choose not
to start it now, you can manually start it at any time using this command:
service vmware-vcd start
Start it now? [y/n]:y
Starting the vCloud Director service (this may take a moment).
The service was started; it may be several minutes before it is ready for use.
Please check the logs for complete details.
vCloud Director configuration is now complete. Exiting...
What to do next
NOTE Database connection information and other reusable responses you supplied during configuration
are preserved in a file located at /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/etc/responses.properties on this server.
This file contains sensitive information that you must reuse when you add more servers to a server group.
Preserve the file in a secure location, and make it available only when needed.
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