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Table Of Contents
- VMware vFabric Data Director Installation Guide
- Contents
- About VMware vFabric Data Director
- Installation Prerequisites and vSphere Setup
- Planning the Network Configuration
- Deploy the Data Director vApp
- Set Up Data Director
- Start the Data Director Setup Wizard
- Accept the License Agreement
- Create the Initial Data Director System Administrator Account
- Set User Management Mode
- Configure the Branding Settings
- Configure SMTP Settings
- Configure the vCenter Network and Its Network Adapters
- Configure Network Mapping
- Configure Networks and Network Adapters
- Enter License Information
- Review Data Director Setup
- Index
7 On the Virtual Machine Options page, select the settings required for the Data Director cluster settings
and click Next.
Option Description
VM Restart Priority
Any option that does not disable VM restart priority is acceptable. Data
Director requires that VM restart priority is enabled.
Host Isolation Response
Leave the default or change the setting to support your environment.
8 On the VM Monitoring page, select the following settings and click Next.
Option Description
VM Monitoring
Select VM and Application Monitoring.
Default Cluster Settings
Leave the monitoring sensitivity at the default.
9 Finish the cluster setup.
a Leave VMware Enhanced vMotion Compatibility disabled and click Next.
b Leave the swap file location at its default and click Next.
c Review the cluster settings and click Finish.
What to do next
You can customize the cluster even further to suit your environment requirements. See the vFabric Data Director
Administrator and User Guide.
Enable vSphere Network Time Protocol
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon ensures that time-dependent processes occur in sync across hosts.
Enable the NTP daemon on the ESXi hosts.
Prerequisites
Verify that the ESXi hosts in the Data Director clusters are running.
Procedure
1 Using a vSphere Client, connect to the vCenter Server system that manages the ESXi hosts in the Data
Director cluster.
2 In the left navigation pane, select one of the hosts.
3 In the main pane, click the Configuration tab, and click Time Configuration.
4 Click Properties and click Options.
5 Click NTP Settings and click Add.
6 In the Add NTP Server dialog box, type a valid NTP server address and click OK.
7 Select the Restart NTP service to apply changes check box and click OK.
8 In the Time Configuration dialog, confirm that the NTP Client Enabled check box is selected.
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If it is selected, click OK.
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If it is not selected, click the Options button. In the Service Commands section of the NTP Daemon
(ntdp) Options dialog, click Start and click OK.
9 Repeat for the other hosts in the Data Director cluster.
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