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Table Of Contents
- VMware vFabric Data Director Administrator and User Guide
- Contents
- About VMware vFabric Data Director
- Updated Information
- VMware vFabric Data Director and vFabric Postgres Overview
- Managing Data Director Resources
- Managing Users and Roles
- Managing Organizations
- Managing Database Groups
- Managing Database Templates
- Managing Databases
- Cloning Databases
- Managing Database Entities
- Safeguarding Data
- Monitoring the Data Director Environment
- Managing Licenses
- Reconfiguring Data Director Networks
- Change the vCenter IP Address
- Reconfigure the Web Console Network Mapping or Network Adapter
- Reconfigure the vCenter Network Mapping
- Reconfigure the vCenter Network Adapter Settings
- Reconfigure the DB Name Service Network or DB Name Service Network Adapter
- Reconfigure the Internal Network or Internal Network Adapter Mapping
- Verify Network Settings in Data Director
- Data Director Troubleshooting
- Index
You cannot remove the last remaining permanent or evaluation license. Data Director provides vPostgres Non-
Production Use licenses by default. The Non-Production Use licenses cannot be removed.
Purchasing Support
You can optionally purchase vFabric Developer Support for Production Use and Non-Production Use
vPostgres databases.
SnS licenses are required for Data Director. SnS licenses are also required for vPostgres: Production Use
databases.
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Basic SnS licenses provide weekday support for test, development, and non-critical deployments.
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Production SnS licenses provide focused, 24-hour support for production environments.
See the VMware Support Offerings Web site for details about the SnS licensing options. Manage your SnS
licenses through standard VMware support processes.
For details about your licensing arrangement, contact your VMware representative.
Roles and License Management Tasks
The license management tasks that you can perform depend on your role, as shown in the following table.
Table 12-1. License tasks
Task System administrator Organization administrator
View licenses Yes Yes
Add licenses Yes No
Remove Licenses Yes No
Change database usage type Yes Yes
System administrators and organization administrators have licensing privileges by default, and can grant the
View and Manage Licenses privilege to users. For example, an organization administrator can grant the View
and Manage Licenses privilege to a database user. The database user can then view database license
information and change the database usage type.
Organization administrators can view only their organization's license information.
Only users with the system administration role can add and remove licenses.
Counting Data Director Licenses
You count Data Director licenses according to the number of database virtual machines (DBVMs) and vPostgres
databases in use. If you use more licenses than you have purchased, you can purchase additional licenses or
change how licenses are used.
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Data Director requires one license per database virtual machine, regardless of the number of vCPUs, and
regardless of whether the virtual machine is powered on or off.
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Backup database virtual machines do not count towards your license total.
vPostgres requires one license per virtual machine, up to two vCPUs per license. For example, a four-vCPU
vPostgres virtual machine requires two licenses.
The following table shows the number of licenses required given the number of vCPUs for a single vPostgres
virtual machine.
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