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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
6 Enter resource settings for the template and click Next.
Option Description
vCPUs
Number of virtual CPUs the database virtual machine will use.
High availability
Select Enable to protect the database with vSphere High Availability. See the
vSphere Availability documentation.
Memory size
Amount of memory the database virtual machine will use.
Recommended database storage
allocation
Recommended storage allocation for this database.
CPU and memory priority
Select Automatic to allow the vCenter Server system to allocate CPU and
memory to the virtual machine. If you select another value, the CPU priority
determines how unreserved CPU and memory resources are assigned to this
database as compared to other databases in this database group.
Explicitly reserve resources for
databases created by this template
If checked, you can reserve resources for running databases. Reservations
guarantee that the database has the specified amount of CPU and memory
available.
CPU reservation
Number of MHz to reserve for this database.
Memory reservation
Number of MB to reserve for this database.
7 Specify the database settings by accepting the default settings, by using the Database Settings Calculator,
or by entering values explicitly, and click Finish.
Modify a Database Configuration Template
If the requirements for resources or other aspects of your environment change, you can modify existing
database configuration templates. Databases that you create from the new template will use the new settings.
Prerequisites
Log in to Data Director as an organization administrator or as an administrator with privileges to modify a
configuration template.
Procedure
1 Click the Administration tab.
2 Click Templates, and click Default Database Configuration Templates.
3 Right-click the template that you want to modify, and perform one of the supported actions.
Action Description
Clone
Creates a copy of this template. When you clone a template, the Create
Database Configuration Template wizard appears and you can configure the
resource settings and database settings for the clone.
Delete
Deletes the selected template.
Unpublish
Disables provisioning and other capabilities for this template. When a
template is not published, it can be viewed or managed, but cannot be used
for provisioning or other purposes.
Edit Permissions
Allows you to specify who can use this template, and what each user can do.
You can change the permissions for an existing user, remove an existing user,
and add a role. Users who can create a database from the template do not
automatically have permissions to modify the template.
Properties
Allows you to modify the settings that you specified when you created the
template. See “Create a Database Configuration Template,” on page 46 for a
discussion of the properties you can change.
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