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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
What to do next
Specify the database settings information, or click Back to return to the Clone Type panel for modifications.
Configure the Database Settings of the Clone
When you clone a database, you can customize database attributes for the clone as part of clone creation.
Prerequisites
Complete the Clone Type panel of the Clone Database wizard described in “Configure the Clone Type,” on
page 60.
Procedure
1 In the Database Settings panel, specify a name for the clone database, or leave the default.
2 Type a description of the clone database.
3 If you specified Do not clone schema or data earlier, specify storage allocation or leave the default.
a Estimate the storage required for the data you expect to store in the database and enter that value for
storage allocation, or leave the default.
Database storage allocation is for the database data and does not include storage for operating system,
database software, swap allocation, or snapshots. The default is based on the size of the source
database.
b Specify the point-in-time-recovery storage allocation, which depends on the volume of transactions
that you expect.
The point-in-time-recovery allocation stores the WAL (write-ahead logs).
For other clone types, you cannot change storage allocation.
4 Select tags for the clone.
Tags support a mechanism for finding multiple databases that share the same tag. See “Using Tags,” on
page 54.
5 If you are creating a full clone or you are cloning the database settings, choose the database group to add
the clone to.
You cannot change the database group for linked clones.
6 Click Next to continue to the Clone Point panel.
What to do next
Specify the settings in the Clone Point panel, or click Back to return to the Clone Type panel for modifications.
Configure the Clone Point Settings
Data Director allows you to clone the current state of the database, clone a specific point in time, or clone a
backup of the database.
The available options for the clone point depend on the type of clone. For a clone of only database settings,
clone points are not supported.
The following table summarizes the available clone point options.
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