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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
About VMware vFabric Data Director
The VMware vFabric Data Director Administrator and User Guide provides information about administering
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vFabric Data Director. Administration tasks include creating organizations and database groups,
managing users and roles, resource allocation, database and backup configuration, cloning databases,
safeguarding data, and monitoring your system.
The Data Director software solution provides on-site self-service database provisioning and automation to
database administrators and application developers, including the following.
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Self-service database creation and resource allocation.
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Flexible, policy-based resource management.
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Resource isolation within organizations and within databases.
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Security policy implementation through role-based access control.
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Delegating and granting customizable roles and privileges to specify users' allowed actions.
Self-service database lifecycle management enables application developers to create new databases, manage
schemas, configure backups, perform restores, clone databases for testing and development, scale up database
sizes, and decommission databases. Customizable database configuration and backup templates enable
administrators to control database parameters and enforce resource allocation policies, and provide application
developers with simplified database creation and resource allocation.
Intended Audience
This document is for administrators and application developers.
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System administrators use this document to learn about managing and monitoring a Data Director
environment. System administrators create organizations, allocate resources to them, and perform other
high-level tasks.
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Organization administrators use this document to learn about managing and monitoring database groups
and databases. Organization administrators can use and customize database templates, can assign
resources, and can monitor their organization.
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Application developers use this document to learn about creating, managing and monitoring databases.
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