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Table Of Contents
- VMware vFabric Data Director Administrator and User Guide
- Contents
- About VMware vFabric Data Director Administrator and User Guide
- VMware vFabric Data Director Overview
- Managing Data Director Resources
- Resource Management Overview
- Resource Bundles and Resource Pools
- System Resource Bundle
- Resource Assignment
- vSphere Resource Pools and Data Director
- Viewing Resource Information
- Create the System Resource Pool
- Create the System Resource Bundle
- Monitor Resource Usage
- Create a Resource Pool
- Create a Resource Bundle
- Assign a Resource Bundle to an Organization
- Perform Advanced Cluster Configuration
- Managing Users and Roles
- Building DBVMs and Base DB Templates
- Database Virtual Machine OVA Files
- Deploy a DBVM OVA File
- Build a SLES and Oracle Base Database Virtual Machine
- Build a Custom RHEL and Oracle Database Template
- Deploy the base database VM into the System Resource Pool
- Repackage the Linux ISO Image
- Install Linux on a Blank Virtual Machine
- Initialize the Virtual Machine to Make It Oracle and Data Director Compliant
- Install Oracle 11g R2 Software
- Convert a Base DBVM into a Base DB Template
- Validate a Base DB Template
- Assign a Base DB Template to a Resource Bundle
- Install the Operating System and Database Software in a Blank DBVM
- Requirements for the Kickstart File
- Database Update Configuration
- Configure a vFabric Postgres Update Chain
- Update an Oracle Database
- Identify Existing Target DBVM
- Create a Base Database VM from an Existing Template
- Apply a Patch to the Base Database Virtual Machine
- Convert a Base DBVM into a Base DB Template
- Validate a Base DB Template
- Assign a Base DB Template to a Resource Bundle
- Enable a Base DB Template
- Configure an Oracle Update Chain
- Update a Database
- Managing Organizations
- IP Whitelists
- Managing Database Groups
- Managing Database Templates
- Managing Databases
- Database Lifecycle
- Requirements for Creating Databases
- Database Creation
- Using Tags
- Managing the Organization Catalog
- Batch Operations and Scheduled Tasks
- Updating Databases
- Database Administration
- Cloning Databases
- Managing Database Entities
- Safeguarding Data
- Backup Strategies
- Backup Types
- Backup Template Settings
- Preconfigured Backup Templates
- Select a Database Backup Template
- Schedule Regular Database Backups
- Recover a Database
- Import Backups
- Use VMware Data Recovery to Back Up Data Director
- Database End of Life and Backups
- Perform Point-in-time Recovery of Management Server Database
- Add Pre-Action and Post-Action Scripts to the DBVM for Selected Agents
- Monitoring the Data Director Environment
- Managing Licenses
- IP Pool Management
- VMware vCloud Director Integration
- 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
- Reconfigure the Database Access Network Used by a Database Group
- Modify IP Pool Settings
- Managing SSL Keys and Certificates
- Regenerate Management Server Key and Certificate
- Import Management Server Key and Certificate
- Edit Management Server Certificate
- Regenerate DB Name Server Key and Certificate
- Import DB Name Server Key and Certificate
- Edit DB Name Server Certificate
- Regenerate DBVM Key and Certificate
- Import DBVM Key and Certificate
- Edit DBVM Certificate
- Data Director Troubleshooting
- Index
Oracle databases
As a system administrator, you upload, test, and manage the Oracle base database templates that organization
administrators, DBAs, and application developers use to create Oracle databases.
The recommended practice for using Oracle with Data Director is to set up a dedicated vSphere ESXi cluster
for hosting Oracle resources, including operating system, Oracle database server, and client tools. You create
Oracle base database virtual machines (DBVMs) using the dedicated Oracle resources in vSphere, then upload
the DBVMs to Data Director to use as database templates.
Data Director supports the following Oracle versions.
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Oracle 11gR2 on SUSE, RHEL, or Oracle Linux.
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Oracle 10gR2 on SUSE, RHEL, or Oracle Linux.
VMware vFabric Postgres databases
Data Director provides self-service database provisioning and automation with vFabric Postgres databases.
vFabric Postgres is built on the open source Postgres database.
vFabric Postgres is compatible with pSQL and the PostgreSQL tools and client drivers. vFabric Postgres
databases are fully compliant with ACID and ANSI SQL. The ACID properties, Atomicity, Consistency,
Isolation, and Durability, guarantee that database transactions are processed reliably.
For information about the Postgres database features for Data Director, see the Using VMware vFabric Postgres
for Data Director.
Microsoft SQL Server databases
As a Data Director system administrator you upload and manage the SQL Server base database templates that
organization administrators, DBAs, and application developers use to provision SQL Server databases.
Use SQL Server with Data Director to set up a dedicated vSphere ESXi cluster for hosting SQL Server resources,
including operating system, SQL Server database server, and client tools. You create SQL Server base database
virtual machines (DBVMs) using the dedicated SQL Server resources in vSphere, and upload the DBVMs to
Data Director to use as database templates from which you can provision SQL Server databases.
Data Director supports the following SQL Server versions.
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SQL Server 2012 Enterprise and Standard editions.
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and Standard editions.
Provisioning Support for SQL Server
Data Director supports the creation of a stand-alone SQL Server instance using the default (unnamed) instance
name. The default instance name is the same as the host name. You can have only one default instance per
virtual machine.
NOTE A SQL Server instance is either a default, unnamed instance, or it is a named instance. When SQL Server
is installed as a default instance, it does not require a client to specify the name of the instance to make a
connection. The client only has to know the server name.
The Data Director provisioning process prepares and configures the SQL Server software as described in the
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The SQL Server DBVM can join an existing Windows domain during provisioning. You must provide a
Windows Active Directory credential with sufficient privileges to join the domain. If a SQL Server DBVM
joins a domain, Windows authentication is the authentication method. The user-supplied domain account
is added to the sysadmin role of the SQL Server instance.
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