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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
Point-In-Time Recovery (PITR) Settings
Enabled or disabled
Enable point-in-time recovery to continuously record each change to the
database in a write-ahead log (WAL) while the database is running. In the event
of a failure, you can replay the WAL to restore the database to its state at a point
in time within the retention period of the database backups.
Recommended point-in-
time recovery storage
allocation
The recommended storage amount is based on the database size and storage
allocation. You can accept the recommendation or enter a different amount.
If storage runs out
Select whether to suspend the database or adjust the point-in-time WAL
retention period.
Backup Label
The backup label can be any text that helps you identify the backup. The format is backup label-
yyyy:mm:dd:hh:mm:ss-dbname.
Preconfigured Backup Templates
The preconfigured backup templates enable you to standardize your database backups and enforce resource
limitations. Organization administrators and organization users with sufficient privileges can modify the
templates' default settings or create custom backup templates.
For more information, see Chapter 8, “Managing Database Templates,” on page 75.
Data Director includes the following preconfigured backup templates. Each template has system-controlled
start times.
Disabled.
No backups are taken.
Development.
Schedules snapshot backups every 24 hours and external backups each week.
PITR is disabled.
Auto.
Schedules snapshot backups every 12 hours with retention period of 24 hours
and external backups each day. External backup retention time is 1 month. PITR
is enabled. If PITR storage runs out, the available PITR timeline is adjusted and
the oldest archived WAL segments are deleted automatically.
Standard.
Same settings as Auto. If PITR storage runs out, the database is suspended.
Maximum.
Schedules snapshots every 4 hours with retention period of 48 hours, and
external backups taken every 12 hours with retention time of 1 month. PITR is
enabled. If PITR storage runs out, the database is suspended.
Select a Database Backup Template
You can associate a backup template with your database as part of database creation, or you can select a backup
template later. Databases must be associated with a backup template to enable scheduling regular backups.
See “Preconfigured Backup Templates,” on page 133 and “Backup Template Settings,” on page 132 for
information on the settings in the preconfigured templates.
Prerequisites
Log in to your organization as a user with at least the following privileges.
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Use Templates
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