2.5
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
Install and Connect to the VMware Data Recovery (VDR) Appliance
The VDR appliance is an optional appliance that may not be installed in your vSphere system. Verify the VDR
appliance installation, install the appliance if necessary, and then connect to VDR.
You plan to take external backups of the Data Director virtual machines using VDR.
Procedure
1 Log in to vSphere Client as an administrator.
2 Verify that VDR is installed.
a Click Home.
b Check the Solutions and Applications section for the VMware Data Recovery icon.
If VDR is not installed, follow the instructions in the vSphere Documentation Center. You must install the
client plugin and the appliance.
3 Connect to the VDR appliance.
a Click Home.
b In the Solutions and Applications section, click the VMware Data Recovery icon.
c In the Welcome page, click Connect to connect to VDR.
Take External Backups with VMware Data Recovery
You can use VMware Data Recovery (VDR) to take external backups of your Data Director virtual machines.
Prerequisites
Log in to the vSphere Client with administrator privileges and connect to the vCenter Server system where
you installed VDR.
Procedure
1 On the VMware Data Recovery main page, click the VDR Backup tab and click New.
2 Enter a unique name for the backup in the Name text box and click Next.
3 Select the backup datastore associated with the database group's resource bundle.
4 Select a backup storage location for your backup from the list of storage devices and click Next
5 In the calender, select or deselect days and hours during which the backup can run and click Next.
6 Select the retention period for the backup and click Next.
7 Review the backup settings and click Finish to start the backup.
The backup begins. The process can take some time to complete. When the process finishes, you can see the
backup virtual machine in your database group's backup resource pool.
Restore a VMware Data Recovery Backup
Before you can import a VMware Data Recovery (VDR) backup, you must restore the backup in vSphere Client.
Prerequisites
Log in to the vSphere Client with administrator privileges and connect to the vCenter Server system where
you installed VDR.
Chapter 12 Safeguarding Data
VMware, Inc. 137