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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
What to do next
Customize the dashboard to meet your needs.
Explore Monitoring Customizations for System Administrators
Explore monitoring customizations to learn about available options. You can then customize the Manage and
Monitor tab.
The system administrator Manage and Monitor tab differs from the organization administrator Manage and
Monitor tab. See “Explore Monitoring Customizations for Organization Administrators,” on page 148 if you
are an organization administrator.
Prerequisites
Log in to vFabric Data Director with system administrator privileges.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab in the Data Director client.
2 Click Organizations to display all organizations and the resource allocation for each organization.
You can click an organization name to display details about the organization.
3 Click Alarms in the left panel, and click a tab.
Option Description
Triggered Alarms
Includes alarm severity, description, definition, and the target object. Right-
click the alarm item and select Acknowledge. Your user name appears in the
Acknowledged By column.
Definitions
Includes the trigger type (event or performance), the alarm name and alarm
trigger, where the alarm was define, the object the alarm is monitoring, who
defined the alarm, and the alarm status. You can create custom alarm rules
from this tab. See “Create a Custom Alarm,” on page 151.
4 Click Tasks and Events in the panel on the left, and click either Tasks or Events.
Option Description
Tasks
Tasks are scheduled system activities requested by the system or a user, for
example, Create database and Repair database. A task can succeed or fail.
Click a task to display information about the task in the Task Details panel
A task can have no one or more related events, or none. For certain tasks, a
right-button menu allows you to cancel or retry the task.
Events
Events are records of user actions or system actions. For example, the system
logs when a user logs in to Data Director, or when a database is repaired.
Select the Hide Info Eventscheck box to limit the choices to events of type
error and warning.
Click an event to display information about it in the Events Details panel.
An event can have no related tasks, or one related task.
5 Click Reports, and click Summary Reports or Time Interval Reports.
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