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Data Director provides the following types of resource bundles.
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System resource bundle. Data Director system administrators create one system resource bundle at the
Data Director system level. In addition to providing virtual resources, the system resource bundle contains
the database virtual machines (DBVMs) and base database templates that support creating and
provisioning databases. See “System Resource Bundle,” on page 17.
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Resource bundle. Data Director system administrators create one or more resource bundles to provide
operating resources to organizations.
When system administrators create an organization, they can assign virtual resources to the organization as
resource bundles. When organization administrators create a database group, they assign virtual resources to
the database group. These virtual resources are backed by the physical resources of one or more clusters.
vSphere clusters provide failover protection and support efficient use of physical resources.
System administrators can assign resources when they create an organization (see “Create a Data Director
Organization,” on page 64) or assign resources to an existing organization (see “Assign a Resource Bundle
to an Organization,” on page 25). Organization administrators can assign resources when they create a
database group or assign resources to existing database groups.
If you chose the Express installation in the Data Director Setup wizard and enabled Create defaults, a system
resource bundle and Default resource bundle is already created. A Default organization and Default database
group is also created, and the Default resource bundle is assigned to the Default organization.
To help you specify the resources associated with a database template, Data Director includes a calculator that
computes the optimum resource configuration based on the anticipated usage patterns. When you create
databases from the template, the specified resources are allocated.
Resource Bundles and Resource Pools
A resource bundle is a set of compatible IT resources for provisioning databases. To assign the appropriate
amount of resources to each organization, system administrators create resource bundles and assign them to
organizations. System administrators specify a resource pool and storage and networking resources when they
create a resource bundle. If Create defaults was selected in Express installation, a Default resource bundle is
created and assigned to a Default organization.
Resource Pool
All CPU and memory resources of a resource bundle come from a vSphere
resource pool that is created in the vSphere Client with reservation equal to
limit. See “Create a Resource Pool,” on page 23.
Storage Resources
Each resource bundle includes storage resources for data and storage resources
for backup. The storage resources must be visible to all hosts that use the
resource bundle.
DB Access Networks
DB Access Networks provide communication for databases. A DB Access
Network corresponds to a vSphere port group. Each network must be visible
to all hosts that use the resource bundle. DHCP or IP Pool is required. See
Chapter 15, “IP Pool Management,” on page 165
Selecting one or more DB Access Networks allows you to isolate different
database groups from one another, for example, to isolate a QA database group
from a Production database group. When no DB Access Networks have been
assigned in the environment, select the network that is mapped to the Web
Console Network. Do not select internal networks for DB Access Network
traffic.
The figure shows how Data Director resources come from vSphere resource pools, datastores, and port groups.
When administrators create a resource bundle, the resources are always coming from the underlying vSphere
environment.
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