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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
3 View the license information.
User Description
System administrator
If you are a system administrator, view license information as follows.
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Click the Licensing tab to view your product license and license key
information.
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Click the Usage tab to view database license usage.
Other users
If you are an organization administrator or a user with the View and Manage
Licenses privilege, view license information as follows.
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View your license usage in the Summary section of the Licensing pane.
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View your databases and their usage types in the Databases section of
the Licensing pane.
View License Usage Information
You can view license usage information about your Data Director and vFabric Postgres in the Licensing pane
of the System Settings tab. The information helps you determine license usage for all or specific organizations,
and over various time periods or during a period you specify.
You can view the license usage for each database, by vCPU number, or by database type.
What you can view depends on whether you are a system administrator, organization administrator, or
organization user with the View and Manage Licenses privilege.
Procedure
1 Log in to Data Director, and click the System Settings tab.
2 In the left pane, expand Other Settings and click Licensing
3 Click the Usage tab.
4 If you are a system administrator, you can select a specific organization from the organization drop-down
menu.
5 In the Summary section, select a time period from the drop-down menu, or specify a range.
Usage information for your selection appears. Usage information also appears for licenses currently in
use.
6 View license usage summary for organizations, database groups, database types, and license types in the
Databases section.
Change the vFabric Postgres Database Usage Type
You can designate databases for Production Use or Non-Production Use. The default database usage type is
Non-Production Use. You can change the database usage type at any time from the Licensing pane of your
organization's System Settings tab.
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Use Non-Production Use databases for application development and testing purposes.
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Use Production Use databases for real-time, production applications.
Prerequisites
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Log in to Data Director as an organization administrator or as a user with manage licensing privileges.
Procedure
1 Click the System Settings tab.
2 In the left pane, expand Other Settings and click Licensing.
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