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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
2 In Data Director, verify that the resource pool is not in use by Data Director by checking the resource
bundle list.
3 In the vSphere Client, verify that the resource pool meets the requirements.
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Resource pool settings are correct (limit equal to reservation, expandable checked, and so on.
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The resource pool is empty.
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The parent resource pool uses compatible vSphere HA and vSphere DRS settings. See “Perform
Advanced Cluster Configuration,” on page 26.
4 Ensure that the resource pool is included in a cluster that Data Director can access.
Data Director can access all clusters in the same vCenter Server data center but cannot access clusters in
a different data center.
Troubleshooting for SSL Communication
After updating the certificate, communication fails between the Management Server and the database and a
certificate error occurs .
Problem
If communication fails between the Management server and the database, you must resynchronize the
certificates.
Cause
There is a certificate mismatch between the Management server and the database.
Solution
1 Restart the Management Server virtual machine after updating the key and certificate for it.
2 If the problem still exists, manually restart the DBVM.
a Right-click your database, and select Power > Stop.
b Wait for the DBVM stop task to finish, and the database has a Stoppedstatus.
c Right-click your database, and select Power > Start.
NOTE Power > Start will not restart the DBVM.
3 If the problems still exists, update the DBVM key or certificate manually.
4 If the problem still exists, repair the database virtual machine manually.
a Right-click your database and select Backup and Recovery > Recover Database from Last State.
A message warns that the database will not be accessible during the recovery.
b Click OK.
c Wait for the repair task to finish.
Database Cannot Be Connected Using the JDBC Connection String
When you connect to a database that uses the JDBC provided by Data Director, the connection fails.
Problem
vFabric Data Director provides a JDBC connection string for external applications to connect to its managed
databases. Under rare conditions, connecting to a database using the JDBC connecting string can fail.
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