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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
manage SSL keys and certificates 181
Management Server database, point-in-time
recovery 139
managing cloned databases 117
managing databases 83
managing organizations 61
modes
by organization 61
global 61
modify aurora_mon 156
modify IP Pool settings 179
modify security settings 34
modify SQL queries 126
monitor customizations 144
monitor database performance 104
monitor database resource use 104
monitor resource usage 22
monitoring 142, 146
monitoring customization 141
monitoring Data Director environment 141
monitoring organizations 146
N
network reconfiguration 173
non-production use license 159
O
Oracle database support in Data Director 13
Oracle license issues and Data Director 18
organization administrator, vFabric Data
Director 30
organization dashboard 148
organization operations 62
organization permissions 32
organization privileges 31, 32
organization resources 63
organization security settings 34
organization user access 64
organization user authentication 64
organization-level operations 11
organization, create 64
organizations
monitoring 146
resource assignment 17
OS/agent VMDK 37
P
password encryption 28
patches for base database virtual machines 55
permanent licenses 159
permissions, propagation of 32
PITR 130
point-in-time recovery 131, 138
point-in-time recovery of Management Server
database 139
point-in-time-recovery 130
post-clone script management 113
post-clone scripts 113
preconfigured backup templates 133
privilege propagation 32
privileges
database 31
database groups 31
organization 31
system 31
template management 31
Processes and Locks tab 150
production use license 159
propagation
permissions 32
roles 32
propagation of privileges 32
provision databases 85
Q
query plan 127
R
reconfigure database access network 178
reconfigure internal network 177
reconfigure internal network adapter
mapping 177
recover databases 135
recovery 129
refresh a cloned database 117
refresh cloned database, manually 118
refresh from an external database 95
regenerate DB Name Server SSL key and
certificate 183
regenerate DBVM SSL key and certificate 185
regenerate management server SSL key and
certificate 181
remove a database from the catalog 98
remove license keys 164
repackage custom kickstart file 45
repackage Linux ISO Image 45
reports, database statistics 105
Reservation setting 18
resource bundles
assigning 25
creating 24
resource isolation 72
resource management 15
resource management and database groups 72
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