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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
Create the System Resource Bundle
The system resource bundle resides at the Data Director system level, and enables you to create, test, and run
base database virtual machines.
Prerequisites
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Create a resource pool to use for allocating CPU and memory resources. See “Create a Resource Pool,” on
page 23.
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Determine the storage resources that you want to include in the system resource bundle. Plan for storage
resources for database storage and resources for backup storage.
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Determine the networking resource that you want to include in the system resource bundle. You can assign
only one network to the system resource bundle. The networking resource is used by the base DBVMs for
building base database templates.
NOTE If you do not configure your resource pool with these settings, you might have problems with system
resource bundle creation or other Data Director tasks.
Procedure
1 Log in to Data Director with system administrator privileges.
2 Select System, and click System Settings.
3 ClickSystem Resource Bundle in the left pane.
4 ClickCreate System Resource Bundle
5 Specify the following information about the resource bundle in the wizard.
Wizard screen Action
Name and Description
Type a name and optional description and click Next.
CPU and Memory
Select the resource pool from which you want to assign CPU and memory
resources and click Next.
Storage
Click Edit to select a datastore, and allocate the number of gigabytes to use
with Data Director, or allocate all unallocated space. Repeat the process for
backup storage.
NOTE Do not select a datastore that is in a datastore cluster.
Networks
Select the networks that you want to have available to this resource bundle.
These networks provide the public network for the organization's databases.
Resource bundles must use a database network when available.
The resource bundle is created.
What to do next
Create a base DBVM. See Chapter 4, “Building DBVMs and Base DB Templates,” on page 37.
Monitor Resource Usage
System administrators can view usage information for resource bundles and datastores and can reassign
resource bundles from the Manage & Monitor tab.
The focus of this task is on monitoring, not on changing current settings.
Prerequisites
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Log in to Data Director as a user with system administrator privileges.
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