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Contents
About VMware vFabric Data Director Administrator and User Guide 7
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VMware vFabric Data Director Overview 9
Data Director System Architecture 9
VMware Data Director Components 10
Data Director User Management Modes 10
About Data Director Administration 11
Data Director Supported Databases 12
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Managing Data Director Resources 15
Resource Management Overview 15
Resource Bundles and Resource Pools 16
System Resource Bundle 17
Resource Assignment 17
vSphere Resource Pools and Data Director 18
Viewing Resource Information 20
Create the System Resource Pool 21
Create the System Resource Bundle 22
Monitor Resource Usage 22
Create a Resource Pool 23
Create a Resource Bundle 24
Assign a Resource Bundle to an Organization 25
Perform Advanced Cluster Configuration 26
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Managing Users and Roles 27
User Management Overview 27
Authenticating Users 28
Role-Based Access Control 29
Predefined Roles 30
Privileges 31
Propagation of Permissions and Roles 32
Organization Privileges and Permissions 32
Add Users to Your Organization 33
Add Roles to an Organization 33
Grant a Permission to a User 34
Modify Organization Security Settings 34
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Building DBVMs and Base DB Templates 37
Database Virtual Machine OVA Files 39
Deploy a DBVM OVA File 39
Build a SLES and Oracle Base Database Virtual Machine 40
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