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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
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Verify that Data Director is installed.
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Verify that the Data Director DBVM template OVA files are downloaded to a directory that you can access
from vSphere.
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Verify that the system resource pool is created in vSphere.
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Verify the network mapping or determine how to map the networks configured for Data Director to the
DBVM template's networks. See the vFabric Data Director Installation Guide and the vFabric Data Director
Worksheets.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client Inventory view, click the system resource pool.
2 Click File, and select Deploy OVF Template.
3 In the Source page, choose the DBVM template OVA file and click Next.
4 click Next.
5 Type a unique name for the template, select the cluster, and click Next.
6 choose a datastore that has at least 100GB of available space and click Next.
7 Map the DBVM template networks listed to the networks configured for Data Director.
8 (Optional) In the Disk Format page, select Thin Provision and click Next.
9 Click Next, review the settings, and click Finish.
The DBVM is deployed in the system resource pool.
What to do next
Deploy another DBVM template OVA file, or install operating system and database software to the DBVM.
Build a SLES and Oracle Base Database Virtual Machine
Data Director provides a base DBVM with SLES. You can install Oracle into the SLES DBVM to provide an
environment for proof-of-concept projects or to allow non-Oracle DBAs to explore Oracle.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you can log in to vSphere as an administrator.
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Verify that Data Director is installed.
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Verify that the SLES DBVM is deployed to the system resource pool in vSphere.
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Verify that the Data Director system resource bundle is set up.
Procedure
1 Install Oracle in the SLES Base DBVM on page 41
As a vSphere administrator, you can provide an SLES and Oracle database environment by installing
the Oracle database software in a DBVM with the SLES operating system already installed.
2 Create a Base DBVM on page 41
You can create a base DBVM and install the operating system and database software required to create
databases. The blank base DBVM contains the structure for installing an operating system and database
software combination not provided by preconfigured base DBVMs.
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