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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
3 Convert a Base DBVM into a Base DB Template on page 42
Data Director system administrators convert base DBVMs into base DB templates to provide the
blueprints for creating databases.
4 Validate a Base DB Template on page 43
As a Data Director system administrator, you can validate a base DB template to confirm that it built
correctly. You can validate a base DB template at any time.
5 Assign a Base DB Template to a Resource Bundle on page 43
As a Data Director system administrator, you assign base DB templates to resource bundles as part of
providing organizations with access to the base DB templates.
Install Oracle in the SLES Base DBVM
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.
Prerequisites
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Open a console in vSphere and log in as root.
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Deploy vFabric Data Director SLES 11 DBVM Template (VMware-Data-Director-SLES11-Base-DBVM-
<build#>.ova) to the system resource pool.
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Verify that the deployed DBVM can access the Oracle installation bits.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Client as a administrator.
2 In the Data Director system resource pool, right-click the SLES Base DBVM and click Open Console.
3 Log in to the console as root.
4 Type the following command to run the Oracle installation script.
/opt/aurora/installation/install.sh
[NFS PATH FOR ORACLE][Oracle version]
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NFS PATH FOR Oracle is the full pathname of the NFS server where the Oracle installation files reside.
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Oracle version is the full version number of the Oracle installation.
When the message Oracle installation finished appears on the console, the installation is complete and
your SLES Oracle base DBVM is built on the vSphere Client.
What to do next
Go to “Convert a Base DBVM into a Base DB Template,” on page 42
Create a Base DBVM
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.
Prerequisites
Create the system resource bundle.
Ensure there is adequate free space on the datastore.
Procedure
1 Log in to Data Director as a system administrator.
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