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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
Procedure
1 Log in to vSphere Client as a system administrator and connect to the vCenter server.
2 2. Deploy the VMware-Data-Director-Blank-Base-DBVM-<build#>.ova file into the system resource pool.
When deployment completes, the virtual machine appears in the system resource pool. This virtual
machine is known as the base VM.
3 Power on the base VM.
Repackage the Linux ISO Image
Because the original Red Hat ISO image is not Data Director compliant and does not distribute Data Director
related scripts, repackage your custom kickstart file with Red Hat ISO image
Prerequisites
The repackage scripts run on a Linux OS with the sed and mkisofs commands.
Procedure
1 Obtain a working Linux environment with sufficient storage to repackage the Linux ISO image.
If you mount the RHEL ISO from an NFS server, 8GB is sufficient. You need 12GB if you upload the ISO
to your local disk.
2 Ensure that you have a discoverable path to the working Linux environment for the original RHEL ISO
image, local directory, or NFS path.
3 Download the ISO image from the VMware product download page.
4 Mount the ISO image by typing the following command, substituting your build number for <build#> .
mount –o loop /mnt/Data-Director-Initialize-Base-DBVM-
build#
.iso /tmp/mnt
5 To repackage the RHEL ISO image, mount the NFS manually, then type the following command.
/tmp/mnt/Tools/repack_rhel_iso.sh
REDHAT_ISO_PATH
Output_folder
For example, the command
/tmp/mnt/Tools/repack_rhel_iso.sh rhel5.5.iso ./
specifies the original Linux ISO image as the source ISO image. The command repackages the ISO image,
which can pick up the kickstart file automatically from the floppy device.
REDHAT_ISO_LOCAL_FILE_PATH must be a local path. If the Red Hat ISO is on an NFS volume, mount
it to the local directory before using this command.
A RHEL ISO image is created, with its own kickstart file.
Install Linux on a Blank Virtual Machine
You can install Linux as the operating system on the blank virtual machine.
Prerequisites
Deploy the base database virtual machine into the system resource pool. See “Deploy the base database VM
into the System Resource Pool,” on page 44.
Repackage the Linux ISO image. See “Repackage the Linux ISO Image,” on page 45.
A floppy image containing the ks.cfg file (unless you have packaged your own customized ks.cfg file into
the ISO.
A CDROM device containing the OS ISO.
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