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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 Click the Base DB Templates in the left pane.
4 Right-click vPostgres 9.1, and select Properties.
5 Click the Update From tab.
6 Check the box for a vFabric Postgres 9.0 template, and select dump-restore.
7 Click OK.
Update an Oracle Database
You update an Oracle database to take advantage of features available in the latest release of the database
software, or to incorporate enhancements to a database virtual machine (DBVM) or to third party software
tools. Updating an Oracle database is referred to as patching.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have Oracle databases that require upgrading in Data Director.
Procedure
1 Identify Existing Target DBVM on page 55
To create a template with the required patches, determine whether a base database virtual machine of
the Oracle database that you intend to patch is available.
2 Create a Base Database VM from an Existing Template on page 55
You create a base database VM to correspond with a base database template so you can make patches to
an Oracle database.
3 Apply a Patch to the Base Database Virtual Machine on page 55
You apply a patch to an Oracle database to update it to the latest release of the database software.
4 Convert a Base DBVM into a Base DB Template on page 56
Data Director system administrators convert base DBVMs into base DB templates to provide the
blueprints for creating databases.
5 Validate a Base DB Template on page 57
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.
6 Assign a Base DB Template to a Resource Bundle on page 57
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.
7 Enable a Base DB Template on page 58
Organization administrators enable a base DB template on the underlying resource bundles so that
organization users can provision databases based on the base DB template. Only organization
administrators and users with Manage base DB templates privileges can enable, disable, and edit base
DB templates.
8 Configure an Oracle Update Chain on page 58
You configure an update chain to enable database users to update databases based on templates that
comply with update policies.
9 Update a Database on page 59
You can update a database to apply enhancements or software upgrades.
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