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“Ingest an External Database,” on page 93. Use this method to reproduce a state from a production or
other type of environment. With ingestion, you can create a one-time clone, create a "golden clone", which
cannot be modified within Data Director, or refresh a database from an external database, also known as
in-place refresh. A golden clone can be refreshed only by an additional backup from the source database.
You can make clones of a golden clone within Data Director.
Create an Empty vFabric Postgres or Oracle Database
When you need an empty database for a new application, you can create it with a database resource template.
The template is configured to allocate resources to the database.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you have access to the organization and database group in which to create the new database.
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Verify that you have Clone permission on the catalog database and Create databases permission on the
database group in which you create the database.
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Verify that you have Use template permission on at least one resource template, backup template.
Procedure
1 Navigate to the organization and to the database group in which to create the database.
2 Click the Manage & Monitor tab.
3 Click the Databases tab.
4 Click the plus (+) icon to start the Create Database wizard.
5 View the summary, and click Finish.
Field Option
Creation Type
Click Create new database.
Name and Description
Type a name and, optionally, a description of the database.
Database Type
Select a database type from the drop-down menu. For example, Oracle or
vPostgres.
Base DB Template
Select a base database template from which to create the database from the
drop-down menu. For example, Oracle 11.2.0.3
Database Group
If you selected a database group, this field is filled in for you.
Resource template
Select a database resource template from the drop-down menu. For example,
tiny, giant, and so on.
Data disk allocation
Select the data storage allocation for this database. The minimum is 1GB for
vFabric Postgres and SQL Server, and 2GB for Oracle.
Parameter group
Select a parameter group for the database or accept the default parameter
group. Parameter groups contain database configuration settings such as
checkpoint timeout, write-ahead log buffers, encoding, and shared buffers.
Backup template
(Optional) Select a backup template from the drop-down menu. You can
select a backup template for specific purposes, such as development, or select
no backups (Disabled).
PITR disk allocation
Select the number of gigabytes to allocate for point-in-time recovery
operations. The minimum is 1GB.
Administrator user name
Type an administrator account for the database. Each database requires an
administrator that can perform all schema management operations. The
administrator account is specific to the database and cannot log in to Data
Director.
Password
Type an owner account password.
Confirm password
Confirm the owner account password.
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