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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
Option Description
Administrator
If you joined the machine to a domain, type a domain user name for the SQL
Server administration.
If you did not join the machine to a domain, enter a password for the built-
in SQL Server Administrator account, and a password for the Local Windows
Administrator.
Options
Click No expiration, or click Expires on and select an expiration date and
time and an action upon expiration.
Tags
(Optional) Select one or more tags for this database. Use tags to filter the list
of databases that you view in an organization's Databases tab. For example,
you can tag all your customer relationship databases as CRM.
6 Confirm your selections, and click Finnish.
You have a running SQL Server instance.
What to do next
You can add the database data and begin to use the database.
Create a Database from a Catalog
You create a database from a catalog when your application requires a database with known characteristics
and data.
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 Select Create Database from the Catalog and click Next.
6 Select a database from the catalog, click Full clone or Linked clone, and click Next.
7 Enter the following information.
Option Action
Name and Description
Type a name and, optionally, a description of the database.
Database type
The database type is the same as the catalog database you selected.
Base DB template
The database template is the same as the template for the catalog database
you selected.
Database group
If you selected a database group, this text box is completed for you. Click
Next.
Resource template
Click Clone from source database and, optionally, view the settings, or select
a database resource template from the drop-down menu. For example, tiny,
giant, and so on.
DB storage allocation
You cannot change this value when creating a database from the catalog.
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