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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
VMware vFabric Data Director
Overview 1
VMware vFabric Data Director is a software solution that powers Database-as-a-service in your cloud. It
enables you to implement database-aware virtualization on vSphere and provides self-service lifecycle
management for heterogeneous databases.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Data Director System Architecture,” on page 9
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“VMware Data Director Components,” on page 10
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“Data Director User Management Modes,” on page 10
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“About Data Director Administration,” on page 11
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“Data Director Supported Databases,” on page 12
Data Director System Architecture
vFabric Data Director automates deployment, management, and governance of thousands of databases and
enables policy-based self-service database management for application developers.
Data Director supports the following databases.
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Oracle 11gR2 Enterprise and Standard editions.
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Oracle 10gR2 Enterprise and Standard editions.
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Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise and Standard editions.
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and Standard editions.
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vFabric Postgres 9.0 and 9.1, a VMware vSphere optimized relational database based on PostgreSQL.
Data Director provides flexible, policy-based resource management at the system level, and isolation at the
organization and database level. Data Director system administrators can implement security policies through
role-based access control to restrict system access to authorized users. System administrators use database
templates to guarantee corporate compliance to standardization, and carry out important database lifecycle
management tasks such as provisioning, backup, snapshots, point-in-time recovery, cloning, updating,
monitoring, and so on.
Database administrators and authorized users can configure databases by using customizable parameters.
Resource and backup templates simplify database creation. After an administrator assigns appropriate
permissions, users can create databases and allocate resources to them. Users can schedule backups, perform
restores, and clone databases to use in testing and development environments. They can scale up databases
according to system needs, and decommission databases when they are no longer required.
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