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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
Associate a Tag with an Existing Database
Tags support searches for databases. You can associate a tag with a database to help with searches for databases.
Procedure
1 Log in to Data Director as an organization administrator or as a user with Edit information and storage
permission.
2 Click the Manage & Monitor tab.
3 Click the Databases tab.
4 Right-click a database to display the Actions menu and select Properties.
5 Click the General tab, select a tag in the Tags field, and click Edit.
6 Click the check box for the tag or tags to associate with the database and click OK.
Managing the Organization Catalog
Organization administrators can add Data Director databases to the organization catalog. Organization users
create databases from the catalog when they need a database with known characteristics and preloaded data,
for example, when they test SQL scripts or usage scenarios.
Users cannot directly modify databases in the catalog and databases cannot power on. Organization
administrators can remove catalog databases when the databases are no longer needed.
Add a database to the organization catalog in one of the following ways.
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Select a database from a database group's Databases tab.
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Add a database using the organization's Catalog tab.
As part of the cataloging process, you choose whether to clone the database and add the clone to the catalog
or move the database into the catalog.
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Clone the database to allow refreshing the catalog database from the source database. You can create a
full clone or a linked clone.
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Move the database when you want to preserve the database in its current state with its current data.
Add a Database to the Catalog
You can add an existing Data Director database to the database group catalog, and use the catalog database to
create other databases with known characteristics and preloaded data. You cannot directly modify or power
on catalog databases.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have Create catalog items and Clone privileges at the organization or database group level.
Procedure
1 Log in to Data Director.
2 On the organization Manage and Monitor tab, select the database group.
3 Click Databases.
4 Right-click the database and select Add to Catalog.
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