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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
- Storage Resources and Data Director
- 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
- User Management Overview
- Authenticating Users
- Role-Based Access Control
- Predefined Roles
- Privileges
- Propagation of Permissions and Roles
- Organization Privileges and Permissions
- Add Users to Your Organization
- Add Roles to an Organization
- Grant a Permission to a User
- Modify Organization Security Settings
- About vCenter Single Sign-On
- Register vFabric Data Director with the vCenter Single Sign-On Service
- Import vCenter Single Sign-On Service Users
- Remove vCenter Single Sign-On Registration Before Uninstalling vFabric Data Director
- Building DBVMs and Base DB Templates
- Database Virtual Machine OVA Files
- Deploy a DBVM OVA File
- Disk Configuration for DBVMs and DB Templates
- Build an Oracle, SQL Server, or Empty Base DBVM
- Build a MySQL Base DBVM
- Build an Oracle and SUSE Linux Base DBVM
- Build an Oracle DBVM with a Custom Linux Operating System
- Requirements for the Kickstart File
- Build a Base DBVM with a Custom Operating System
- Create and Validate a Base DB Template
- 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
- Create a Database Snapshot
- Recover a Database from Backup
- Import Backups
- Recover a Database from Last State
- 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
- High Availability and Replication
- 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
- vCenter Server Stops Responding
- Disk Usage Exceeds Acceptable Levels
- Resource Bundles Become Unusable Because DRS Is Disabled
- Missing Resource Pool
- Troubleshooting for SSL Communication
- Database Cannot Be Connected Using the JDBC Connection String
- Unable to Import or Login Users of the Single Sign-On Service
- Index
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If the database is in archive log mode and open, you must include archive logs in the backup. For example,
backup INCREMENTAL LEVEL 0 database plus archivelog
Otherwise, do not include an archive log in the backup. If the database is in nonarchive mode, the refresh
from external database feature does not support point in time refresh. The absolute path of any control
files, data files, redo log files, or temporary files of source database cannot contain any space, tab, carriage
return, asterisk, question mark, backslash, quote or line feed characters.
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The database must be included in the backup. You cannot back up only the archive logs.
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For golden clone ingestion and golden clone refresh, you must supply a LIST file containing information
about the backup operation. See next section for the name convention and format of LIST file.
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For a one-time clone (in-place refresh), a full backup or one level 0 incremental backup plus several
optional level 1 subsequent incremental backups is required. You can optionallly do several subsequent
level 1 incremental backups (L0+nL1). For a point in time refresh, record the modify time so you can refresh
to the specified time. For a golden clone, a level 0 incremental backup is required for ingestion, and a level
0 or level 1 (either differential or cumulative) incremental backup is required for a refresh.
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You must have an spfile in the control file backup set if you do not specify a pfile.
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The database name must be the SID.
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If network speed is limited or the database is very large, the ingestion-refresh process can take a long time.
If you use DHCP for the database virtual machine, ensure that the DHCP lease time is long enough so that
the IP address does not change during the ingestion and refresh process.
Additional Requirements
You must comply with the following additional requirements when backing up the source database.
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The NFS server must be accessible to the DB Access Network or the Internal Network when ingestion and
refresh is running, and the backup files, LIST file and pfile must be readable.
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You must allocate sufficient storage when ingesting, and estimate future expansion when ingesting a
golden clone.
Supported Oracle Features
The following Oracle features are supported.
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Backup set.
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Different block size for various data files.
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BLOB data type.
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Compressed backup.
Unsupported Oracle Features
The following Oracle features are not supported.
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Image copy backup.
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External file.
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Encrypted backup.
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OEM (Oracle Enterprise Manager) is not supported on ingested database.
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