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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
Configuring IP Whitelists Settings for the Clone
You create IP whitelists to specify trusted IP addresses from which the clone accepts connection requests.
Prerequisites
Review information about IP Whitelists. See Chapter 6, “IP Whitelists,” on page 83.
Procedure
1 (Optional) In your organization, click IP Whitelists, and select IP whitelists to use for the clone.
2 (Optional) Click Custom IP Whitelists, and click the plus (+) icon to create IP whitelists for the clone.
What to do next
Review the settings in the Summary panel, or click Back to modify your settings.
Review the Clone Configuration Summary
The Summary panel lets you review the clone configuration before creating the clone.
Procedure
1 In the Summary panel of the Clone Database wizard, review the clone configuration settings, and click
Back to make changes.
2 Click Finish to complete clone setup.
Data Director creates a clone of the current database using the settings you specify.
What to do next
Monitor the creation progress in the task bar on the right, or check the database list for the database group to
verify that the clone was created.
Managing Post-Clone Scripts
Users with the Clone Administration privilege can designate SQL scripts to run on newly cloned databases.
Post-clone scripts automate common tasks such as removing sensitive user data or adding, updating, or
removing tables.
Data Director does not provide out-of-the-box SQL scripts. You develop, test, and maintain post-clone SQL
scripts.
You can associate multiple post-clone scripts with a database, but only one of the database's associated post-
clone scripts can be active. The active (default) post-clone script runs immediately following the clone database
operation. Users with the Clone Administration privilege can choose which post-clone script to run after a
particular clone operation.
Users with the Clone Administration privilege can choose a post-clone script failure action.
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Delete the cloned database if the post-clone script fails and log an error, or
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Allow the clone operation to finish and log a warning.
Users who do not have the Clone Administration privilege might not know that a post-clone script is
associated with a database unless an error occurs. These users cannot choose the script to run, and cannot
choose a post-clone script failure action. If the database has a default post-clone script, that script runs
automatically. If the post-clone script fails, the clone is deleted. The user receives a notice that the clone failed
because the post-clone script failed. The user is instructed to check with the database owner for details.
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