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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
Oracle Databases
As a system administrator, you upload, test, and manage the Oracle base database templates that organization
administrators, DBAs, and application developers use to create Oracle databases.
The recommended practice for using Oracle with Data Director is to set up a dedicated vSphere ESXi cluster
for hosting Oracle resources, including operating system, Oracle database server, and client tools. You create
Oracle base database virtual machines (DBVMs) using the dedicated Oracle resources in vSphere, then upload
the DBVMs to Data Director to use as database templates.
Data Director supports the following Oracle versions.
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Oracle 11gR2 on SUSE, RHEL, or Oracle Linux.
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Oracle 10gR2 on SUSE, RHEL, or Oracle Linux.
VMware vFabric Postgres Databases
Data Director provides self-service database provisioning and automation with vFabric Postgres databases.
vFabric Postgres is built on the open source Postgres database.
vFabric Postgres is compatible with pSQL and the PostgreSQL tools and client drivers. vFabric Postgres
databases are fully compliant with ACID and ANSI SQL. The ACID properties, Atomicity, Consistency,
Isolation, and Durability, guarantee that database transactions are processed reliably.
For information about the Postgres database features for Data Director, see the Using VMware vFabric Postgres
for Data Director.
Microsoft SQL Server Databases
As a Data Director system administrator you upload and manage the SQL Server base database templates that
organization administrators, DBAs, and application developers use to provision SQL Server databases.
Use SQL Server with Data Director to set up a dedicated vSphere ESXi cluster for hosting SQL Server resources,
including operating system, SQL Server database server, and client tools. You create SQL Server base database
virtual machines (DBVMs) using the dedicated SQL Server resources in vSphere, and upload the DBVMs to
Data Director to use as database templates from which you can provision SQL Server databases.
Data Director supports the following SQL Server versions.
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SQL Server 2012 Enterprise and Standard editions.
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and Standard editions.
About Provisioning SQL Server Databases
Data Director supports the creation of a stand-alone SQL Server instance using the default (unnamed) instance
or a named instance. The default instance name is the same as the host name. You can have only one default
instance per virtual machine.
NOTE A SQL Server instance is either an unnamed instance or a named instance. When SQL Server is installed
as an unnamed instance, it does not require a client to specify the name of the instance to make a connection.
The client only has to know the server name. A named instance is identified by the network name of the
computer plus the instance name that you specify during installation. The client must specify both the server
name and the instance name when connecting. By default, SQL Server installs as an unnamed instance unless
you specify an instance name.
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