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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
Manage the aurora_mon Monitoring Agent
You can stop, start, and verify the status of the aurora_mon monitoring agent.
Prerequisites
Refer to “aurora_mon Configuration Parameters,” on page 180 before modifying parameters.
Procedure
1 In vSphere, navigate to the Data Director vApp.
2 Select the Management Server, and click the Console tab.
3 Press the Enter key on your keyboard to activate the console and log in as root.
4 To stop aurora_mon, type service aurora_mon stop.
5 To start aurora_mon type service aurora_mon start.
6 To verify the status of the aurora_mon agent, type service aurora_mon status.
Result: When the following output appears, aurora_mon is functioning correctly.
Checking status of HA App Monitor . . .
HA App Monitor running (pid=5242).
Command completed successfully.
Modify aurora_mon Monitoring Agent Parameters
You can modify aurora_mon monitoring agent parameters if the default settings are not suitable for your
environment or administrative policies.
Prerequisites
Refer to “aurora_mon Configuration Parameters,” on page 180 before modifying parameters.
Procedure
1 In vSphere, navigate to the Data Director vApp.
2 Select the Management Server, and click the Console tab.
3 Press the Enter key on your keyboard to activate the console and log in as root.
4 Change to the /opt/aurora/ha/etc/aurora_mon_conf.d directory, and list the contents of the directory.
Change to the aurora_mon directory and list the contents of the directory.
localhost:~# cd /opt/aurora/ha/etc/aurora_mon_conf.d
localhost:~ localhost:~# cd /opt/aurora/ha/etc/aurora_mon_conf.d # ls
mon_data_disk_1st_thresh.conf mon_root_disk_1st_thresh.conf
mon_data_disk_2nd_thresh.conf mon_root_disk_2nd_thresh.conf
mon_dbg_disk.conf mon_tomcat.conf
mon_dhcpcd.conf sample.conf
mon_mgmt_adb.conf
5 Use a text editor and open a file.
For example, open mon_data_disk_1st_thresh.conf with the vi editor.
localhost:~ /opt/aurora/ha/etc/aurora_mon_conf.d
# vi mon_data_disk_1st_thresh.conf
[data_disk_usage_1st_thresh]
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