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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
Index
A
ACID properties 15
add catalog database 118
add custom IP whitelists 84
Add database owner account 123
add databases to the catalog 117
add IP pools 191
add organization administrator to vCloud Director
organizations 197
add post-clone scripts 135
add pre-action and post-action scripts 161
add vCenter Single Sign-On service users 42
adding databases to organization catalogs 117
adding users 39
administer SQL 146
Administration tab 168, 172
alarms
custom 177
database 125
delete 178
disabling 178
Alarms side bar 167
analyze SQL query plan 146
apply security groups to databases 84
assign base DB template to resource bundle 67,
74
assign IP whitelist to databases 84
associate post-clone script with a database 135
aurora mon monitoring agent, modifying
parameters 182
aurora_mon configuration 179
aurora_mon configuration parameters 180
aurora_mon monitoring agent, managing 182
authentication 33, 35, 80
author post-clone script 134
authorization 33
auto-vacuum 122, 143
auto-vacuum settings 124
automatic refresh profile for cloned
databases 138
B
backup settings, for clone 130
backup strategies 150
backup template, creating 95
backup template settings 152
backup template, selecting 153
backup templates, modifying 96
backups, monitoring 125
base database virtual machines, apply a
patch 71
base DB template, validating 67, 73
base DB templates
assign to resource bundles 67, 74
enabling 74, 92
base DBVM 51
basic database properties 123
batch operations 119
batch scheduled tasks 120
best practices 21
bind vCloud Director organizations 81
blank DBVM 45
build a blank database virtual machine 56
build a MySQL DBVM 51
build SLES and Oracle base DBVM 56
by organization mode 77
By Organization user management mode 12
C
Catalog tab use 118
change basic database properties 123
change database configuration settings 124
change database usage type 189
change the vCenter IP address 199
choose default post-clone script 137
clone a database 129
clone configuration settings 131
clone configuration summary 133
clone database 102
clone type 130
clone types 127
cloned database, refresh manually 138
cloned databases
automatic refresh profile 138
refresh 137
clones, configuring IP Whitelists for 133
cloning
backup settings 130
customization 129
database configuration settings 130
cloning databases 127
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