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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
cluster alarms 172
cluster configuration 31, 172
configuration templates 91
configure auto-vacuum 143
configure clone options settings 132
configure clone settings 131
configure DB parameter group 93
configure Oracle update chain 75
configure tags for a clone 132
connect to VDR 158
constraint creation 145
convert base DBVM to base DB template 66, 72
create an empty DBVM 52
Create base database VM from template 71
create base DBVM 50
create check constraints 143
create column constraints 143
create constraints 145
create database from catalog 102, 107
create database schemas 143
create databases 101, 103
create DB parameter group 93
create empty database 102, 105
create foreign key 143
create golden clone 112
create IP whitelists 83
create post-clone script in Data Director 134
create SQL queries 146
create system resource pool 26
create tags 117
create unique constraints 143
create views 144
creating users 39
custom alarms 177
custom kickstart file, repackage 53, 57
customizations 169
customize cloning 129
customize monitoring 174
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dashboard, organization administrator 174
Dashboard 168, 172
Data Director
clone a database 129
supported databases 14
system architecture 11
system hierarchy 12
user management modes 12
Data Director administration 13
database activity logs 125
database administration 121
database backup settings, changing 124
database backup template 91
database backups 149
database calculator 124
database configuration settings, for clone 130
database configuration template 91, 93
database configuration templates 91
database creation types 102
database creator permissions 101
database end of life 160
database entities, managing 141
database entities,managing 141
database entity management 141
database group, assign resource bundle 31
database group privileges 37
database groups
and resource management 88
creating 89
resource assignment 23
resource isolation 88
security 89
database IP whitelist 83
database lifecycle 99
database management 99, 141
database performance statistics, monitoring 125
database privileges 37
database properties 123
database property settings 124
database recovery 149
database resource allocation 125
database resource settings, configure 124
database schemas 143
database settings, templates 93
database storage allocation 101
database tags 123
database template, modifying 94
database templates 91
database version 125
database VMDK 45
database,connectingusing JDBC string 216
databases
creating 103
diagnostics package 168
monitoring 176
recover 156
resource assignment 23
datastores, See also storage
datastores, consolidated versus dedicated, See
also datastores
DB Access Networks 20
DB Name Service Network reconfiguration 202
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