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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
licenses, view usage information 189
lifecycle of database 99
Limit setting 24
linked clone 130
linked database clone 127
Linux, install on a blank virtual machine 54, 58
Linux ISO Image, repackage 53, 57
M
Manage & Monitor 26, 28
Manage & Monitor tab 168, 170, 172
manage aurora_mon 182
manage database backup settings 124
manage database entities 141
manage database settings 122
manage DBVMs and base DB templates 45
manage SSL keys and certificates 207
Management Server database, point-in-time
recovery 160
managing cloned databases 137
managing databases 99
managing organizations 77
modes
by organization 77
global 77
modify aurora_mon 182
modify IP Pool settings 205
modify security settings 40
modify SQL queries 146
monitor customizations 170
monitor database performance 125
monitor database resource use 125
monitor resource usage 28
monitoring 168, 172
monitoring customization 167
monitoring Data Director environment 167
monitoring organizations 172
MySQL 17
N
network reconfiguration 199
non-production use license 185
O
operating system in base DBVM 63
operating system in base VM 64
Oracle database support in Data Director 15
Oracle license issues and Data Director 24
organization administrator, vFabric Data
Director 36
organization dashboard 174
organization operations 78
organization permissions 38
organization privileges 37, 38
organization resources 79
organization security settings 40
organization user access 80
organization user authentication 80
organization-level operations 13
organization, create 80
organizations
monitoring 172
resource assignment 23
OS/agent VMDK 45
P
partition alignment, See also storage
password encryption 35
patches for base database virtual machines 71
permanent licenses 185
permissions, propagation of 38
PITR 150
point-in-time recovery 151, 160
point-in-time recovery of Management Server
database 160
point-in-time-recovery 150
post-clone script management 133
post-clone scripts 133
preconfigured backup templates 153
privilege propagation 38
privileges
database 37
database groups 37
organization 37
system 37
template management 37
Processes and Locks tab 176
production use license 185
propagation
permissions 38
roles 38
propagation of privileges 38
provision databases 101
Q
query plan 146
R
reconfigure database access network 204
reconfigure internal network 203
reconfigure internal network adapter
mapping 203
recover a database from last state 157
recover databases 156
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