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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
Creating Resource Pools for Databases
You create resource pools for databases by using a vSphere Client connected to a vCenter Server system. Specify
the following resource pool settings to ensure that Data Director always receives all of its allocated resources
and does not have different amounts of CPU and memory available if the cluster is experiencing a light or a
heavy load.
NOTE If you do not configure your resource pool with these settings, problems with resource bundle creation
or other Data Director tasks might result. Resource pools with incorrect settings do not appear in the list of
available resource pools when you create a resource bundle.
Set the Limit equal to the
Reservation.
If the system never allocates more resources than you reserved, you do not
experience resource fluctuations.
Set Expandable
Reservation to checked
or unchecked.
If the system does not attempt to allocate more resources than you reserved,
you do not experience resource fluctuations.
Set Unlimited to
unchecked.
Data Director requires this setting to avoid a resource bundle taking more than
its share of the resource pool.
After you create the resource pool, you create resource bundles. Each resource bundle uses one resource pool.
See “Create a Resource Pool,” on page 28 and “Create a Resource Bundle,” on page 29.
Allocating CPU and Memory Resources to Database Groups
When you create a database group and set its CPU and memory allocation, Data Director creates a child
resource pool of the resource pool that you select. Data Director configures the resource pool with the allocation
that you specify. Having a different resource pool for each database group isolates the database group's
allocation and makes different groups independent.
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If you specify the CPU and memory allocation, Data Director uses the following settings for the resource
pool it creates.
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Reservation is set to the value you specify.
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Expandable reservation is set to False.
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Limit is set to unlimited.
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If you do not specify CPU or memory allocation, Data Director uses the following settings for the resource
pool it creates.
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Reservation is set to 0.
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Expandable reservation is set to True, allowing the database group to consume resources as they are
available.
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Limit is set to unlimited.
Allocating CPU and Memory Resources to Databases
In the Data Director environment, a database is a virtual machine that consumes resources from the database
group. You can specify the CPU and memory allocation for the database. Data Director always sets the limit
to unlimited.
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