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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
Prerequisites
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Connect to the vCenter Server system by using a vSphere Client. You cannot create resource pools if the
client is connected directly to a host.
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Verify that you have permissions sufficient to create a resource pool.
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Choose a location for the resource pool. Data Director cannot use resource pools at the vApp top level.
For information about resource pools, see the vSphere Resource Management documentation .
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select Home > Inventory > Hosts and Clusters.
2 Select the cluster to which all Data Director hosts were assigned.
3 Configure the resource pool.
Option Description
Name
Name of the resource pool.
CPU Shares
Do not specify CPU shares. Instead, specify the CPU reservation.
CPU Reservation
CPU resources to allocate to this resource pool. Must be greater than 0.
Expandable Reservation
Checked or unchecked.
CPU Limit
Maximum CPU resources available to this resource pool. Set Limit to be equal
to CPU Reservation.
Unlimited
Unchecked.
Memory Shares
Do not specify memory shares. Instead, specify a memory reservation.
Memory Reservation
Memory resources to allocate to this resource pool. Must be greater than 0.
Expandable Reservation
Checked or Unchecked.
Memory Limit
Maximum memory resources available to this resource pool. Set Limit to be
equal to Memory Reservation.
Unlimited
Unchecked.
After you create and configure the resource pool, you can point to the resource pool when you create the Data
Director resource bundle.
What to do next
Create a resource bundle. See “Create a Resource Bundle,” on page 29.
Create a Resource Bundle
Resource bundles allow you to bundle CPU, memory, storage, database template, and networking resources.
You create resource bundles using the Data Director user interface.
When you create a resource bundle, the wizard displays only resource pools with a parent cluster that meets
the following requirements.
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vSphere DRS and vSphere HA are enabled.
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VM Monitoring is set to VM and Application Monitoring.
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VM Restart Priority is not disabled for any of the virtual machines.
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Host monitoring and admission control are enabled.
See “Perform Advanced Cluster Configuration,” on page 31 for details on recommended settings.
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