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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
Wizard Screen Action
Base Database Templates
Select the base Database templates available in this resource bundle. Users
create and provision databases using these templates. You can assign base
database templates to resource bundles at any time.
DB Access Networks
Select the networks that you want to have available to this resource bundle.
These networks provide the public network for the organization's databases.
Resource bundles must use a database network when available.
What to do next
System administrators can assign additional base database templates to resource bundles, and allocate the
resource bundles to organizations. Organization administrators can assign resources to their database groups.
Assign a Resource Bundle to an Organization
System administrators can assign a resource bundle to an organization when they create an organization. You
can also assign a resource bundle to an organization at a later time.
Prerequisites
Log in to Data Director as a system administrator or a user who can assign resource bundles to organizations.
Procedure
1 Click the Manage & Monitor tab and, click Organizations.
2 Right-click the organization that you want to assign a resource bundle to, and select Assign Resource
Bundle.
3 Select the resource bundle that you want to assign from the list of resource bundles and click OK.
What to do next
System administrators can assign additional base DB templates to the resource bundle. Organization
administrators can enable base DB templates for their organizations and create one or more database groups
and databases. See Chapter 9, “Managing Databases,” on page 99 and “Create a Database Group,” on
page 89.
Perform Advanced Cluster Configuration
During installation, you configure the Data Director cluster with vSphere DRS and vSphere HA enabled, and
with certain monitoring settings. You can later edit the Data Director cluster configuration to change the
monitoring sensitivity for virtual machines.
As part of the installation process, you configure the Data Director cluster. See the vFabric Data Director
Installation Guide. After installation, you can customize the cluster to work in your environment. See the vSphere
Availability documentation and the vSphere Resource Management documentation for background information.
Not all changes that you can make to a vSphere cluster are compatible with Data Director. You must make
sure that the cluster settings remain compatible with Data Director. Data Director checks the following settings.
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DRS must be enabled. DRS automation level can be any of the supported options. Partially automated
works best with Data Director in most situations.
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HA, host monitoring, and admission control must be enabled.
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VM Monitoring is set to VM and Application Monitoring.
If cluster settings are not compatible with Data Director, and if you create a resource pool in the cluster, you
cannot import the resource pool to a Data Director resource bundle.
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