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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
Template user role
Template users can use any resource templates and backup templates when
creating databases.
User administrator role
The User administrator role manages users at the system level, including
creating, editing settings for, and deleting system users.
Privileges
Privileges define the allowable actions on objects in vFabric Data Director. You associate privileges with a user
login and a Data Director object to define permissions.
For example, the Start and Stop Database privilege indicates that in general, Data Director users can start and
stop databases. But the privilege by itself does not indicate which users can start and stop databases, or the
databases that they can start and stop. To provide context, you associate the privilege with a user login and a
Data Director object. The combination of privilege, user login, and Data Director object is a permission. You
can group related permissions into roles to package all the permissions required to perform a job, such as that
of database administrator.
System
System privileges relate to Data Director management, such as Manage
Resources and Manage System Settings. These privileges apply only to the
system. System privileges do not propagate to organizations.
Organizations
Privileges on organizations relate to organization management, such as
Manage Organization Settings and Manage Registration. Organization
privileges apply only to organizations. They do not propagate beyond
organization boundaries.
Database Group
Privileges on database groups relate to database group management, such as
Create Databases and Import Backups. Database group privileges apply only
within the organization and to the organization's database groups.
Organization administrators and users with database group management
privileges grant and revoke privileges on database groups, and enable users to
access a database group by adding the database group to the user's account.
Databases
Privileges on databases relate to database management, such as Start and Stop
Database and Edit Database Info. Database privileges apply only to databases,
database groups, and organizations. If a database-related privilege is on a
database group, that privilege applies to all databases within that database
group. If the database-related privilege is on an organization, it applies to every
database group and database in the organization.
Organization administrators and users with database management privileges
grant and revoke these privileges and permissions on databases. To gain access
to databases, the databases must be added to a user's account.
Resource Templates,
Backup Templates, and
Base DB Templates
Privileges on templates relate to template management, such as edit template
and view and user template. Edit template applies only to the organization.
View and user template applies to individual templates or to the organization.
If a template privilege is on an organization, it applies to all templates within
that organization.
Organization administrators and users with template management privileges
grant and revoke template privileges and permissions. To gain access to
templates, the templates must be added to a user's account.
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