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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
2 Deploy a DBVM OVA File on page 48
As a vSphere administrator, you deploy the provided DBVM template OVA files to the system resource
pool for Data Director.
3 Disk Configuration for DBVMs and DB Templates on page 49
You can create virtual disks on which to store your database's data and log files to improve performance.
You can in turn create these virtual disks on datastores optimized for I/O performance, redundancy, or
disk usage depending on the type of data you want to store on them.
4 Build an Oracle, SQL Server, or Empty Base DBVM on page 50
You can create a base DBVM and install the operating system and database software required to provision
databases.
5 Build a MySQL Base DBVM on page 51
You can create a base DBVM and DB template using Red Hat Linux with a supported version of the
MySQL database.
6 Build an Oracle and SUSE Linux Base DBVM on page 56
Data Director provides a base DBVM with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES). You can install Oracle
into the SLES DBVM to provide an environment for proof-of-concept projects or to allow non-Oracle
database administrators to explore Oracle.
7 Build an Oracle DBVM with a Custom Linux Operating System on page 56
You can create a base DBVM and DB template using a customized version of Red Hat or Oracle Linux
in combination with a supported version of the Oracle database. This allows you to deploy an operating
system with configurations specifc to your IT environment.
8 Requirements for the Kickstart File on page 60
The kickstart installation method is used primarily by Red Hat Enterprise Linux to automatically perform
an operating system installation and configuration. To customize a base DB template, the kickstart file
must be fully compliant with Data Director and the target database.
9 Build a Base DBVM with a Custom Operating System on page 63
You can create a base DBVM for either Oracle or SQL Server databases using any operating system
supported by Data Director with customizations specific to your IT environment. For example, if you
want to install a database on a version of Linux with patches and security settings specific to your
environment, you can create a base VM using this operating system, and then install the database within
this to create a base DBVM using your preferred operating system configuration.
10 Create and Validate a Base DB Template on page 65
Data Director system administrators convert base DBVMs into base DB templates. The base DB template
contains all of the software required to provision the operating environment and database for users of
the system.
11 Database Update Configuration on page 68
You update databases to take advantage of features in new releases or upgrades of database software.
Also, to incorporate enhancements to a database virtual machine (DBVM) or to third party software tools.
System administrators manage the base DB template update chain to ensure that users update databases
based on templates that comply with defined update policies.
12 Configure a vFabric Postgres Update Chain on page 69
You configure an update chain to enable database users to update databases based on templates the
comply with update policies.
13 Update an Oracle Database on page 70
You update an Oracle database to take advantage of features available in the latest release of the database
software, or to incorporate enhancements to a database virtual machine (DBVM) or to third party
software tools. Updating an Oracle database is referred to as patching.
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