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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
Procedure
1 Create an Empty DBVM on page 52
You can create an empty (or blank) DBVM which you can use to build a custom database environment.
For example, you can use the empty DBVM to build a DBVM with Red Hat Linux operating system
configured for your IT environment and a MySQL database.
2 Deploy the Empty DBVM into the System Resource Pool on page 53
You use a empty (or blank) DBVM to build a custom DB template.
3 Repackage the Red Hat Linux ISO Image on page 53
The original Red Hat Linux ISO image does not include Data Director specific scripts and agents, and is
not initially compliant for use with Data Director. For this reason you must repackage the Red Hat ISO
image using a kickstart file that you customize to install the OS configured for use with Data Director.
4 Install Linux on a Blank Virtual Machine on page 54
You can install Linux as the operating system on the blank virtual machine.
5 Initialize the Base DBVM on page 54
You must initialize the base DBVM to ensure that the prerequisites for the database software and Data
Director are met.
6 Install the MySQL Database Software on page 55
Install the MySQL database software into a base DBVM. You can then create a DB template with which
to provision MySQL databases.
Create an Empty DBVM
You can create an empty (or blank) DBVM which you can use to build a custom database environment. For
example, you can use the empty DBVM to build a DBVM with Red Hat Linux operating system configured
for your IT environment and a MySQL database.
Prerequisites
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Create a system resource bundle for use by the DBVM. See “Create the System Resource Bundle,” on
page 27.
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Ensure there is adequate free space on the datastore.
Procedure
1 Log in to Data Director as a system administrator.
2 In the System tab, click Manage and Monitor.
3 Expand Templates and select Base DBVMs.
4 Click the plus (+) icon to start the Create Base DBVM wizard and enter the appropriate information.
Option Description
Name
Enter a unique name to identify the base DBVM within Data Director.
Database type
Select Empty to create an empty base DBVM. When you select Empty, all of
the other DBVM creation options visible in the wizard will be made
unavailable.
Data Director creates an empty DBVM, which appears in the Base DBVMs list. The process can take several
minutes to complete.
You can install a Data Director supported operating system configured to meet your IT environment into the
empty DBVM, after which you can install a database and create a fully operational base DBVM.
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