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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 Obtain a working Linux environment with sufficient storage to repackage the Linux ISO image.
If you mount the RHEL ISO from an NFS server, 8GB is sufficient. You need 12GB if you upload the ISO
to your local disk.
2 Ensure that you have a discoverable path to the working Linux environment for the original RHEL ISO
image, local directory, or NFS path.
3 Download the ISO image from the VMware product download page.
4 Mount the ISO image by typing the following command, substituting your build number for <build#> .
mount –o loop /mnt/Data-Director-Initialize-Base-DBVM-
build#
.iso /tmp/mnt
5 To repackage the RHEL ISO image, mount the NFS manually, then type the following command.
/tmp/mnt/Tools/repack_rhel_iso.sh
REDHAT_ISO_PATH
Output_folder
For example, the command
/tmp/mnt/Tools/repack_rhel_iso.sh rhel5.5.iso ./
specifies the original Linux ISO image as the source ISO image. The command repackages the ISO image,
which can pick up the kickstart file automatically from the floppy device.
REDHAT_ISO_LOCAL_FILE_PATH must be a local path. If the Red Hat ISO is on an NFS volume, mount
it to the local directory before using this command.
A RHEL ISO image is created with its own kickstart file.
Install Linux on a Blank Virtual Machine
You can install Linux as the operating system on the blank virtual machine.
Prerequisites
Deploy the base database virtual machine into the system resource pool. See “Deploy the Empty DBVM into
the System Resource Pool,” on page 53.
Repackage the Linux ISO image. See “Repackage the Red Hat Linux ISO Image,” on page 53.
A floppy image containing the ks.cfg file (unless you have packaged your own customized ks.cfg file into
the ISO.
A CDROM device containing the OS ISO.
A CDROM device containing the database binary ISO.
A CDROM device containing the initialized ISO.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select the blank virtual machine that you deployed.
2 Click Edit Settings.
3 Click the Hardware tab, and select CD/DVD drive in the hardware list.
4 In the right panel, click Datastore ISO file and click Browse.
5 Enter the path of the repackaged Linux ISO image.
You can alternatively use the client device to connect the local ISO when the virtual machine is running.
6 In the Device Status pane, click Connected and click Connected at Power On.
7 Click Save.
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