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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 Type the following command to install Oracle.
/opt/aurora/installation/install.sh
NFS_PATH_FOR_Oracle_binary_folder
Oracle_version
NFS_PATH_FOR_Oracle_binary_folder is the full path of the NFS server where you store your Oracle
installation software components.
Oracle_version is the full version number of the Oracle software.
3 Power off the virtual machine when the Oracle installation finishes.
4 Remove the CD/DVD devices.
The Oracle binary is installed.
What to do next
Convert the base database virtual machine into a database template. See “Convert a Base DBVM into a Base
DB Template,” on page 66. You can, optionally, install third party tools to ensure that all necessary tools are
installed on the binary disk.
Requirements for the Kickstart File
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.
Kickstart Options
A kickstart file is a text file that contains configuration information for a Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation.
The system reads this configuration information at boot time and carries out the installation process without
any further input from you. The kickstart file you create for vFabric Data Director installs and configures Red
Hat Enterprise Linux for use as a guest operating system in the DBVM that runs the database you choose to
install.
Go to the Red Hat Web site for documentation on creating kickstart files.
Kickstart Options Required for Data Director
The following content is required in your kickstart file to install and configure a Red Hat Enterprise Linux
installation that is compliant with vFabric Data Director.
1. # Disk partitioning information
2. part / --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="ext3" --grow --ondisk=sda --size=1
3. part /opt/aurora/oracle --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="ext3" \
4. --grow --ondisk=sdb --size=1
5. part /opt/aurora/archive --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="ext3" \
6. --grow --ondisk=sdc --size=1
7. part /var --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="ext3" --grow --ondisk=sdd --size=1
8. part /opt/aurora/dbg --bytes-per-inode=4096 --fstype="ext3" \
9. --grow --ondisk=sde --size=1
10. %packages
11. @core
12. @base
13. @development-tools
14. @legacy-software-development
15. @editors
16. unixODBC
17. libaio-devel
18. libXtst-devel
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