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Create the Initial Data Director System Administrator Account
The initial Data Director system administrator performs Data Director setup and configuration, creates other
system administrators and organization administrators, creates and allocates resources for organizations, and
monitors resource usage. You specify the initial Data Director system administrator account when you connect
to Data Director for the first time.
Prerequisites
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Complete the License Agreement acceptance in the Data Director Setup wizard.
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Decide on the login and account information for the initial Data Director system administrator.
Procedure
1 Type the system administrator email and password.
2 Type the system administrator first and last name.
3 (Optional) Enter a phone number.
4 Click Next to continue.
Set User Management Mode
User management mode controls how users are assigned and managed across different organizations in Data
Director. You must understand the choices because you cannot change them after you set them.
Data Director offers the following user management modes.
Global user
management mode
Global user management mode is used by enterprises that plan to operate Data
Director internally only, and do not plan to allow access from users outside the
enterprise. In this mode, organizations can represent enterprise business units,
database groups can represent departments within the business units, and
databases pertain to the departments that the database groups represent.
Global user management mode is the default.
By Organization user
management mode
By Organization user management mode is used by service providers that plan
to host multiple enterprises within Data Director or that plan to integrate an
instance of VMware vCloud Director with Data Director. Only one vCloud
Director instance can be integrated with Data Director.
In this mode, organizations each represent self-contained, separate enterprises
that cannot see each others' users and have no visibility outside their own
organization. By Organization database groups can represent business units
and departments within the enterprise, and databases pertain to those business
units and departments.
Prerequisites
Complete the system administrator account setup in the Data Director Setup wizard.
Procedure
1 Select the user management mode that you want to use in your Data Director installation.
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