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Simplified RESTful Workflow 2

Data Director API clients communicate with Data Director over HTTP, exchanging XML or JSON

representations of Data Director API objects.

The simplified RESTful workflow example illustrates the tasks that you need to perform to create a database

with the REST API. For each task, you must have the appropriate permissions.

This chapter includes the following topics:

“Create a System Resource Bundle,” on page 15

“Convert a Base DBVM to a Base DB Template,” on page 16

“Create a Resource Bundle,” on page 17

“Create an Organization,” on page 18

“Assign a Resource Bundle to an Organization,” on page 19

“Enable a Base DB Template,” on page 19

“Create a Database Group,” on page 20

“Create a Database,” on page 21

Create a System Resource Bundle

The system resource bundle provides CPU, memory, network, and storage resources for the base database

virtual machines (base DBVMs) and base database templates that you use to create and provision databases.

Each Data Director installation must have one system resource bundle.

You create the system resource bundle before setting up other Data Director entities and populate the resource

bundle with base database templates and base DBVMs.

Prerequisites

Create a resource pool to use for allocating CPU and memory resources. Resource pools are part of the

underlying vSphere environment. You can create them using the vSphere Client, the vSphere Web Client,

or the vSphere SDK.

Decide on the storage resources that you want to include in the resource bundle. Plan for storage resources

for database storage and resources for backup storage.

Decide on the base DB template that you want to assign to the resource bundle. Organization users can

create and provision databases only when base DB templates are assigned to, and enabled in, an

organization's resource bundle or resource bundles. You can assign additional base DB templates to

resource bundles at any time. “Convert a Base DBVM to a Base DB Template,” on page 16 explains how

to create a base DB template.

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