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Figure 1-3. Resource Bundles and Database Groups
resource bundle
organization
database
group
The database group can only get resources from a resource bundle that is assigned to the database group's
parent organization.
Understanding Call Dependencies
Most of the Data Director calls require as input other objects that you have to retrieve before you make the call.
For example, you cannot register a user for an organization before you have created the user.
This section shows some examples of the sequences of calls for commonly performed tasks.
Create a Resource Bundle
1 Read qualified resource pools.
2 Read the datastores of the selected resource pool.
3 Read the networks for the selected resource pool.
4 Create the resource bundle.
Create an Organization and Assign a Resource Bundle
1 Read qualified resource pools.
2 Read the datastores of the selected resource pool.
3 Read the networks of the selected resource pool.
4 Create a resource bundle.
5 Create an organization.
6 Assign the resource bundle to the organization.
Create a Database
1 Create an organization and assign a resource bundle. See “Create an Organization and Assign a Resource
Bundle,” on page 9 above.
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