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Table Of Contents
- VMware vFabric Data Director Installation Guide
- Contents
- About VMware vFabric Data Director
- Installation Prerequisites and vSphere Setup
- Planning the Network Configuration
- Deploy the vFabric Data Director vApp
- Perform vFabric Data Director Express Setup
- Perform vFabric Data Director Advanced Setup
- Start the Data Director Setup Wizard
- Accept the License Agreement
- Choose Advanced Setup
- Create the Initial Data Director System Administrator Account
- Set User Management Mode
- Configure the Branding Settings
- Configure SMTP Settings
- Configure the vCenter Network and Its Network Adapters
- Configure Network Mapping
- Configure Networks and Network Adapters
- Enter License Information
- Review Data Director Setup
- vFabric Data Director Upgrade
- Index
Data Director provides several database resource templates in different sizes: tiny, small, medium, large, and
giant. Estimate the resources that your Data Director deployment requires based on your installation's expected
database sizes. For example, a database instance that uses the Tiny database resource template has the following
settings.
Table 1-1. Settings for a Tiny Database Configuration
Resource Setting
vCPUs 1
Memory size 512MB
Recommended database storage allocation 2GB
For a base installation that uses the Tiny database template, use a cluster with the following CPU and memory
resources.
Table 1-2. Resource Requirements for a Base Installation Using the Tiny Resource Template
Resource Requirements
CPU 4GHz and an additional 400 MHz for each database instance
Memory 8GB of available memory and an additional 512 MB of available memory for each database instance
Express Setup and Advanced Setup
Data Director provides Express and Advanced setup options. Express setup lets you deploy Data Director for
development or experimentation. Advanced setup is suitable for production environments that require high
availability and performance.
Before beginning the Data Director installation, determine whether to use Express setup to create a simplified
Data Director deployment for development, or Advanced setup to create a production deployment.
Express setup is supported for a single VLAN network used with static IP addresses instead DHCP. If you do
not adhere to these requirements, the Express setup option is disabled, and you must perform the Advanced
setup.
vSphere Settings for Data Director
Before you can install Data Director, set up the vSphere Cluster to deploy Data Director to, and enable the
cluster for vSphere High Availability (HA), and vSphere Dynamic Resource Scheduler (DRS). Data Director
also requires that you have Network Time Protocol (NTP) enabled in your environment.
Create and Configure the Data Director Cluster
Before you can install the Data Director vApp, you have to create and configure the Data Director cluster.
A cluster is a group of hosts. When a host is added to a cluster, the host's resources become part of the cluster's
resources. Clusters enable the vSphere High Availability (HA) and vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler
(DRS) solutions. Cluster settings must be compatible with Data Director.
Prerequisites
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Connect to the vCenter Server system by using a vSphere Client.
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Verify that you have sufficient permissions to create a cluster.
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Verify that a datacenter exists in the vCenter Server inventory.
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Create a vSphere cluster for use by Data Director. See the vSphere Resource Management documentation
and the vSphere Availability documentation.
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