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Installation Prerequisites and
vSphere Setup 1
Before you start installing Data Director, you must understand the environment requirements, you must set
up vSphere, and you must determine your networking configuration.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Prerequisites for vFabric Data Director,” on page 7
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“Express Setup and Advanced Setup,” on page 9
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“vSphere Settings for Data Director,” on page 9
Prerequisites for vFabric Data Director
Before you can install and run Data Director, your environment must meet the prerequisites.
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To use vFabric Data Director, you must have installed and set up the following VMware products.
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One of the following vSphere releases:
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vSphere 5.0 Enterprise or vSphere 5.0 Enterprise Plus
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vSphere 5.1 Enterprise or vSphere 5.1 Enterprise Plus
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VMware vSphere Client 5.0 or 5.1
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VMware vCenter Server 5.0 or 5.1, and any related modules (ISO or ZIP)
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ESXi ISO or ESXi offline bundle ZIP
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vSphere Update Manager
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vSphere VMFS-5
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VMware Virtual Hardware 7 or later
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Operating system support. The following operating systems can be used to create a database virtual
machine (DBVM) within Data Director:
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for use with SQL Server.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4–5.9 and 6.1–6.4.
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Oracle Linux 5.4–5.9 and 6.1–6.4.
NOTE Oracle Linux with the Unbreakable Linux Kernel is not supported.
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1.
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for use with vPostgres 9.2 or later.
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