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9. Open the console and locate the random password on the screen.
10. Log in as root, using the random password.
11. Change the password using /opt/aurora/sbin/set_password. This sets the password for both the root and
the 'postgres' user (on both system and database).
Now you can connect to this database from a client.
Installing on Fusion
1. Install the ovftool on your Fusion application.
2. In a terminal/command window, type ovftool path/aurora_dbvm-9.1.3.0-683886.ovf
path/aurora_dbvm-9.1.3.0-683886.vmx to change the format.
3. Use the File ->Open command to select and open the .vmx file.
4. The appliance will install and create a vPostgres virtual machine.
5. Revise your resources as needed. This step is optional. The default configuration is:
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Memory: 512 MB
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vCPU: 1
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Hard Disk 1 - Root disk: 2 GB (vmname.vmdk)
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Hard Disk 2 - Data disk (PGDATA): 8 GB (vmname_1.vmdk)
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Hard Disk 3 - Swap disk: 1 GB (vmname_2.vmdk)
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Hard Disk 4 - Diagnostic/core disk: 1 GB (vmname_3.vmdk)
6. Set the network configuration if you want to use a static ip address, or leave the settings blank and the virtual
machine with default to use dhcp settings.
You can use the following network configuration script to change the ip address of the deployed virtual
machine: /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_net.
7. Power on the virtual machine.
8. Open the console and locate the random password on the screen.
9. Log in as root, using the random password.
10. Change the password using /opt/aurora/sbin/set_password. This sets the password for both the root and
the 'postgres' user (on both system and database).
Now you can connect to this database from a client.
Installing on Player 4.x
1. Use the File ->Open command to select and open the .vmx file.
2. The appliance will install and create a vPostgres virtual machine.
3. Revise your resources as needed. This step is optional. The default configuration is:
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Memory: 512 MB
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vCPU: 1
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Hard Disk 1 - Root disk: 2 GB (vmname.vmdk)
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Hard Disk 2 - Data disk (PGDATA): 8 GB (vmname_1.vmdk)
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Hard Disk 3 - Swap disk: 1 GB (vmname_2.vmdk)
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