5.1
Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with vFabric Suite
- Table of Contents
- 1. About Getting Started with vFabric Suite
- 2. Quick Start Guide
- 3. Overview of vFabric Suite 5.1
- vFabric Suite Editions and Components
- vFabric Administration Server for Easier Component Management
- Simplified VM-Based Licensing Model
- vFabric Suite Product Integration and vSphere Integration
- Engineered for Spring-Built Applications
- 4. vFabric Licensing
- 5. Installing vFabric Suite
- Install vFabric License Server on Your vCenter Server
- Activate vFabric Suite Licenses
- RHEL: Example Walkthrough of Installing Component From the VMware RPM Repository
- Windows/Linux: Example Walkthrough of Installing Component from Download Page
- Upgrade vFabric License Server
- Uninstall vFabric License Server from vCenter Server
- 6. Monitoring vFabric License Usage
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Guidelines for Creating the vFabric License Server Database Instance
vFabric License Server fully supports using the database system associated with vCenter Server to store its license data.
However, VMware recommends that you create a separate database instance for vFabric use so as to keep the data of the two
products separate. (The term database instance refers to either an Oracle database schema or a Microsoft database.)
Follow these general guidelines when creating the database instance:
• Access permissions: In general, use the same database access permissions defined for the vCenter Server database.
• Database Size: Estimating the size of the vFabric License Server database is an inexact science and depends on a number of
variables. Most important is the number of vFabric component installations across all the VMs on your vCenter Server. The
more installations you have, the more data collected by the license server, and the bigger the database. However, the amount
of data collected by the license server for a particular component installation is relatively small. In sum, 5 GB should be more
than adequate for the vFabric license server database instance.
For reference information about creating databases (Microsoft SQL Server) and schemas (Oracle) as well as users and their
required permissions, see:
• Configure Microsoft SQL Server Databases
• Configure Oracle Databases
Activate vFabric Suite Licenses
VMware offers VMware V8 production licenses for the vFabric Suite Standard and vFabric Suite Advanced platform packages.
The license is perpetual for a particular version and package of vFabric Suite. A vFabric Suite production license applies to
virtual machines only.
Prerequisites
• Install vSphere and set up vCenter. See the VMware vSphere product documentation.
• Install vFabric license server on your vCenter Server.
• Decide how many vFabric Suite license units you need, purchase them, and then get your license key from the VMware license
portal. See How Licensing Works with vFabric Suite Standard and Advanced.
Procedure
1. Start vSphere Client and log in to the vCenter Server in which you installed vFabric License Server.
2. Select Home > Administration > Licensing to invoke the vCenter Licensing page, then click the Manage vSphere
Licenses link in the top-right corner, as shown in the screenshot.