You use the Data Management for VMware Tanzu console, Databases view, to create a database in an Onboarded Cluster.
After you select the database engine type and version and the vSphere environment on the Create Database form, you can either choose to configure the database yourself, or choose to invoke the Data Management for VMware Tanzu quick create, a single-click action that creates the database for you using the default configuration.
This reference identifies the Create Database form configuration property names, descriptions, and default values.
Database and Version
These properties specify the minimum information required to provision a database.
| Property Name | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| Database | The type of database engine to provision; choices are MySQL or PostgreSQL. | None |
| Database Version | The version of the database. | The newest published Data Management for VMware Tanzu template version of the database. |
| VM Name | The database VM name; this name must be unique within a Data Management for VMware Tanzu installation. | An auto-generated database VM name of the format VMware‑<dbengine>‑<dbversion>‑<buildnum>. |
| Namespace | The Namespace that will be used to provision the database. | The first name in an alphabetically-ordered list of Namespaces. |
| Tags | The tags assigned to the database. | None |
vCPU, Memory and Storage Configuration
These properties specify the amount of compute and disk resources to allot to the database. How you specify the vCPU and Memory properties in the UI may differ depending upon the configuration of your organization.
| Property Name | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| vCPU | The number of virtual CPUs to allocate to the database. | 4 cores |
| Memory | The amount of memory to allocate to the database. | 16GB |
| Storage | The amount of virtual disk space (GBs) to allocate to the database. | 60GB |
Monitoring, Backup, and Notifications
Use these properties to identify the level of monitoring for the database, to opt in or opt out of certain database management and backup policies, and to activate or deactivate email notifications for database.
Database Management
The properties in this pane configure monitoring policy and backup policy parameters:
| Property Name | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| Monitoring Type | The level of monitoring that Data Management for VMware Tanzu performs on the database; choices are NORMAL (monitors system and service uptime and number of connections) or ENHANCED (in addition to NORMAL monitoring, also reports bytes sent/received and storage usage/reads/writes/pool size). | Enhanced |
| Enable Automated Backups | The switch to activate or deactivate automated database backups. | On |
| Enable Auto Minor Version Upgrade | The switch to activate or deactivate automated minor version database software updates to the database. | On |
Email Notification
The properties in this pane configure email notification parameters:
| Property Name | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| Email Address | Email ID of the owner of the database. | Email ID of the owner of the database. |
| Emails for Database Status Change | The switch to activate or deactivate email notification to notify change of status of the database to WARNING, CRITICAL, LOST CONNECTIVITY, or FATAL. | On |
| Emails for Database Operation Failure | The switch to activate or deactivate email notification to notify any operation failure of the database. | On |
Database, Environment & Backup Configuration
Several configuration categories are represented in this pane of the Create Database form, and certain categories will be present only if you opted-in to the related management policy in Monitoring and Backup.
Database Configuration
The properties in this pane identify database connection parameters.
| Property Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Database Name | The name of the default database. |
| Database Port No | The port number on which the database server runs. (Read-only) |
| Username | The database administrator username. |
| Password | The password for the database adminstrator. |
Backup Configuration
These properties specify the backup schedule and retention periods, and are configurable only when automated backups are enabled for the database (Enable Data Protection is on).
| Property Name | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Backup Time | The time of day to back up the database. | 1:00 |
| Local Backup Retention | The number of days to retain a backup on local storage. | 7 days |
| Remote Backup Retention | The number of days to retain a backup on cloud/remote storage. | 91 days |
Maintenance Configuration
The properties in this pane configure the maintenance window for the database.
| Property Name | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| Start Day | The maintenance window day of the week. | Saturday |
| Start Time | The time of day in which to start the maintenance window. | 23:59 |
| Duration | The duration of the maintenance window (hours). | 6 hours |
TLS Configuration
This property configures the TLS requirements for database clients.
| Property Name | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| Require Client TLS | The switch to activate or deactivate TLS. | Off |
DB Options Configuration
The database options properties specify runtime configuration settings for the database, and are engine-specific:
