Starting with version 9.7, the VMware Cloud Director appliance includes an embedded PostgreSQL database with a high availability function. When you deploy, upgrade, or migrate the VMware Cloud Director appliance, you can perform administration, monitoring, remediation, or troubleshooting operations.
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Appliance Deployments and Database High Availability Configuration VMware Cloud Director appliance includes an embedded PostgreSQL database. The embedded PostgreSQL database includes the Replication Manager (repmgr ) tool suite, which provides a high availability (HA) function to a cluster of PostgreSQL servers. You can create an appliance deployment with a database HA cluster that provides failover capabilities to your VMware Cloud Director database.Preparing the VMware Cloud Director Appliance Deployment VMware Cloud Director appliance, you must prepare your environment. SSL Certificate Creation and Management of the VMware Cloud Director Appliance VMware Cloud Director uses SSL handshakes to secure communications between clients and servers.Deployment and Initial Configuration of the VMware Cloud Director Appliance VMware Cloud Director server group by deploying one or more instances of the VMware Cloud Director appliance. You deploy the VMware Cloud Director appliance by using the vSphere Client (HTML5) or the VMware OVF Tool . Upgrading and Migrating the VMware Cloud Director Appliance VMware Cloud Director appliance includes an embedded PostgreSQL database with a high availability function. You can upgrade the VMware Cloud Director appliance to a later version. You can also migrate your existing earlier version of VMware Cloud Director with an external PostgreSQL database to a VMware Cloud Director environment that consists of VMware Cloud Director appliance deployments version 10.0 or later. After You Upgrade VMware Cloud Director VMware Cloud Director servers and the shared database, you can upgrade the NSX Manager instances that provide network services to your cloud. After that, you can upgrade the ESXi hosts and the vCenter Server instances that are registered to your VMware Cloud Director installation. VMware Cloud Director Appliance Administration Monitoring the VMware Cloud Director Appliance Database Cluster Health VMware Cloud Director appliance cluster by using the VMware Cloud Director appliance management user interface, the appliance API, or the repmgr open-source tool suite. VMware Cloud Director Appliance Database Cluster Recovery VMware Cloud Director nodes, you can recover your database cluster.Troubleshooting the Appliance VMware Cloud Director appliance deployment fails or if the appliance is not operating properly, you can examine the appliance log files to determine the cause of the problem.
