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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VMware Cloud Director Appliance Deployments and Database High Availability Configuration VMware Cloud Director appliance deployment with a database HA cluster that provides failover capabilities to your VMware Cloud Director database.Preparing the Transfer Server Storage for Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance VMware Cloud Director server group. VMware Cloud Director uses the transfer server storage for appliance cluster management and for providing temporary storage for uploads, downloads, and catalog items that are published or subscribed externally.Install and Configure NSX for VMware Cloud Director VMware Cloud Director installation to use network resources from NSX , you must install and configure NSX . Install and Configure NSX Data Center for vSphere for VMware Cloud Director VMware Cloud Director installation to use network resources from NSX Data Center for vSphere , you must install and configure NSX Data Center for vSphere and associate a unique NSX-V Manager instance with each vCenter Server instance that you plan to include in your VMware Cloud Director installation. SSL Certificate Creation and Management of Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance VMware Cloud Director uses SSL handshakes to secure communications between clients and servers.Deployment and Initial Configuration of Your 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 Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance VMware Cloud Director appliance to a later version or migrate your existing earlier version of VMware Cloud Director with an external PostgreSQL database to a VMware Cloud Director appliance. After You Upgrade Your VMware Cloud Director VMware Cloud Director servers and the shared database, you can upgrade the NSX-V 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 VMware Cloud Director cells in a database HA cluster, you can back up and restore the embedded database, and you can reconfigure the appliance settings. Monitoring Your 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 Your VMware Cloud Director Appliance Deployment 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.
