When configuring VMware Data Services Manager, a vSphere administrator sets up vSphere resources for databases, providing DSM administrators and users with access to these resources.
During this configuration, the vSphere administrator creates infrastructure policies that establish limits, or guardrails, on the quality and quantity of resources DSM users can consume from vSphere clusters.
When creating databases, DSM users can rely on predefined infrastructure policies, as well as availability and performance standards they provide. DSM users do not need to have in-depth understanding of the underlying hardware details of the infrastructure.
At the same time, the vSphere administrators have visibility into the usage of the infrastructure, and can view and monitor the database workloads running in their infrastructure.
Use the vSphere Client to configure VMware Data Services Manager.
Audience
The procedures in this topic are performed by a vSphere administrator.
Prerequisites
Before you begin configuring VMware Data Services Manager, ensure that:
You have deployed the VMware Data Services Manager plugin in the vSphere Client and followed all hardware and software requirements. See Deploying the VMware Data Services Manager Plugin in vSphere Client and Hardware and Software Requirements of VMware Data Services Manager.
Make sure that the VMware Data Services Manager plugin appears in your vSphere UI environment. In the vSphere Client menu, click Administration > Solutions > Client Plugins to verify.
You have appropriate DSM permissions to configure infrastructure policies.
You perform these tasks using the vSphere Client.
