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Table Of Contents
- VMware vFabric Data Director Administrator and User Guide
- Contents
- About VMware vFabric Data Director
- Updated Information
- VMware vFabric Data Director and vFabric Postgres Overview
- Managing Data Director Resources
- Managing Users and Roles
- Managing Organizations
- Managing Database Groups
- Managing Database Templates
- Managing Databases
- Cloning Databases
- Managing Database Entities
- Safeguarding Data
- Monitoring the Data Director Environment
- Managing Licenses
- Reconfiguring Data Director Networks
- Change the vCenter IP Address
- Reconfigure the Web Console Network Mapping or Network Adapter
- Reconfigure the vCenter Network Mapping
- Reconfigure the vCenter Network Adapter Settings
- Reconfigure the DB Name Service Network or DB Name Service Network Adapter
- Reconfigure the Internal Network or Internal Network Adapter Mapping
- Verify Network Settings in Data Director
- Data Director Troubleshooting
- Index
Import Backups
If the retention period of a backup set has expired, the backup set is no longer in the Data Director backup
storage archive. Data Director has no record of such a backup set and does not recognize it. To use an expired
backup set, you must import it into Data Director and associate it with a database.
For example, suppose that you archive backup sets to tape just before they expire as part of your disaster
recovery policies. You can later restore the archived backup sets from tape to your active system. Use the import
backups feature to locate and import the backup sets, and use the imported backup sets to restore your
database. The imported backup sets have a retention policy of Forever.
You can use the import database backup feature with a VMware backup solution such as VDR to implement
an extended backup and restore solution. See “Use VMware Data Recovery for Backups,” on page 84.
Prerequisites
Log in to Data Director as a user with the appropriate privileges.
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Create Snapshots
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Create External Backups
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Delete Snapshots
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Delete External Backups
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Recover
Procedure
1 In Data Director, click the organization's tab and in the navigation pane, expand the relevant database
group to view the databases.
2 Right-click the database for which to import the backup, and select Import Backups.
3 Select the backup to import from the list and click OK.
The imported backup appears in the list of database backups when the import finishes.
Use VMware Data Recovery for Backups
Data Director packages external database backups as virtual machines. You can use any VMware virtual
machine backup technology as an extended backup solution. One of the choices for backups is the extended
backup process supported by the VMware Data Recovery (VDR) appliance.
VDR is available as an appliance for VMware vSphere and operates on vSphere resources. See the vSphere
Documentation Center for VMware Data Recovery documentation.
You can configure VDR to backup the database group's entire Backup resource pool so that VDR backs up
newly created backups. When you add a new database group, manually configure VDR to backup the new
database group's backup resource pool.
Procedure
1 Install and Connect to the VMware Data Recovery (VDR) Appliance on page 85
The VDR appliance is an optional appliance that may not be installed in your vSphere system. Verify the
VDR appliance installation, install the appliance if necessary, and then connect to VDR.
2 Take External Backups with VMware Data Recovery on page 85
You can use VMware Data Recovery (VDR) to take external backups of your Data Director virtual
machines.
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