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Organizations contain one or more database groups (DBGs) that in turn contain one or more databases, as
shown in the following figure.
Figure 5-1. Data Director Organization Structure
Organization names must be unique within Data Director. Organizations cannot be nested.
Organization roles, policies, and templates apply only within that organization. Resources allocated to an
organization are reserved for that organization and cannot be shared among multiple organizations, whether
in Global or By Organization mode. This restriction enhances security and ensures resource isolation among
organizations.
See Chapter 2, “Managing Data Director Resources,” on page 15 for details about resource management in
Data Director.
Operating Organizations
Organization operations include system-level tasks such as creating and assigning resources to organizations,
and organization-level tasks such as managing organization users, defining and granting roles, and creating
database groups.
System administrators perform tasks such as the following.
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Create an organization. See “Create a Data Director Organization,” on page 64.
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If vCloud Director integration is enabled, bind vCloud Director organizations to Data Director. See “Bind
a vCloud Director Organization to Data Director,” on page 65.
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View all organizations within Data Director
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Create organization administrators
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Create database virtual machines (DBVMs) and convert them to base database templates
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Assign base database templates to resource bundles
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Allocate resources to organizations
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Revoke resource bundles from existing organizations
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Implement user authorization and authentication rules (security policies)
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Edit organization properties such as the organization name and description
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Delete disabled organizations
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