The common.IT.properties.json file defines the VMware vSphere configuration settings common across all Vantage on VMware deployments. Configure the settings in this file initially, and verify or reconfigure each time something in the virtual environment changes.
Unless otherwise indicated, all property settings are required.
| Property Category | Properties | Description |
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| Teradata System Name | TDsystemname | Up to 15 alphanumeric characters, but cannot begin with a number. The system name is visible in Viewpoint. |
| Domain Setting | domain | The domain of the system being deployed which is placed into the /etc/hosts file. Example:
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| Public (Customer) Port Groups | public_vswitch | The physical adapter with port group for the virtual network. The default setting is VM Network. This label is the name specified when you created the port group on the vSwitch. Example:
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| BYNET Port Groups |
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BYNET port group labels. BYNET is required in MPP systems. The first port group is required in MPP systems. The second is for redundancy and performance in MPP systems. This label is the name specified when you create the port group on vSwitch in vSphere. The field must be empty for single-node/SMP systems. |
| CMIC Port Groups | cmic_vswitch1 cmic_vswitch2 |
The labels of the Server Management (CMIC) port groups. The first is the primary connection to the CMIC. The second is for redundancy. This label is the name specified when you created the port group on the vSwitch. |
| DSC Port Group | dsu_vswitch | The label of the DSC switch. This label is the name specified when you created the port group on the vSwitch. |
| Public (Customer) Submask Setting | public_submask | The public submask name in
dot-decimal notation. Example:
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| Public (Customer) Gateway Setting | gateway | The gateway name or IP address. Example:
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| Domain Name System Settings | dns1 dns2 |
The DNS name or IP address. Examples:
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| External NTP Server Settings | ntp1 ntp2 |
The host name or IP address of the ntp1 server is required; the ntp2 server is optional. Examples:
You must configure the NTP servers if you plan to use the Temporal feature. |
| Time Zone Setting | OSTimeZone | [Optional] The time zone of the VM. Enter either a fixed time zone displacement from GMT or the time zone file name. See the file LinuxTimeZoneStrings.txt for the valid settings for OSTimeZone. If Temporal is enabled and OSTimeZone is not enabled, then OSTimeZone will be automatically set to match the database time zone. If you are not enabling Temporal, the database time zone syncs with the operating system. The default time zone is US/Pacific. Examples:
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| Physical Disk Settings | pdiskSizeGB | The size of the Vantage system pdisks. Example:
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| Temporal Settings | Temporal TemporalDaylightSavings TemporalTimeDateWZControl TemporalTimeZoneHour TemporalTimeZoneMinute TemporalTimeZoneString |
If you plan to use Temporal, change the setting to true. If you do not plan to use it, accept the default of false. See Temporal Settings. You must enable Temporal before deployment. If you do not enable it before deployment, you must redeploy the VM to enable it.
Example:
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| Other Vantage Feature Settings |
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[Optional] Columnar, Row Level Security, and Secure Zones are Vantage features that can be enabled by setting the field values to true. If you do not plan to use a feature, accept the default value of false. You must enable these features before deployment. If you do not enable them before deployment, you must redeploy the VM to enable it.
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| Mainframe Settings | MainframeLHID | The logical host ID for mainframe connectivity. The default is -1 to indicate the deployed system does not connect to a mainframe. Example:
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| Public (Customer) SSH Key | PublicSshKey | Use this property to pass your public SSH key to a Vantage system. The key you provide will be added to the authorized keys file on every database node, except CMIC, and can be used for passwordless SSH. Use the full path. For example: PublicSshKey: C:\path_to_the_key\public_key_name.pub |
| Folder Setting | Folder | Folder name where the VM is being deployed on the vSphere server. |
| IP Address Setting | IPAddressSetting | Indicates whether to use a static or dynamic IP address. For a two-node MPP deployment, the IP address must be static.
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| Host-Based Authentication (HBA) | enableHBA | [Optional] Authenticates each node participating in internode communication and makes sure that data exchange/communication between the nodes is secure. HBA is not in the common.IT.property.json file by default. It can be added by entering the variable, and then enabled by setting it to TRUE. |