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Request Manager Installation and Configuration Guide
The Oracle DBA must configure a new Oracle user with a dedicated schema for Request Manager with
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the following minimum privileges:
CONNECT
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CREATE TABLE
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CREATE PROCEDURE
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CREATE TRIGGER
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CREATE TYPE
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CREATE VIEW
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The Oracle DBA must set up a TNS configuration to the database on the Request Manager server.
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Oracle Client Configuration
The installation requires the 32-bit edition of the Oracle client software to be present on the Request Manager
server. The 32-bit edition should be used even if the operating system is 64-bit. Request Manager may
experience problems on servers where the 64-bit edition of the client software is installed or has been previously
installed.
Performance and Scalability
This section provides scalability information for sizing.
Scanning LDAP
Scanning large sites can take a long time. The following test data provides some idea of how long scans can
take.
First time scans of an Active Directory server with 60,000 users completed in approximately 8 hours.
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Subsequent scans of the same server (updating only changed records) completed in less than half an hour.
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Subsequent scans of the same server (updating all records) completed in approximately 8 hours.
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LDAP updates are reflected when the next scheduled scan is run.
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"Active Directory,"
Directory.
Scanning vCloud Director
Scanning a large number of vApps and resources can take a long time. The following test data provides some
idea of how long scans can take.
Table 2-4. Average Scan Times for vCloud Director Scans
Organizations per Private Cloud
Members per Organization
Catalogs per Organization
Catalog Items per Catalog
Total Running vApp Instances per vCloud Director
Instance
Running vApp Instances per Organization
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on page 31 for more information about configuring and synchronizing Active
Typical
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20
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100
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Extreme
Time Taken (Extreme)
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3.7 sec/resource
500
0.3 sec/resource
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0.8 sec/resource
100
1.0 sec/resource
5000
2.1 sec/resource
500
2.1 sec/resource
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