The Orchestrator Appliance contains a preconfigured and prepopulated PostgreSQL database that is suitable for small- and medium-scale environments. To use the Orchestrator Appliance in a production environment, set up a new database and configure the Orchestrator server to connect to that database.

In addition, the Orchestrator server supports Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL databases.

The common workflow for setting up the Orchestrator database involves the following tasks:

1

Install a relational database management system (RDBMS), and create a new database. For more information about creating a new database, see the documentation of your Microsoft or Oracle database provider.

2

Enable the database for remote connection.

3

Configure the database connection parameters. For more information, see Configure the Database Connection.

The way in which your database is set up can affect Orchestrator performance.

The size of the Orchestrator database varies depending on the setup and how workflow tokens are handled. Allow for approximately 50KB per vCenter Server object and 4KB per workflow run.

Caution

Verify that at least 1GB of free disk space is available on the machine where the Orchestrator database is located. Insufficient disk storage space might result in unwanted behavior of the Orchestrator server and client.

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