DSM 2.2: Scale down support for Postgres databases (Video)

I have another new video to share with you today. This looks at another new feature of Data Services Manager version 2.2. This feature is the ability to scale down the virtual machine resources associated with a Postgres database VM. The ability to scale up the virtual machines resources has been available for some time, but this is the first time we have had scale down capabilities. As you will see in the video, it is done by choosing a different VM Class for the database. VM Classes are defined in the Infrastructure Policy. So now if you expect a…

DSM 2.2: Configuring OpenLDAP Users to access Postgres databases

I have been doing some work with OpenLDAP in my lab, with a goal to give OpenLDAP users access to a PostgreSQL databases that I have been deploying via Data Services Manager v2.2. There are a few steps involved in achieving this. First, of course, is that I have to configure Directory Services on DSM, and point it at my OpenLDAP server. Second step is to provision a Postgres database which has Directory Service Authentication enabled. The third and final step is to give my OpenLDAP user permissions to login and access the database. In this blog post, each of…

DSM 2.2: User Experience Enhancements – Certificates and Authentication (Video)

I have another short video to share with you. This video demonstrates some of the new enhancements made to the user experience of Data Services Manager (DSM) 2.2. The video focuses mainly on certificate management and authentication, specifically HBA or host based authentication. I show how you can add a custom certificate chain and private key when provisioning a database via DSM 2.2. I also show you how to add additional entries to the pg_hba.conf file via the UI at deployment time so that you can add or deny database access to certain users from certain networks. I also show…

DSM 2.2: Object Store Service (Video)

A short video on the new DSM 2.2 Object Store service to complement my earlier blog post on the new Data Service Manager 2.2 Object Store service. This service is delivered in partnership with MinIO. This will allow our customers to provision and monitor object stores on vSphere infrastructure. Note that this is a “tech preview” and should not yet be used in production. However, we encourage customers to try and it out and send us their feedback as part of a “proof of concept” or PoC. Also note that customers will need to source a license from MinIO to…

DSM 2.2: Object Store Service (Tech Preview)

In DSM 2.2, we are partnering with MinIO to offer a technical preview of a new Object Storage service. This service allows DSM customers to provision Object Storage on their VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) environments while enjoying all of the fleet management capabilities offered by DSM. There are a few steps to get the Object Store service configured. In this post, I will go through the setup and demonstrate how a small storage pool is deployed along with the Object Store control plane and Object Store database. Prerequisites You will need to source a MinIO AIStor license, even for testing…

DSM 2.2: Disaster Recovery with Database Replication (Video)

This is the second in a series of videos related to Data Services Manager (DSM) version 2.2 from VMware by Broadcom. In this video, we examine how to configure replication between a primary and a secondary Postgres database. Whilst the video shows the replication being configured between a primary and secondary database managed by the same DSM provider, replication could also be configured between a primary and secondary database managed by different DSM providers. Thus, the primary database could reside on infrastructure managed by one vCenter server, and replicate to a secondary database on infrastructure managed by a completely different…

DSM 2.2: Postgres Cross vSphere Cluster deployment (Video)

Last week, we announced a new version of Data Services Manager (DSM), version 2.2. One of the key features added to this release is the ability to provision Postgres databases across multiple vSphere clusters, allowing for much higher levels of database availability than ever before. This video will show you how to create an infrastructure policy that enables this cross vSphere cluster topology, as well as how to consume this policy when provisioning a Postgres database from within the DSM portal/UI. The result of this is that DSM will place the primary node, replica node and Monitor of the Postgres…