DSM has had the ability to do minor version upgrades of databases for some time. In fact, minor version upgrades can be automated in DSM by simply setting a maintenance window on the database. Any minor updates that are available and staged will be automatically applied during the maintenance window. And of course, this could be scheduled out-of-hours. With version 2.2, we can now offer our customers ‘major version upgrades’ for Postgres databases alongside minor version upgrades. The following video will share more details about the process, and some of the things to be aware of it doing a major…
Ever have one of those moments when you realised “Oh shoot! I didn’t mean to delete that!”. Now imagine if that thing was a production database. Ouch! But not to worry. With Data Services Manager version 2.2 we have you covered. This release has a new feature called Database Delete Protection. Now if you delete a database, we will keep its backups archived for 30 days by default. This means you can restore the deleted database for up to 30 days after the database was deleted. This is a much sought-after feature that many of our customer has requested. Check…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…