VMware Data Services Manager v1.3.2 – Architectural Overview and Provider Deployment

In a recent post, I highlighted how VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) is designed to help vSphere Administrators control and manage the deployment of many disparate databases on their vSphere infrastructure. At the same time, I discussed how DSM is also designed to provide self-service to developers when they need to quickly provision a new database. This avoids the often prolonged ticketing system to engage IT to roll out the database on behalf of developers. In this post, I am going to take a more practical look at DSM, with a goal of rolling out the ‘Provider’ part of the…

A closer look at VMware Data Services Manager and Project Moneta

As most of you know, last week VMware Explore 2022 was held in Barcelona for our European audiences. I must say, there was a great buzz around the Fira conference center. A lot of this was due to the gap since the last VMworld event in 2019, but I think that many of the announcements also generated a lot of interest. I have highlighted a number of these in recent blog posts, such as some of the new features in vSphere 8.0, vSAN 8.0 and TKG 2.0, as well as the launch of VMware Distributed Service Engine. However, one of…