Getting Started with Data Services Manager 2.0 – Part 3: Deploy PostgreSQL

So far, we have seen how to create an infrastructure policy and how to configure the DSM Provider appliance. In this third post in the series, I will show you how to deploy a Data Service via Data Services Manager (DSM) 2.0. The data service in question is PostgreSQL, an open-source database which our telemetry tells us is a very popular database deployed on vSphere infrastructure by our customers. Let’s examine the steps involved in deploying PostgreSQL via the DSM UI, whilst also noting that DSM has a very rich API allowing deployment of these data services via various automation…

Getting Started with Data Services Manager 2.0 – Part 2: Configuring Appliance

In part 1, we saw how to deploy the Data Services Manager (DSM) appliance. We also saw how to create our first infrastructure policy, and also create a permission which will allow a ‘data administrator’ to logon to the DSM appliance. In this second blog in the series, we will use this admin user to complete the DSM appliance setup tasks. Note that the DSM Appliance is often referred to as the Provider, and you will see this term used regularly in the UI and the logs. Once the Provider setup is completed, the ‘data administrator’ will then be able…

Getting Started with Data Services Manager 2.0 – Part 1: Infrastructure Policies

At VMware Explore 2023 in Barcelona, we made a big announcement about VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) version 2.0. In the upcoming series of blog posts, I will introduce you to the new features of DSM version 2.0. One major shift in focus is that DSM 2.0 is squarely aimed at the vSphere Administrator, allowing them to control which resources are consumed by the various data services deployed via Data Services Manager. Thus, in this first post, we will primarily focus on an integral feature of DSM 2.0 called Infrastructure Policies. Note: DSM version 2.0 is not yet generally available.…

Announcing VMware Data Services Manager 2.0

Hello from VMware Explore in Barcelona where we have just announced the latest release of VMware Data Services Manager, version 2.0. VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) enables the provisioning of data services (e.g., databases, object stores) on vSphere infrastructure. This release builds on earlier versions of VMware Data Services Manager 1.x, but also extends the product. First and foremost, this release empowers the vSphere Administrator to have even more fine-grained control over, and better insights into, the consumption of vSphere resources by data services. This is achieved through a new feature called Infrastructure Policies, which will be discussed in more…

VMware Data Services Manager coming to VMware Explore Barcelona

Many of you will have noticed that I have been writing a lot about VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) over the past year or so. Well, we have been working diligently behind the scenes on an amazing set of new features and functionality for this product. We are planning on sharing quite a few tech previews of these new features and functionalities at VMware Explore 2023 in Barcelona. The crux of VMware Data Services Manager, as the name implies, is to make it simple to provision data services such as databases onto vSphere infrastructure. However, a critical part of the…

Aria Operations Integration with VMware Data Services Manager v1.5 (Video)

This is another short video showing the main steps to configure Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations) to monitor databases provisioned via VMware Data Services Manager (DSM). Note that there is a requirement to install True Insight Management Packs for PostgreSQL (and MySQL) with Aria Operations. Thus, there may be a licensing cost associated with this. However, if you are already using Aria Operations as your single pane of glass for monitoring all of your vSphere Infrastructure, then there may be benefits to using the same mechanism to monitor your databases. The purpose here is to demonstrate that provisioning databases via…

Setting up VMware Data Services Manager v1.5 Consolidated Environment (Video)

VMware Data Services Manager version 1.5 introduces a number of really cool new features. In particular, it includes the ability to deploy a consolidated environment. A consolidated environment is where the functionality of the provider AND the functionality of an agent reside in the same virtual appliance. Previously, customers had to deploy two appliances, even when consuming resources from the vSphere infrastructure where the provider resided. Note that if you wish to consume resources across different vSphere infrastructures which are remote from where the provider is provisioned, then you will still have to deploy an agent VM. However, in this…