A quick note to highlight that I have published a new video on Data Services Manager integration with Aria Automation. This is on the back of a recent blog post discussing the same topic. This video shows the new config.yaml which makes it easier to include certificate information. It also shows you how to configure primary and secondary Postgres databases for replication purposes. Check it out below.
VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) 2.2.1 is now available with General Availability (GA) status and can be accessed directly from the Broadcom Product download Portal. One major new feature is the ability to now do Subnet Customisation during product installation, something many customers have been requesting. We have also included a number of security fixes, predominantly to address the critical security vulnerability CVE-2025-1094 to improve platform security. However, the purpose of this post is too look at another features which became available at the same time as DSM v2.2.1. This is the plugin for Aria Automation which allows the Service…
My good pal Duncan Epping invited me onto his Unexplored Territory podcast last week to talk about all things related to Data Services Manager (DSM) version 2.2. We had a good chat about most of the new features that you can expect to find in the latest DSM release. As always, it is pleasure to chat with Duncan on his podcast, so I hope you find it informative and entertaining. Click on the link below to listen.
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…