This video will show the power of the Gateway API in Data Services Manager (DSM) 2.0. The Gateway API is a Kubernetes API for the creation, modification, query and deletion of DSM objects. There are two personas related to the Gateway API, the infrastructure admin and the DSM admin/user. The video shows how to retrieve the Kubernetes configuration file (kubeconfig) for each of the personas. It also shows how to use the gateway API to create infrastructure components such as an IP Pool, a VM Class and an Infrastructure Policy. The gateway API is a great tool for those administrators…
I have created a new video showing how to create an Infrastructure Policy in Data Services Manager (DSM) version 2.0. Infrastructure Policies enable VI Admins to control which vSphere resources are being consumed by data services and databases provisioned by DSM. The video will also cover how to build an IP Pool and a VM Class, as well as choosing Compute Resources, Portgroups and Storage Policies to create a complete Infrastructure Policy.
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.…