We’re pleased to announce the overall availability of model 1.4 of VMware Cloud Director extension for VMware Knowledge Options as of 29 February, 2024.
Immediately, enterprise functions throughout industries are closely depending on knowledge because it offers better personalization, predictable determination making, higher efficiency, superior person expertise leading to higher enterprise outcomes.
Builders proceed to construct and evolve up to date functions matching as much as the calls for of the trendy enterprise. VMware Cloud Director extension for VMware Knowledge Options equips developer personas with the instruments to construct and run immediately’s trendy functions by offering a seamless multi-tenant protected platform to transact and work with utility elements like databases which might be important for contemporary functions.
We have now centered this launch primarily on the next points:
- Knowledge Safety
- Consumption Reporting
- Template administration
Knowledge Safety
Knowledge loss is a nightmare for any enterprise. Not solely does it end in excessive prices but in addition negatively impacts the fame. Knowledge losses could happen attributable to numerous elements. It is perhaps a results of {hardware} failures or software program glitches/bugs or human errors. Along with this, many regulated industries now mandate to retailer backups for auditing functions and is required for companies to adjust to these rules.
To this regard, Database directors (DBAs) conduct common backups to fight and comply in case of such incidents. This activity turns into very advanced for DBAs when there are a number of situations operating on disparate elements.
We have now launched, the brand new “Backup & Help” web page for customers the place they will backup and additionally schedule them to revive VMware SQL with Postgres & VMware SQL with MySQL database situations.
- Companions can handle again up actions, like create, view, and delete backup locations (Kubernetes clusters) from the brand new Backup & Restore web page. Cloud suppliers may also present this as a self service to knowledge seasoned tenants which assist tenant builders to check new options, carry out upgrades in parallel to the manufacturing situations.
- Tenant customers can now create on-demand back-ups in addition to create, pause, and resume scheduled backups.
This helps Tenants restore a database occasion from an current backup by themselves – both from the Cases or Backup & Restore web page – decreasing the dependence on the service supplier for every every motion, thus making a extra environment friendly and a quicker course of. This additionally helps scaling / migration of DB situations between K8s clusters.
Consumption Reporting
That is probably the most awaited characteristic that has been launched on this launch. Service suppliers now have the means to view the actual time useful resource consumption (CPU and Reminiscence consumption) per database occasion, by means of UI or by means of API.
This helps service suppliers to meter and generate utilization studies thus aiding them higher monetize knowledge companies.
Template Administration
Ranging from model 1.4, service suppliers can handle / customise database templates for his or her tenants. Service suppliers can carry out the next actions on current answer templates:
- Clone – database templates will be cloned/ duplicated and supplied within the template lists for tenant consumption.
- Edit identify and default values
- Delete non-built in templates
- Publish or unpublish templates thus optimizing the flows.
VMware Cloud Director extension for Knowledge Options Enhancements
Along with the above, we’ve additionally launched a couple of upgrades and enhancements. Ranging from this model, upgrading of the info options add-on removes all legacy variations of VMware Cloud Director extension for Knowledge Options add-on situations.
Additionally, we’ve launched a “notification banner” that highlights and promotes all deployment errors as a banner.
Getting Began
Obtain the newest model of the VMware Cloud Director extension for VMware Knowledge Options right here. In case you are already a person, improve to the newest model instantly from the VMware Cloud Director UI or observe these easy steps.
Please consult with the launch notes and our documentation web page for extra info on the discharge. Additionally take a look at the FAQ and the Reference Design Information for an in depth info on the product.
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