Part-1: What is New in the VMware Data Service Manager 2.1 and 2.1.1 Release

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VCF DSM or VMware Data Service Manager 2.1 and 2.1.1 release includes the following new features and improvements.

  1. Easy installation process: DSM 2.1 Installer OVA is bundled with database templates. These templates remove the requirement of S3 object storage for DSM installation. However, S3 Object Storage is still required for backups and logs.
  2. DSM 2.1 improved alerting for easy troubleshooting
  3. Improved Certificate Management
  4. Notable Database management improvements: MySQL now supports stand-alone and 3 Nodes Cluster Deployments, LDAP Authentication for Databases.
  5. Improved log shipping.
  6. Cloud Consumption Interface (CCI) within VMware Aria Automation is now initially available with the DSM User interface. This will enable users to rapidly create and consume Postgres DB workloads in DSM.
  7. Updated version of Ubuntu OS Kubernetes and other software components.
  8. Latest PostgreSQL released versions 16.4, 15.8, 14.13, 13.16, and 12.20.

For more details refer the DSM 2.1 and 2.1.1 Releases Notes

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