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Part-2 VCF DSM aka VMware Data Service Manager 2.1.1 Installation and Configuration

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Part-2, VCF DSM 2.1.1, In this recording will cover the Installation and Basic configuration of DSM 2.1.1 Release.

The following steps are covered in this video:
1. Instatllion of DSM appliance using vCenter UI
2. DSM vCenter client plugin registration
3. Creation of DSM IT Policy using vCetner console (IT Policy, IP Pools, VM Class)
4. DSM User Permission and DSM Local user account creations (DSM Admin and DSM users account)
5. Active Directory Service integration with DSM (Import AD trusted root certificate)
6. Active Directory User Groups settings
7. Verification of DSM RBAC using both DSM users and AD users accounts.
8. Enable Data Services templates for MySQL and Postgres
9. Create or Provision PostgreSQL standalone instance
10. Connect to Postgres database instance using pgAdmin.

Refer the VMware documentation to know more about DSM 2.1.1 Installation and Configurations

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