Announcing VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions 1.6: New Features & Enhancements
In today’s digital landscape, Database as a Service (DBaaS) has become a crucial offering, enabling businesses across industries—such as e-commerce, finance, and healthcare—to manage databases efficiently without dealing with complex infrastructure. As organizations increasingly rely on DBaaS for mission-critical applications, having a robust database recovery and management strategy is more important than ever. Downtime, whether caused by high traffic surges or accidental data deletion, can significantly impact business operations and reputation.
To help service providers strengthen their data recovery strategies, we are excited to announce the general availability of VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions 1.6. This latest release introduces several key upgrades and enhancements designed to improve database management, availability, and disaster recovery.
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Key Focus Areas in Version 1.6
This release focuses on three main areas:
– Integration of the latest VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) 2.2 features
– Enhanced integration with Data Services Manager
– Greater flexibility and control for database administrators
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New Features in VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions 1.6
1. Integration of VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) 2.2 Features
Enhanced Lifecycle Management
Users can now perform major version upgrades for VMware Data Services Manager PostgreSQL instances, supporting versions 13, 14, 15, and 16. This allows seamless upgrades directly from the VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions dashboard.
Improved Availability & Disaster Recovery
With Multi-Site Multi-Zone Deployment and Backup Capabilities, users can choose from three deployment options:
1. Standalone Deployment – Single node on a single VM
2. Clustered Deployment – Three-node vSphere cluster across hypervisors
3. Cross-Cluster Deployment – Across different vSphere clusters
These options enhance database availability and maintenance. Additionally, remote replication for backups is now supported, allowing users to enable backup replication and create secondary database instances.
Backup Improvements & Delete Protection
Users can now restore and recover deleted database instances (PostgreSQL and MySQL) within a 30-day retention period. This retention period is configurable based on business needs. Additionally, users can set a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) to define acceptable data loss limits.
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2. Enhanced Integration with Data Services Manager
New UI & Simplified Management
The latest version introduces a streamlined user interface, featuring categorized tabs for easier navigation, along with reports and alerts for quick monitoring and management.
Provider-Managed Data Solutions Operator (DSO)
Admins can now deploy provider-managed Data Solutions Operator (DSO) on either VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension (CSE) clusters or vSphere Kubernetes Clusters (VKS). This simplifies database operations across different UIs.
Deprecation of Tanzu MySQL & Tanzu Postgres
Starting with this release, Tanzu MySQL and Tanzu Postgres are deprecated. Existing instances will continue to function, but no further version upgrades will be supported.
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3. Additional Enhancements for Database Administrators
Resource Consumption & Usage Monitoring
Admins can now view resource consumption and usage per tenant organization, improving visibility and resource optimization.
Rollback & Revert Options
In case of update failures or issues, admins can now revert database instances to a previous state using the Resource Condition tab.
