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Data Management for VMware Tanzu with vRealize Automation as Custom Resources

In this blog post, we will cover the technical configuration to import the packages that myself and Katherine Skilling (Twitter, LinkedIn, Blog) have created. This work is to show the possibility of creating custom workflows to integrate other products that are not natively supported within vRA, by exploiting Dynamic Types. A further write-up will detail … Continue reading Data Management for VMware Tanzu with vRealize Automation as Custom Resources

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MongoDB Container data loss issue – A Journey

Over the past month or so I noticed an issue with my Pac-Man Kubernetes application, which I use for demonstrations as a basic app front-end that writes to a database back end, running in Kubernetes. When I restored my instances using Kasten, my Pac-Man high scores were missing. This issue happened when I made some … Continue reading MongoDB Container data loss issue – A Journey

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vRealize Operations – Creating interactions between separate dashboards

Whilst reading some of the older vRealize Operations documentation, I stumbled on something I didn’t think was possible. The ability to create interactions between separate dashboards. At first, I thought could not be correct? I don’t remember seeing this option. But sure enough it’s there. So, I thought I’d write a quick blog about it … Continue reading vRealize Operations – Creating interactions between separate dashboards

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Data Management For VMware Tanzu API Postman Collection

Whilst working with the “Data Management for VMware Tanzu” product, I decided to have a stab at working with the API as well. Using my favourite API tool, Postman, I created an easy-to-use collection. I’ve posted this here: VMware Code Sample Github Repository The commands in this collection are built from the Swagger API, which … Continue reading Data Management For VMware Tanzu API Postman Collection

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Data Management for VMware Tanzu – Self-Service DBaaS

In my first blog post, I covered the prerequisites and how to deploy the components for the Data Management for VMware Tanzu platform. In this blog post we will cover using this new infrastructure for Self-Service Database-as-a-Service deployment and configuration. Configure Database Templates and Instance Plans Log into your Provider Appliance as the Provider administrator … Continue reading Data Management for VMware Tanzu – Self-Service DBaaS