In my first post of the VCD Data Solution Extension (DSE) series, I discussed the architecture and installation workflow of DSE 1.3. The second post of the series covered the steps of deploying DSE in an airgap environment.

DSE 1.4.0 introduced exciting new features, especially around backup and restoring database instances. You can read the DSE 1.4.0 release notes for the full list of the new features.

In this post, I will walk through the steps of upgrading DSE from 1.3.0 to 1.4.0. The following steps explain the DSE upgrade workflow.  

Step 1: Download the DSE 1.4 Installation File

Download the DSE 1.4.0 installation binary from here

Step 2: Upgrade DSE Add-On

Login to the VCD provider portal, and navigate to More > Solution Add-On Management page. Click on the upload button to upload the DSE 1.4.0 iso file.

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In my last post of the VCD series, I discussed the installation & Configuration of VCD Data Solutions Extensions. In this post, I will walk through configuring the same in an airgap environment.

In an airgap environment, artifacts are stored in an internal registry such as Harbor, Jfrog, etc. To install data solutions extension in the airgap environment, you must first relocate the artifacts from the VMware public registry to your internal registry.

Step 1: Relocate Artifacts

To relocate the artifacts, you can install a Linux machine with imgpkg and doker utilities.

Run the following commands to relocate artifacts:

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What is VCD Data Solution?

The VMware Cloud Director Extension for VMware Data Solutions is a plug-in for VCD that allows cloud providers to offer on-demand caching, messaging, and database software services at scale and thus expand their multi-tenant cloud infrastructure platform. The VCD Data Solutions include services such as VMware SQL with MySQL, VMware SQL with PostgreSQL, and RabbitMQ.

These services are deployed on top of the Kubernetes clusters deployed using Container Service Extension. Tenants can install Grafana and Prometheus in their Kubernetes clusters to perform data analytics, monitor a service’s health, and take action if an issue occurs.

In this post, I will walk through the steps of installing & Configuring VCD Data Solution Extension version 1.3

How does the Data Solutions Extension work?

The Data Solution Extension works in conjunction with Container Service Extensions 4.0 or later. It enables providers to publish data and messaging services to their tenants, who can then use them to build new or update current applications.… Read More