Today, 2021-08-20, Nutanix released a new dot version of its multi-cloud application management framework Calm meaning the latest and greatest version is now 3.3.
As i trust you already know, Calm brings the following key functionalities to the table:
- Application Lifecycle Management
- Native Self-Service
- Multi-Cloud Orchestration
- Unified VM & Container Management
- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
- Application-as-Code (AaC)
For the 3.3 release the engineering team has been focusing on enhancing day-2 operations including:
- Single VM apps
- Multi-VM apps
- Governance capabilities
In addition there has been performance improvements which will benefit enterprise use cases.
The following new features has been added:
- Quota Limits at the Project Level which includes both Calm & Prism Central
- Quota Checks for VMs that are not Managed by Calm – Including quota checks for both Calm and Prism Central VMs included in same Prism Central Project.
- Update VM Configuration of Running Applications on Nutanix
- Snapshot of Single-VM and Multi-VM Applications on Nutanix
- Restore of Single-VM and Multi-VM Applications on Nutanix
For now Calm 3.3 is supported on the following Prism Central (PC) version:
- PC.2021.7
Useful Links
- Calm 3.3 Release Notes
- Calm 3.3 Download – If not upgrading using LCM
- Calm 3.3 Administration and Operations Guide
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