To manage a PostgreSQL database (DB) with Nutanix Database Service (NDB) there is a requirement to have two operating system users: NDB Drive User. Used for NDB operations locally on the DB Server VM and connection between NDB and the DB VM. In many cases this user is called ndb but it’s up to the …
Today, 2026-01-27, Nutanix released a new version of Nutanix Files meaning the latest and greatest version is now 5.3. Files is a software-defined, scale-out file storage solution which provides the services to consumers via Server Message Block (SMB) and Network File System (NFS) protocols. Picture borrowed from Nutanix web page. Version 5.0 comes with the …
Today, 2026-01-14, a new dot dot dot version of Nutanix Database Service has been released meaning the latest & greatest NDB version is 2.9.0.4. This release comes with 8 CVEs, to ensure that you stay secure and compliant Pictured borrowed from Nutanix official web page Supported Software AOS versions 7.3, 7.0, 6.10, and 6.5 AHV …
Nutanix Technical Champion (NTC) for 2026 has been announced & there is a total of 99 NTCs for next year👍👍 The list includes people who earned the title for the first time, people who has repeatedly earned it & people who was NTC a few years back and now did a comeback. We have representations …
Today, 2025-12-17, a new dot dot dot version of Nutanix Database Service has been released meaning the latest & greatest NDB version is 2.9.0.3. This release comes with 17 CVEs, to ensure that you stay secure and compliant Pictured borrowed from Nutanix official web page In addition to the CVEs there is also one fix …
Three months after Move 6.0 was released the first minor update is made available as per yesterday meaning the latest Move version is now 6.1. Guess you already know but with Move you can migrate VMs between environments with minimal downtime. The below picture explains the Move architecture. Picture borrowed from Nutanix official web site …
Yesterday Nutanix released a new version of Self Service which provides Application life-cycle management, self-service and Governance in a Hybrid cloud management. The most recent version is 4.3 for both the Nutanix Cloud Manager and the standalone VM. Pictured borrowed from Nutanix official web page The new version come with two main new capabilities: Global …
Today, 2025-12-01, a new dot dot dot version of Nutanix Database Service has been released meaning the latest & greatest NDB version is 2.9.0.2. This release comes with 11 CVEs, to ensure that you stay secure and compliant Pictured borrowed from Nutanix official web page In addition to the CVEs there is also one fix …
Yesterday, 2025-10-22, a new dot dot dot version of Nutanix Database Service has been released meaning the latest & greatest NDB version is 2.9.0.1. This release comes with 45 CVEs, to ensure that you stay secure and compliant Pictured borrowed from Nutanix official web page In addition to the CVEs there is also one fix …
Today, 2025-10-201, a new version of Nutanix Database Service has been released meaning the latest & greatest NDB version is 2.9. This release comes with a lot of new features and capabilities. Pictured borrowed from Nutanix official web page Highlighted New Features & Functionality You can backup and recover the NDB control plane to/from an …
A new major version of Nutanix Move has been released today meaning the latest and greatest Move version is 6.0. With Move you can migrate VMs between environments with minimal downtime. The below picture explains the Move architecture. Picture borrowed from Nutanix official web site – The Move User Guide. The major new functionality with …
Yesterday, 2025-05-28, approximately two months following the previous release Nutanix released a new dot dot version, 2.8.1, of Nutanix Database Service. As usual when it’s a dot dot release the focus is on fixing bugs and addressing security issues and not so much focusing on new features and making improvements but still there are improvements …
Today, 2025-03-24, a new version of Nutanix Database Service has been released meaning the latest & greatest NDB version is 2.8. This release comes with a lot of updates Pictured borrowed from Nutanix official web page Highlighted New Features & Functionality You can connect one Nutanix Control Plane to six Nutanix clusters Maintenance Window for …
Had a question the other day about a problem to start PostgreSQL Community Edition version 15.7 on Rocky Linux 9.4. Using the “systemctl status era_postgres.service” command provided the following output Error including “code=exited, status=203/EXEC” typically indicates something related to Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) and when checking the configuration, using the “getenforce” command it displayed “enforcing” meaning …