Yesterday, 2020-07-09, Nutanix released a new version of Era meaning version 1.3.1 is now the latest and greatest. For you that’s is not familiar with Nutanix Era it’s a database management & data copy solution which you can read more about here
Version 1.3.1 comes with an enhancement to Windows Domain Profiles, which is a logical software construct required when joining a MSSQL Database to a Windows domain. It includes information about:
- Domain name (FQDN),
- Domain user and password.
- SQL service startup account
- Era worker service account
- Active Directory Organizational Unit (OU) paths for clusters and database server VMs
In addition to the above, Era 1.3.1 includes enhancements and improvements in the following areas:
- Era Server including e.g. Network Profile mgmt
- MSSQL
- Cleanup tasks
- Refresh Clone.
- Snapshot with third party VSS hardware providers.
- Oracle
- Patching
- RAC
- Script management
There are enhancements and or new features in the following areas:
- Era Server
- Deployment
- Japanese UI support
- Time Machine
- Easy to update Time Machine Schedule
- Cluster Time Machine for Oracle RAC, Microsoft SQL Server AAG, and PostgreSQL HA databases
- Oracle
- Oracle Database Provisioning with ASM Filter Driver (ASMFD) and ASMLib
- MSSQL
- SQL Server support to clone into higher versions of SQL Server
- SQL Server Standalone Database Restore with Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- SQL Server Always On Availability Group (AAG) Database Registration
- SQL Server support for Dynamic Disks
- vCenter API Integration
Supported Database Servers and Operating Systems Versions 
Picture borrowed from the Nutanix Era official documentation
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