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Era – Advanced Configuration Via Eraconfig UI Section

Magnus Andersson — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 14:02:53 +0000

As i trust most of you familiar with Nutanix Era already know the Era configuration is stored in the repository (repo) backed by a PostgreSQL database running in the Era appliance. There are multiple options available for managing and configuring your Nutanix Era plattform. UI – Which actually performs API calls to the back end. …

Nutanix Era ServiceNow Plugin 2.0 Released

Magnus Andersson — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 10:34:11 +0000

For almost 6 months ago Nutanix released an initial version of its Era ServiceNow plugin which i wrote about here. Today a new version, 2.0, of the ServiceNow certified plugin has been release and made available via the ServiceNow store. Picture borrowed from ServiceNow web page In addition to the plugin capabilities included in the …

Era Management Plane High Availability Version 2

Magnus Andersson — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 04:52:34 +0000

With the release of Era version 2.3 in late September 2021, which i wrote a blog post about here, the Era Management Plane was improved when it comes to providing high availability (HA) meaning it does not include any single point of failure (SPOF) anymore. Era Management Plane consists of two service groups: Front-end services …

Era Management Plane High Availability

Magnus Andersson — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 21:01:42 +0000

With the release of Era version 2.2 in late June 2021, which i wrote a blog post about here, the Era Management Plane was improved when it comes to providing high availability (HA). Era Management Plane consists of two service groups: Front-end services (API, agent, web service). Back-end service (database or repository). Prior to Era …

Nutanix Era ServiceNow Plugin Video

Magnus Andersson — Fri, 07 May 2021 06:44:15 +0000

In the Nutanix Era ServiceNow Plugin Released blog post i told you about the Nutanix Era ServiceNow Plugin which was released earlier today, 2021-05-06. After plugin installation you need to perform initial configuration before you can take advantage of the plugin capabilities including e.g.: Provision database Clone database Remove database The following video includes the …

Nutanix Era ServiceNow Plugin Released

Magnus Andersson — Thu, 06 May 2021 08:43:40 +0000

Some of you know that i have been involved in creating a Nutanix Era ServiceNow plugin for some time and today i’m happy to let you know that the plugin has been made available in the ServiceNow store as a certified app. The plugin is free of charge so make sure to download your copy …

Era – Automatically Append Domain Name to DB Server VM Name

Magnus Andersson — Wed, 05 May 2021 12:40:30 +0000

I wanted to let you know about an improvement in Era 2.1.1.2 which is really good for any customer deploying MSSQL DB Server VMs into more than one Windows Active Directory (AD) domain. In Era each DB Server VM (VM) needs a uniq name. This is typically not a problem but in an environment where …

Heads Up! – New Nutanix Era Version 2.1 PostgreSQL User and Group Requirements

Magnus Andersson — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 07:19:05 +0000

Quick note to let you know about a PostgreSQL related change that has been implemented in Nutanix Era 2.1. As you know Era comes with a PostgreSQL software profile including VM built on CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 and PostgreSQL version 10.4. This Era software profile is not affected meaning this note is addressing the PostgreSQL …

Nutanix Era Consumed via Nutanix Calm

magander — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 07:10:21 +0000

This video will showcase how Nutanix Era can be consumed via Nutanix Calm. The following tasks are included in the video: Provision PostgreSQL Database Instance Perform Log CatchUp Take Snapshot Restore Database Instance Clone Database Instance During the provisioning Calm reaches out to Era to get the available Era Profiles and SLAs meaning it is …