Nutanix Database Service

🚀Enhance your MongoDB on Nutanix Database Service (NDB) experience with some amazing new features!🚀 Hey folks! Super excited to talk about some of the latest MongoDB capabilities now available on NDB!Together, MongoDB and NDB can help streamline your database management lifecycle - from provisioning and day-to-day operations to data protection and recovery. With enterprise-grade automation, NDB help’s reduce the operational burden for DBAs and platform teams while improving agility, resilience, and cost efficiency. With MongoDB on NDB, you can: Provision MongoDB replica sets and sharded clusters in minutes Restore multi-terabyte MongoDB databases in minutes with NDB Time Machine Automate backup, Point in Time Recovery, and KMS key rotation across hybrid and multi-cloud environments Use Certified MongoDB Ops Manager Support based on MongoDB’s official third-party backup integration model Reduce storage costs by up to 9x using zero-byte snapshot clones for dev/test environments

🚀 Excited to share that we've published our latest whitepaper:Managing Microsoft SQL Server Databases with Nutanix Database Service (NDB)If you're running mission-critical SQL Server workloads, this guide covers how enterprises are modernizing database operations while reducing operational complexity.Inside the whitepaper you'll learn how to:✅ Provision SQL Server environments in minutes✅ Protect databases with instant snapshots and Point-in-Time Recovery✅ Create space-efficient clones for Dev/Test and Analytics✅ Simplify patching and lifecycle management✅ Deploy consistently across on-premises and hybrid cloud environmentsWhether you're a DBA, Infrastructure Architect, or IT leader, this paper provides practical guidance on modern SQL Server operations.I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences managing SQL Server at scale.📖 Read the whitepaper:https://www.nutanix.com/viewer/content/dam/nutanix/en/resources/white-papers/wp-managing-sql-server-databases-with-nutanix-database-serv

We're excited to invite the NDB community to our upcoming Tech Talk focused on NDB 2.11.This release introduces several highly requested capabilities that make it easier to scale database environments, improve resilience, and simplify day-to-day operations across PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB, and Oracle deployments.What you'll learnDuring this session, we'll walk through some of the key innovations in NDB 2.11, including:✅ Scale live database clusters by adding or removing PostgreSQL and SQL Server nodes without reprovisioning or downtime✅ Expand MongoDB clusters by adding new shards and mongos instances with minimal disruption✅ Strengthen resilience with PostgreSQL Disaster Recovery, WAL archival to object storage, and enhanced data protection capabilities✅ Simplify operations with new tooling, including the SQL Server Fitment Tool✅ Enhance security with expanded RBAC controls, structured audits, and additional Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) support for MySQL & EDB✅ L

New on-demand webinar: Nutanix + MongoDB on sharded cluster management just went live — a fireside chat I did with Dan Coombes (MongoDB) on how the Nutanix-MongoDB integration simplifies managing and protecting MongoDB sharded clusters across hybrid multicloud environments.Covers:Reducing tool sprawl with a single, policy-driven workflow Faster resilience/recovery for sharded clusters ("surgical precision" recovery) Compliance/governance for SLAs + data sovereignty The joint Nutanix-MongoDB support modelGood one to share with customers/prospects running MongoDB at scale, especially anyone wrestling with backup and recovery for large sharded cluster. Watch here: https://events.actualtechmedia.com/on-demand/3147/simplifying-management-of-mongodb-sharded-cluster-in-a-hybrid-multicloud

Hello All,Here are a few updates this week for NDB. If you have any requests for videos or content you would like to see on a specific feature of NDB, be sure to leave a comment.NDB 2.10.1.1 release, click to see the release notes.NDB  Tech Talk Video on Architectural Best Practices released on Nutanix University youtube. 

Here is a list of the updates announced for NDB at .Next 2026.  1. MongoDB Certified Integration (NDB 2.10)MongoDB Ops Manager Integration: Nutanix introduced a certified integration between NDB and MongoDB Ops Manager. It simplifies lifecycle management and data protection for enterprise MongoDB environments. Automated Sharded Clusters: The integration unifies infrastructure automation, monitoring, and backup workflows, enabling teams to quickly deploy production-ready sharded clusters. Rapid Recovery: Allows for coordinated backup and recovery operations through the NDB Time Machine, shrinking deployment and recovery times from days to minutes.2. Enhanced Support for SQL Server and MySQL (NDB 2.10)Alongside the MongoDB integration, NDB 2.10 brought enhanced capabilities and scalability improvements specifically targeted at SQL Server and MySQL environments.3. Databases on Containers (NDB on Kubernetes)NDB on Containers (Early Access): Nutanix announced the ability to run databases on

Hey Folks - Do you know about the NDB’s Time Machine capability - Read more about it in this blog - https://www.nutanix.com/blog/data-protection-for-databases

Happy Monday all, here are some weekly updates. NDB 2.9 is officially launched this past week, read more about it here on the Nutanix.com blog section.New video released on using NDB with Nutanix Intelligent Operations to set a category that has a Flow Network Security policy attached to it during provisioning or cloning a database.  Look for more updates to the NDB Tech Talk and NDB playlist on youtube as we add past webinars and new videos.

Hello here is a a list of some new content and upcoming events. Tech Talk - Unlock the Power of Nutanix Database Service (NDB) v2.9 - October 15 Tech Talk scheduled for Wednesday, OC 15, 2025, you can register using this link.New NDB Video, An updated video overview of NDB has been released, you can watch it on youtube. NDB Case study video with Nutanix Customer Penn National Insurance.More updates next week.Thank You!

Sign up for NDB Tech Talk Tomorrow: Database High Availability: How NDB Rapidly gets you to Zero RPO Across Engines  

The Nutanix Database Service webpage just went through some revamps, be sure to check out the changes and new information. New database engine supportMySQL Enterprise Edition 8.0.43 is now supported with NDB 2.8.1 and 2.8.1.1  

Operating SystemsRHEL 9.6 supported for PostgreSQL - both community edition and EDB Rocky Linux 9.6 supported for PostgreSQL -  community edition VirtIO 1.2.5 is now supported for Windows ServerDatabase EnginesOracle 19.28 and 21.19 supported MongoDB patch releases are now supported 8.0.0 - 8.0.12 Community and Enterprise 7.0 - 7.0.23 Community and Enterprise 6.0.4 - 6.0.25 Community and Enterprise MySQL Community Edition 8.0.43Check the release notes for all supported versions of operating systems and database engines.

We create a playlist with all the Nutanix Tech Talked that have been published to youtube.  

Hi, We use NDB with Ansible.For the moment our Ansible inventories are Static.We want to transform our inventories to dynamic. We want to create inventories from NDB Metadata by a Python script. Is someone done that ? Thanks for your help,Regards,Matt

Nutanix Database Service (NDB) users can now leverage HYCU's advanced capabilities to take data protection to the next level.Seamless integration with Nutanix NDB for effortless data management. Automated backups and rapid recovery to keep your databases running smoothly. Robust security features to safeguard your data and ensure compliance.Discover how HYCU complements Nutanix NDB by attending our joint webinar: https://www.hycu.com/webinar-backup-and-recovery-for-nutanix-ndb-guide-to-data-protection Speakers: Raghu Jha, Principal Product Manager, Nutanix Chris Rogers, Senior Product Marketing Manager, HYCUWe’d love to hear your thoughts—let us know in the comments below!

Deploying NDB solely on a VMware infrastructure without an accompanying Nutanix cluster is not supported?

Is it possible using the API to restore a backup from Hycu?   We are looking set up a job that can restore a database backup to another SQL instance using the API and a backup in Hycu

Hello,Nutanix NX-1175S-G8 I need to add 64GB memory to my device, do you know a compatible part number?I currently have 32GB memory with part number m393a4k40eb3-cwebyThank you,

Hey,I have some older Nutanix hardware: the NX-1465-G5. It’s currently running an outdated version of AOS. I’m looking to reinstall the appliance with version 6.10. Is the G5 model compatible with AOS 6.10? Is there compatibility for my equipment?Thanks!

I didn’t get any answers to this question the last time I posted it and the forum marked the question read-only for some reason so I’ll repost it in case anybody has any insights to share:My organization is going to be embarking on a NDB implementation in the coming months and I’m while I’m familiar with the terms “greenfield” and “brownfield” (databases provisioned in NDB vs registered in NDB), I’m trying to get my head around what the key differences between these two approaches are. Do I lose out on anything major in a brownfield database?Assuming that you start with an existing database, what does the process for registering it brownfield-style look like vs provisioning it greenfield-style? Thanks!

Can someone help me to understand the purpose of “include-management-server-info” parameter in the Get cluster API call?I dont see any diff in the output when used this.

By seeing this people may get scared. After some time, it gets updated as below.  

My organization is going to be embarking on an NDB implementation this year and due to our existing clustering technology, our SQL Server infrastructure relies heavily on non-default instance names for our machines (i.e.  hostname\instancename).  If we’re able to preserve this on databases that bring across to NDB, it will save us a great deal of time/effort in reconfiguring existing applications.  Is this something that we’re likely to be able to achieve in NDB?  Put differently, I’m hoping that we’ll be able to preserve existing host and instance names.  

My organization is going to be embarking on a NDB implementation in the coming months and I’m while I’m familiar with the terms “greenfield” and “brownfield” (databases provisioned in NDB vs registered in NDB), I’m trying to get my head around what the key differences between these two approaches are.  Do I lose out on anything major in a brownfield database?