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VMware Cloud on AWS Blueprint

Design, automate, and migrate VMware workloads on AWS global infrastructure

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
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|May 2024
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Description

Explore use cases and best practices to seamlessly migrate and scale legacy enterprise-grade applications running on on-premises vSphere environments to VMware Cloud SDDCs running on AWS infrastructure

Key Features

  • Understand data center extension, migration, disaster recovery, and app modernization through a variety of use cases
  • Become an expert at configuring, automating, and troubleshooting VMC on AWS SDDC
  • Implement design considerations, best practices, and onboarding preflight checklist for optimal performance on VMC on AWS
  • Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description

If you’re looking to effortlessly transition from on-premises VMware vSphere environments or capital expenditure (CAPEX) to an agile operational expenditure (OPEX) model, trust the VMware Cloud (VMC) on AWS platform for swift re-platforming of legacy applications into cloud-native framework. This comprehensive guide addresses hybrid cloud challenges, offering detailed solutions within the VMware Cloud on AWS ecosystem.
Covering the foundational architecture, software-defined data center (SDDC) components of VMware Cloud on AWS, network and security configurations, and AWS service integrations, this book lays the foundation for you to advance to vCenter management, vSAN storage policies, NSX architecture, compute policies, SDDC console management, and the EDRS mechanism for cluster scaling. You’ll also explore integrated services such as VMware HCX for migration, VMware Aria suite, Tanzu Managed Kubernetes, and disaster recovery.
Further, the book takes you through VMware Cloud APIs and guides you in managing workloads with VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts. With the help of practical insights, configuration tips, and best practices, you’ll unlock the full potential of VMC on AWS.
By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped to successfully architect and manage VMware Cloud on AWS SDDCs, handling day-to-day operations expertly.

What you will learn

  • Examine the foundational architecture components of VMware Cloud on AWS, including vSphere, vSAN, and NSX
  • Explore the various integrated services available within VMware Cloud on AWS
  • Delve into VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC, vCenter, and vSAN optimizations
  • Build applications and apply best practices within the VMware Cloud on AWS to manage day-to-day operations
  • Streamline infrastructure management for VMware Cloud on AWS with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Extend cloud capabilities to on-premises environments using VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts

Who this book is for

The book is intended for cloud and solutions architects, DevOps engineers, site reliability engineers (SREs), system and network admins, and cloud engineers with experience in on-premises VMware or AWS administration, facilitating the seamless integration of VMware cloud technologies. Prior understanding of cloud computing, virtualization principles, VMware vSphere administration, vSAN, and NSX along with AWS cloud basics will be helpful.

Table of Contents

  1. Understanding the architecture of VMC on AWS components
  2. Exploring networking, security, and AWS integrations  
  3. Discovering migration services for VMC on AWS
  4. Configuring your first SDDC from scratch
  5. Configuring vCenter, vSAN, and VMC console 
  6. Understanding Networking and security configurations
  7. Exploring add-on services configuration
  8. Building applications and managing operations
  9. Using infrastructure as code on VMC on AWS
  10. Managing workload sizing and Cloud costs
  11. Knowing the best practices, FAQs, and Common pitfalls
  12. Appendix- Preflight checklist before onboarding
PDF ISBN: 978-1-80323-152-5
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
Copyright owner: © 2024 Packt Publishing Limited
Publication date: 2024
Language: English
Pages: 388
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