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The Ins and Outs of Azure VMware Solution

By : Dr. Kevin Jellow D.H.L (h.c)
Book Image

The Ins and Outs of Azure VMware Solution

By: Dr. Kevin Jellow D.H.L (h.c)

Overview of this book

Organizations over the world are migrating partially or fully to the cloud, but with the whole slew of providers, tools, and platforms available, knowing where to start can be quite challenging. If you know Microsoft Azure VMware Solution, you know it is the quickest way to migrate to the cloud without needing application modernization or rework. You can retain the same VMware tools to manage your environment while moving to Azure. But how does it work? The Ins and Outs of Azure VMware Solution has the answer. This high-level, comprehensive yet concise guide to Azure VMware Solution starts by taking you through the architecture and its applicable use cases. It will help you hit the ground running by getting straight to the important steps: planning, deploying, configuring, and managing your Azure VMware Solution instance. You’ll be able to extend your existing knowledge of Azure and VMware by covering advanced topics such as SRM and governance, setting up a hybrid connection to your on-premises datacenter, and scaling up using disk pools. By the end of the VMware book, you’ll have gone over everything you need to transition to the cloud with ease using Azure VMware Solution.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part 1: Getting Started with Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
4
Part 2: Planning and Deploying AVS
9
Part 3: Configuring Your AVS
14
Part 4: Governance and Management for AVS

Understanding what SRM in AVS is

SRM is a DR tool created to reduce virtual machine downtime in an AVS environment in an emergency. SRM orchestrates and automates failover and failback processes to minimize downtime during emergencies. Additionally, built-in non-disruptive testing guarantees that your recovery time goals are accomplished. Overall, SRM enables quick and highly predictable recovery times while automating administration to make it simpler.

The replication technique for vSphere VMs provided by VMware is based on the hypervisor. It shields virtual machines against partial or whole site failures. Additionally, it simplifies DR protection with replication that is VM-centric and storage-independent. The ability to customize vSphere replication on a per-VM basis gives users greater control over which VMs are replicated.

Important note

SRM is not a part of the default deployment of AVS. You will need to bring your own license.

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