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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

Installing SRM in your primary and secondary AVS environments

In this section, we will walk through the process of deploying SRM in both your primary and secondary AVS environments.

Important note

ExpressRoute Global Reach should be configured between both the primary and secondary AVS environments.

Deploying SRM in AVS

The steps are as follows:

  1. Log into the Azure portal and go to the AVS window.
  2. Under Manage, select Add-Ons.
  3. Select Disaster recovery. From the drop-down box, select VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM).
  4. Under Deploy SRM appliance, select I don’t have a license key. I will use the evaluation version. (Select I have a license key if you have one and then enter the license key.)
  5. Select the I agree with terms and conditions checkbox.
  6. Click the Install button:
Figure 10.2 – SRM deployment

Figure 10.2 – SRM deployment

This process takes 8 to 10 minutes to complete.

Installing the vSphere Replication appliance

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