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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

Why use VMware HCX?

As your company moves toward a hybrid cloud architecture based on AVS, you’ll set up new environments locally and in the AVS environment to streamline operations and boost business agility. However, a hybrid cloud can’t be fulfilled unless these new environments have applications and workloads. VMware HCX simplifies the process of filling and continuously improving application placement on current VMware infrastructure, enabling data center and cloud conversions.

Defining VMware HCX network segments

VMware HCX is an application mobility technology that makes it easier to migrate applications, rebalance workloads, and maintain business continuity across data centers and clouds. Various migration types are available for migrating VMware vSphere workloads to AVS and other connected sites.

The VMware HCX Connector automates the deployment of a subset of virtual appliances that require multiple IP segments. The IP segments are used while creating...