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The Ins and Outs of Azure VMware Solution

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

Activating VMware HCX

First, you must meet the following prerequisites:

  • Before you begin, the OVA deployment must be completed. Allow up to 15 minutes for the services to be initialized when the HCX Connector VM is launched.
  • Configure firewall rules both on-premises and in AVS to allow TCP port 9443 inbound and outbound.

Now that you have installed the HCX appliance on-premises, you will need to activate it:

  1. In the AVS window, select Manage | Add-ons | Migrate using HCX. Copy the activation key.
Figure 5.9 – HCX Manager activation key

Figure 5.9 – HCX Manager activation key

  1. Browse to the IP address of the VM that was deployed from the OVA file on port 9443 (https://HCXManagerIP:9443) and log in with the following credentials:
    • Username: admin
    • Password: Use the vCenter admin password:
Figure 5.10 – HCX Manager login information

Figure 5.10 – HCX Manager login information

  1. Once you are logged into the HCX Manager portal, enter the copied HCX Advanced key...