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VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

By : Ajit Pratap Kundan
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VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

By: Ajit Pratap Kundan

Overview of this book

Over the past two decades, VMware vSphere has been known as the most trusted and reliable virtualization platform. VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture shows you how to design and configure Cross Cloud Architecture by using VMware Cloud Foundation and vRealize Suite with various use cases across private, public, and hybrid Cloud. This book takes you through everything from a basic understanding of virtualization to advanced aspects of storage and network virtualization, clustering, automation, and management. This book will be your guide to designing all aspects of Cloud. We start with the challenges faced by a traditional data center, define problem statements for you, and then brief you on respective solutions. Moving on, all kinds of virtualization and Cloud offerings from AWS and IBM Soft Layer are introduced and discussed in detail. Then, you'll learn how to design IT infrastructures for new and existing applications with a combination of Cloud Foundation, vRealize Suite, and vSphere enabled with VSAN and NSX. Furthermore, you'll learn how to design and configure high availability, disaster recovery, and apply an appropriate compliance matrix. Toward the end of the book, you will learn how to calculate the TCO/ROI, along with the VMware products packaging and licensing in detail.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

VM migration to Amazon EC2 with AWS Connector for vCenter


You can start an EC2 instance from a virtual machine which you have moved from VMware vCenter to Amazon EC2. You can leverage the AWS Connector for vCenter to migrate your virtual machines to Amazon EC2.

We have to create a migration task before starting any migration. Once the conversion task has been successfully completed, your imported virtual machine is available.

Essential components for VM Migration:

  • An administrator must install and configure the connector which is part of the AWS Management Portal for vCenter.
  • An administrator must create at least one environment and have permission to migrate a virtual machine into one or more environments. This is an environment other than the default environment and must be distinctly created.
  • The VM must be a part of the supported operating systems and also selected supported instance types.
  • Attach the VM Import Export Role For AWS Connector policy to the vmimport role which is created per...