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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

Product documentation and tools


VMware provides tools and documentation that aid in the configuration of its products. This section describes the documentation and tools used in the compilation of this kit.

VMware product documentation

VMware installation and administration guides are available at www.vmware.com. The guides include the information necessary to install and administer the products included within this module. These guides are the primary source of deployment information. The information in this document provides additional installation and configuration guidance.

This document covers the products listed in the following table.

The software-defined storage software versions are as follows:

Item

Version

VMware vCenter Server Appliance

VMware vCenter Server for Windows

6.0 Update 2

VMware ESXi server

6.0 Update 2

 

Although most information contained within this document is specific to the versions listed in the preceding table, some also applies to prior versions. See the vSAN documentation...