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VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

By : Ajit Pratap Kundan
Book Image

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

Transforming a data center with Cloud Foundation


To build a private cloud, IT needs to:

  • Modernize the infrastructure by virtualizing compute, storage, network, and security with a software-defined approach
  • Automate the delivery and ongoing management of the virtualized infrastructure, enabling end users to consume it as a service

You can also procure Cloud Foundation as a software-only package from VMware and deploy it on supported hardware, as described in the VMware Compatibility Guide: http://vmware.com/go/cloudfoundation-vcg.

SDDC Manager fills a gap that in the past was not covered by any tools at all and for which customers had to write their own tools or scripts. SDDC Manager covers the automation of infrastructure-related tasks. It deploys and manages software components that in the past were mostly manual activities. SDDC Manager makes vCenter Servers more powerful, because it handles the tedious aspects of installation, patching, and maintaining them. This opens up new perspectives...