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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

Chapter 5. Implementing Service Redundancy Across All Layers

The following chapter provides an overview and a set of guidelines regarding vCenter server deployment topologies and their corresponding High Availability options. We will discuss the different options and compare their strengths and weaknesses. In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • vSphere vMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS, and DPM
  • vSphere fault tolerance and High Availability and CPU/memory reservations
  • vSphere Metro Storage Cluster and VM-to-VM affinity rules
  • vSphere replication and vSphere data protection for backup
  • VMware DC migration/relocation plan (pre-migration activity and checklist)