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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

Chapter 7. VMware Cloud Assess, Design, and Deploy Services

In this chapter, we will learn about the technical analysis of all VMware cloud components and their design and configuration in detail. This chapter will help you create the correct design with best practices for specific use cases. We will go through the following topics:

  • Compute, storage, and network virtualization design overview
  • Infrastructure as a Service with Orchestration
  • Cost visibility and metering of all components
  • Monitoring components and integration with VMware products
  • Application release automation with Zero Touch Deployment

We will start with compute, storage, and network virtualization design and will give more focus on all cloud components of the vRealize family, such as vRealize Automation, vRealize Operations, vRealize Orchestrator, vRealize Hyperic, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Business, and vRealize Infrastructure Navigator, along with their integration with each other in this chapter. This chapter outlines the...