Modern Infrastructure with VMware Cloud on AWS

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Copyright page
Table of Contents
About the Author
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to VMware Cloud on AWS
Chapter 2: Application Modernization in a Multi-cloud World
	Challenges of a Multi-cloud Strategy
	Hybrid Cloud – What Does It Mean to Your Organization?
	Benefits of the Homogeneous Approach
	Hybrid Cloud with Native Public Cloud
Chapter 3: VMware Cloud on AWS Overview
	Data Center Modernization with Hybrid Cloud
	VMware Cloud on AWS Architecture
	Administrative Accounts and Organizations
		Organizations
		Master Organization
		VMware SDDC AWS Account and VPC
Chapter 4: VMware Cloud SDDC Platform
	Compute Architecture
		Host Compute Options and Configuration
		Management Components and Management Resource Pool
		Large SDDC Configuration
		Edge Scale-Out
		DRS and vSphere HA Cluster Configuration
		Compute Policies
		Simple Cluster Configuration and Flexible Resource Management
		Automated Scalable Infrastructure with Elastic DRS
		Rapid Scale-out with Elastic DRS
		Enterprise Class Scale and Resource Management
		Custom CPU Core Counts
		Default and Stretched Cluster Configuration
		Consuming a One-node SDDC
		Consuming a Two-node Cluster Configuration
	Storage Architecture
		vSAN per Host Configuration (i3p.16XL.metal Instance)
		vSAN Policy Automated Adjustment
		vSAN Per Host Configuration (i3en.metal Instance)
		NVMe Namespaces
		Deduplication and Compression
		Calculating Usable Capacity
		Storage and Stretched Clusters
		Maintaining Slack Space and Storage Auto Scale-up
		External Storage with VMware Managed Service Providers (MSP)
	Network Architecture
		Core VPC Networking
		The NSX Overlay
		Firewall Overview
		Distributed Firewall (Microsegmentation)
		Securing Connectivity
		Internet Uplink
		AWS VPC Uplink
		IPSec VPN
		Layer 2 VPN
		Direct Connect Uplink
		Direct Connect – Public VIF
		Direct Connect – Private VIF
		Direct Connect with VPN as Standby
		Networking Best Practices
		IP Space Management and Administration
		DHCP and DNS Services
		VMware Cloud and AWS Native Service Integration
		The VPC Cross-Link Interconnect
		Multi-AWS VPC Architecture
		Transit VPC
		VMware Transit Connect (VMware Managed Transit Gateway)
		SDDC Groups
		AWS Data Transfer Costs
		VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer
		VMware SD-WAN for Hybrid Cloud
Chapter 5: The Case for Data Center Modernization
	Addressing Data Center Pain Points
	Ensuring Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Data Protection
	AWS Regional Availability
	AWS GovCloud
	Support Model
	Service-level Agreement (SLA)
	VMware Cloud on AWS Data Protection
	Summary
Chapter 6: Planning for Application Migration with HCX
	Migration Planning
	Introduction to HCX
	HCX Component Overview
	Migration Methodology
		Live Migration (Long-Distance vMotion)
		HCX-Assisted vMotion
		Bulk Migration
		Replication-assisted vMotion (RAV)
		Cloud-to-Cloud
	HCX for Hybrid Network Extension
	HCX for Disaster Recovery
Chapter 7: Business and Technical Drivers for VMware Cloud on AWS
	Aligning Business and Technical Priorities
	Business Use Cases:
	Technical Use Cases:
	Data Center Evacuation and Consolidation
	Modern Application Support
		Cloud-Native Infrastructure with VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
	Disaster Recovery
		VMware Site Recovery
		VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery
		Building a Combined Disaster Recovery Solution
	Infrastructure as Code
		Terraform
		vRealize Automation Cloud
	AWS Service Integration
	Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
	Cloud Director Service for Managed Service Providers
Chapter 8: Hybrid Cloud Reality
	Defining Hybrid Cloud
	Understanding Cloud Impact on Business
		Foundational Cost Shift
		Increased Agility and Elastic Scalability
	Making the Hybrid Cloud Real
		Lift-and-Shift
		Hybrid Application Integration
		Disaster Recovery to Cloud
Chapter 9: Operational Readiness
	Simple and Consistent Operations
	vCenter Linking for SDDC Groups
	Performance, Scalability, and Reliability
	Operational Changes and Governance
	Security and Compliance
	Transforming Operations for VMware Cloud on AWS
		Operational Team Impact
		Service Management Process
		Service Management Tasks
		Security Responsibilities
		Operational Monitoring
	VMware Cloud Marketplace
Chapter 10: VMware Hyperscaler Partners
	Partner Solutions
		Azure VMware Solution
Chapter 11: Final Thoughts
Additional Resources
Moving Your Organization into the Hybrid Cloud
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