VMware Cloud console control for creating an SDDC with a stretched cluster.

VMware Cloud on AWS HA with Stretched Clusters

Each AWS Region supports the infrastructure and services for a given geography. Within each Region, Amazon builds isolated and redundant islands of infrastructure called Availability Zones (AZ). With VMware Cloud on AWS, ESXi hosts traditionally reside in an AWS Availability Zone (AZ) and are protected by vSphere HA. In the event of losing a ESXi … Explore: VMware Cloud on AWS HA with Stretched Clusters

VMware Cloud on AWS vCenter inventory used to create matching resource pools, folders, and logical switches for SRM mappings.

Part 2. DRaaS – Configuring SRM 8.1 for VMware Cloud on AWS

This article is a continuation f the previous article of installing VR/SRM. Now that we have installed VR/SRM onprem and in VMware Cloud on AWS, it is time to configure SRM. Go into vCenter on SDDC to create new Resource Pool, Folders, and Logical Switches to map back to onprem. In VMC go to the … Explore: Part 2. DRaaS – Configuring SRM 8.1 for…

VMware Cloud SDDC Add-Ons page showing Site Recovery for protecting on-premises workloads.

Part 1. DRaaS – Install SRM for VMware Cloud on AWS

I’ve been requested to write a multi-part blog about setting up, configuring, and executing Site Recovery Manager to VMware Cloud on AWS. This is part one of a four part series. I hope this helps anyone out there who is considering DR as a Service to the VMC on Amazon Web Services. Please keep an … Explore: Part 1. DRaaS – Install SRM for VMware…

Architecture showing a VMware Cloud VM using a thin iSCSI LUN from Pure Cloud Block Store running on AWS compute and storage.

Pure Block Store for VMC on AWS

I am very excited about this new development in cloud storage via Pure storage. Cloud Block Store is Pure’s own Purity OS running in AWS. This is a huge development because it will allow companies to leverage abilities that have been unavailable in native AWS. Space saving features such as deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning … Explore: Pure Block Store for VMC on AWS

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SRM Multi-Site now available in SDDC Version 1.6

On the 13th of this month SDDC Version 1.6 was released by VMware Cloud on AWS, allowing for support for fan-in and other multi-site topologies. This will now allow the ability to have multiple remote sites replicating traffic to the same VMC instance. You can pair up to ten remote sites with a single SDDC. … Explore: SRM Multi-Site now available in SDDC Version 1.6

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The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! For years now my friends in the industry have asked me to start a blog due to being a true agnostic technologist. Like many I believe are reading my blog I am a seeker of knowledge and love to challenge myself to continue growing. This mind set started me with simple … Explore: The Journey Begins