VM management – Knowing the Best Practices, FAQs, and Common Pitfalls

VM management involves a detailed understanding of VM lifecycle management and the VM configuration: VM configuration A VM first created in an on-premises environment might have a number of virtual devices or advanced configuration settings, and no or limited support on VMware Cloud on AWS. VMs...

Key design decisions – Knowing the Best Practices, FAQs, and Common Pitfalls

Upon completion of the discovery workshop, you will move on to creating the design and architecture for VMware Cloud on AWS. The main goal of your design is to map business and technical requirements into product capabilities, taking constraints and assumptions into account, and mitigating risks...

NOTE – Knowing the Best Practices, FAQs, and Common Pitfalls

The maximum number of vCPUs per VM is the configuration for a single VM. You can assign more vCPUs than a host has for different VMs (CPU overcommitment). This configuration might have performance issues. When migrating from on-premises, make sure that you are within the specified limit. You must...

Scalability –VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts

VMC on AWS Outposts offers several node configurations starting with a minimum of three-node configuration (with one additional dark capacity node) to a maximum of nine nodes (with one additional dark capacity node). The dark capacity is used as an auto-remediation task in case of host failures....

What is VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts? –VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts

Organizations running on-premises vSphere workloads looking to modernize their workloads and migrate to the cloud use VMware Cloud on AWS to migrate applications into the cloud in a fast and seamless manner, without having to refactor or change any application code or logic. While most vSphere...

VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts rack –VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts

The VMC on AWS Outposts rack is a standard 42U rack provided by AWS Outposts. This rack measures 80 inches (203.20 cm) in height, 24 inches (60.96 cm) in width, and 48 inches (121.92 cm) in depth. It contains bare-metal hosts, network switches, a network patch panel, a power shelf, and blank...

Service link BGP connectivity –VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts

To establish service link connectivity, external BGP (eBGP) peering sessions are created between each OND and the CND. A /30 or /31 IP address is used as a BGP peering IP address for each BGP session between the Outposts service link autonomous system and the organization’s autonomous system...

Generating CSP API tokens – Infrastructure as Code with VMware Cloud

An API token (also known as a refresh token) is a key assigned to an individual account used to authenticate to the service via an API. The API token can generate an access token, which can then be used to make API calls to the Organization.Follow these steps to create an API token: After logging...

SDDC upgrades and maintenance – Building Applications and Managing Operations

VMware is responsible for performing updates on VMware Cloud on AWS SDDCs. These updates, known as SDDC upgrades, ensure that new features and bug fixes are continuously delivered and that software versions remain consistent across the SDDC fleet. Figure 8.17 shows the Maintenance tab of the...

VMware Aria Operations (formerly vRealize Operations) – Building Applications and Managing Operations

VMware Aria Operations is an AI-driven platform for managing IT operations in private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. It can perform continuous performance optimization, efficient cost management, intelligent remediation, and integrated compliance. In addition, the platform includes VMware...