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VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

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VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

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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.

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The Freedom with Cross-Cloud Architecture

Scaling your business with Cross-Cloud Architecture

Top IT drivers for integrating public clouds

Cloud challenges and solutions

VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

Secure connectivity across clouds

The backbone of a private cloud

Extending services to public clouds

Cloud solutions supporting business objectives

VMware – a partner for every cloud

Summary

Implementing Service Architecture for Cross-Cloud Services

Architecture overview

Workload domains

Hardware architecture – rack architecture

Storage architecture (software-defined storage)

Network architecture (network virtualization or software-defined network)

VMware Cloud Foundation software design

Summary

Transforming a Data Center from Silos to Software-Defined Services

Need for VMware in data center transformation

Business requirements of customers

Interoperability and integration

Integrated architecture design model for private and public clouds

Integrated architecture design for virtual machines and applications

Introduction to DevOps and its benefits

SDDC object life cycle

Summary

Designing a Mixed Cloud Model with VMware

Core elements of VMware's Cross-Cloud Architecture

VMware Cloud on AWS

Managing AWS with vCenter

VM migration to Amazon EC2 with AWS Connector for vCenter

VMware Cross-Cloud Model with IBM Cloud

Cloud-based approaches for Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) solutions

Summary

Implementing Service Redundancy Across All Layers

vSphere virtualization software

Summary

Designing Software-Defined Storage Services

Software-defined storage overview

Architecture overview

Product documentation and tools

Summary

VMware Cloud Assess, Design, and Deploy Services

VMware Cloud (SDDC) assessment, design, and deploy service solution overview

Logical design

Integration with different cloud components

VMware vRealize Business Manager

VMware vRealize Operations Manager

Integration between vRealize Operations Manager and vRealize Automation

Application release automation with Zero Touch Deployment

Summary

Transforming Your Network Architecture

Assumptions, risks, constraints, and use cases

Design guidelines

Micro-segmentation conceptual design

Network virtualization logical design

Network virtualization platform management

NSX for vSphere port and protocol requirements

Reference documents

Summary

Dealing with Data Sovereignty

Security

Encryption and security certificates

VMware vRealize Configuration Manager architecture design

Summary

Designing Effective Compliance Regulations to Fix Violations

Best practices to follow for compliance regulations

VMware vCloud Hybrid Manager

Summary

Lower TCO and Greater ROI with Maximum Agility

Operational readiness for the cloud

Contrasting approaches to building a private cloud

VMware Cloud Foundation

A traditional 3-tier architecture-based private cloud

Cost comparison methodology and approach

Hardware and software cost analysis

Comparing the key technical capabilities and business benefits

Comparison of the key technical and business value attributes

OpEx costs savings analysis

Summary

VMware Pricing and Licensing for a Cross-Cloud Model

Transforming a data center with Cloud Foundation

VMware pricing and licensing in AWS Cloud

Summary

The Economics of Cross-Cloud Services

Total cost of ownership with cost categories

Summary

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Network architecture (network virtualization or software-defined network)

The Cloud Foundation network is preconfigured to allow for simplicity of the configuration and provide the services as appropriate services for the rack. The physical configuration of the network is shown in the following diagram:

Figure 10: Physical network design

All hosts in a physical rack are connected to both ToR switches with 10 GB links. NIC port 1 is connected to ToR switch 1 and NIC port 2 is connected to ToR switch 2, with link aggregation (LAG) on each host.

The BMC is connected to the management switch over a 1G connection on each host. This connection is used for OOB management. Both ToR switches are further connected to a pair of spine switches in a dual-LAG configuration using 40G links. The spine switches are an aggregation layer for connecting multiple racks.

Cloud Foundation is designed...