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In the era of digital transformation, businesses are increasingly adopting hybrid cloud strategies to leverage the flexibility, scalability, and cost-efficiency of both private and public cloud environments. VMware and Microsoft Azure are two leading platforms that, when combined, offer a robust solution for hybrid cloud deployments.  This article provides an in-depth guide on migrating workloads from an on-premises VMware environment to Azure, complete with practical examples and strategic insights. Understanding the Hybrid Cloud Advantage Hybrid cloud environments allow organizations to integrate on-premises infrastructure with public cloud services, offering several benefits: Flexibility : Easily scale resources based on demand. Cost Efficiency : Optimize costs by balancing workloads between private and public clouds. Disaster Recovery : Ensure business continuity with robust backup and recovery solutions. For Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), investing in a well-planned migrati...

Introduction :  Hybrid cloud environments are becoming increasingly popular among enterprises due to their flexibility, cost-efficiency, and disaster recovery capabilities. Broadcom and VMware, two industry leaders, offer robust solutions that can optimize hybrid cloud environments. This article explores how their technologies can be integrated to enhance performance, scalability, and security. Understanding Hybrid Cloud :  Hybrid cloud environments combine private and public cloud resources, allowing businesses to leverage the best of both worlds. Key benefits include: Flexibility:  Easily scale resources up or down based on demand. Cost-Efficiency:  Optimize costs by using public cloud resources for non-sensitive workloads. Disaster Recovery:  Ensure business continuity with robust disaster recovery solutions. Broadcom’s Contributions:  Broadcom provides a range of technologies that support hybrid cloud environments, including: Network Switches:  Bro...

Introduction:   Broadcom’s recent acquisition of VMware for $61 billion marks a significant milestone in the tech industry. This merger is set to reshape the landscape of cloud computing, bringing together Broadcom’s hardware prowess and VMware’s software expertise. In this post, we will delve into the details of the acquisition, its impact on VMware’s product line, and the broader implications for cloud computing. Background of the Acquisition:  The acquisition deal, announced in May 2022, is one of the largest in the tech sector. Broadcom, known for its semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, has strategically acquired VMware to enhance its software portfolio. This move follows Broadcom’s previous acquisitions of CA Technologies and Symantec’s enterprise security business, highlighting its aggressive expansion strategy. Impact on VMware’s Product Line :  VMware’s core products, including vSphere, vSAN, NSX, and VMware Cloud Foundation, are expected to see s...

In our previous post we saw the design of the AWS Backup on VMC. In this post we’re going through the implementation steps As per the design and best practice, we are going to use the ENI for the Backup traffic CREATE A VPC ENDPOINT  TO CREATE AN INTERFACE ENDPOINT FOR AN AWS SERVICE 1. Open the Amazon VPC console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc    2. In the navigation pane, choose Endpoints 3. Choose Create endpoint 4. Name the endpoint   5. For Service category, choose AWS services 6. For Service name, search “ Backup ” and select “ backup-gateway ” service from the dropdown 7. For VPC, select the VPC which we used for SDDC deployment and extension 8. To create an interface endpoint for Amazon S3, you must “uncheck” Additional settings, Enable DNS name. This is because Amazon S3 does not support private DNS for interface VPC endpoints 9. For  Subnets , select one subnet per Availability Zone which we used for SDDC VMC selection...

This blog post provides the high level design for implementing the Native AWS Backup to protect the VMware Workloads hosted on VMware Cloud on AWS.  VMware Cloud on AWS VMware Cloud on AWS enables customers to deploy the SDDC and consume vSphere workloads as a managed service on AWS global infrastructure. VMC is a jointly engineered solution by VMware and AWS that provides customers with a true hybrid cloud experience. As customers continue to adopt VMware Cloud on AWS, data protection for the VMs and workloads hosted on the VMC SDDC is becoming increasingly important. Customers should also be able to comply with data regulations and manage backup costs effectively. This post will go over the design considerations and best practices for enabling Native AWS Backup for VMs hosted on VMC SDDC. We'll go over different architecture design options and use cases that address customer needs. AWS Backup for VMware We can centrally protect our VMware workloads hosted on VMC SDDC thanks to A...

One of my customers are in the journey of migrating the workloads from On-Premise Datacenter to VMware Cloud on AWS. They have a 6 node VMC SDDC brought up and they are connected via a VPN tunnel over the public Internet. They also have HCX deployed on premise with multiple stretched networks and two HCX Service Meshes. The existing service meshes was created over the HCX VPN tunnel for the workload migration. Due to the fact that the customer is now planning for the mass VM migration from On-Premise to VMC, they decided to go with Direct Connect (AWS Direct Connect)  In this blog spot, I share the steps we performed.  Architecture:  We have setup the Direct Connect between On-Prem and AWS Datacenter and the connections are made available in AWS network account. Then created the Transit Virtual interfaces and associated with the Direct connect gateway ( detailed steps here ). Then attach the Direct Connect Gateway to an SDDC group steps here.    The high-level a...

As per Gartner, 100 percent of Fortune 500 and Fortune Global 100 companies use VMware , and more than 500,000 customers have saved billions of dollars worldwide. Approximately 85 percent of all virtualized applications run on VMware.  Many companies still rely on their own data centers and manage their IT infrastructure with long-standing, proven solutions from VMware. But many would also like to benefit from the advantages of a public cloud solution, such as high scalability, reliability, and flexible costs. This is made possible with VMware Cloud on AWS . It enables companies to bring their vSphere-based workloads into the public cloud and combine them with modern services from AWS, such as S3 object storage or an RDS database service, if required. Why move to Cloud:  Common scenarios include  1. Company strategy to implement cloud-first mandates 2. Aging infrastructure or major hardware refreshes 3. Expiring contracts or co-location lease expiration 4.  ...