The ins and outs of Azure VMware solution : deploy, configure, and manage an Azure VMware solution environment / Kevin Jellow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jellow, Kevin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Database management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, England : Packt Publishing Ltd., 2023.

Biography/History:

Jellow Kevin: Kevin Jellow is an information technology professional with over 20 years of experience. He has spent the last ten years at Microsoft, starting as an Exchange Consultant with MCS and deploying Microsoft Exchange for multiple global customers. During the summer of 2012, Kevin shifted his focus to Microsoft Azure. Kevin later became a Cloud Solutions Architect and, most recently, a Global Black Belt focusing on Azure VMware Solutions (AVS). Kevin is a native of Jamaica, and he returns there several times a year to enjoy the lush tropic atmosphere and crystal-clear beaches, as well as his native Jerk chicken and Red Stripe.

Summary:

Manage VMware workloads in Azure VMware Solution and enable hybrid connectivity between on-premises datacenters and Azure with this extensive guide focusing on best practices and use cases Key Features Extend or migrate your existing VMware environment to Azure VMware Solution smoothly Discover best practices that are based on real customer experiences Join the cloud revolution by conducting the most suitable migration for your workloads Book Description Organizations over the world are migrating partially or fully to the cloud, but with the whole slew of providers, tools, and platforms available, knowing where to start can be quite challenging. If you know Microsoft Azure VMware Solution, you know it is the quickest way to migrate to the cloud without needing application modernization or rework. You can retain the same VMware tools to manage your environment while moving to Azure. But how does it work? The Ins and Outs of Azure VMware Solution has the answer. This high-level, comprehensive yet concise guide to Azure VMware Solution starts by taking you through the architecture and its applicable use cases. It will help you hit the ground running by getting straight to the important steps: planning, deploying, configuring, and managing your Azure VMware Solution instance. You'll be able to extend your existing knowledge of Azure and VMware by covering advanced topics such as SRM and governance, setting up a hybrid connection to your on-premises datacenter, and scaling up using disk pools. By the end of the VMware book, you'll have gone over everything you need to transition to the cloud with ease using Azure VMware Solution. What you will learn Get to grips with the overall architecture of Azure VMware Solution Discover Enterprise-scale for Azure VMware Solution Deploy an Azure VMware private cloud successfully Deploy and configure HCX in Azure VMware Solution Configure NSX-T network segments with the NSX-T Manager Configure internet access, traffic inspection, and storage for AVS Integrate Azure VMware Solution with Azure-native services Use governance to improve your cloud portfolio Who this book is for This book is for VMware administrators, cloud solutions architects, and anyone interested in learning how to deploy and configure an AVS environment in Azure. Technology leaders who want to get out of the datacenter business or expand their on-premises datacenter into Microsoft Azure will also find this book useful. Familiarity with VMware solutions and a basic understanding of Azure networking is necessary to get started with this book.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Contributors

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: Getting Started with Azure VMware Solution (AVS)

Chapter 1: Introduction to Azure VMware Solution

Network connectivity to AVS

AVS hosts, clusters, and private clouds

AVS high-level architecture

Use cases for AVS in an enterprise

Data center footprint deduction, consolidation, and retirement

Data center expansion based on demand

Disaster recovery and business continuity

Speed and simplification of migration/hybrid cloud

AVS is very cost-effective

Enterprise-scale for AVS

Prerequisites for the implementation of the enterprise-scale landing zone for AVS

Network and connectivity topologies

Identity and access management

Business continuity and disaster recovery

Design considerations for AVS BC

Design considerations for AVS DR

Security, governance, and compliance

Security

Governance

Compliance

Management and monitoring

Summary

Chapter 2: Enterprise-Scale for AVS

Network and connectivity topology for AVS

Understanding networking requirements for AVS

Networking scenarios for AVS with traffic inspection

Identity and access management for AVS

vCenter privileges

Design considerations for business continuity in AVS

The recommended design considerations for business continuity in AVS

Design considerations for AVS disaster recovery

Part 2: Planning and Deploying AVS

Chapter 3: Planning for an Azure VMware Solution Deployment

Subscription identification

Resource group identification

Azure region

Region pairs in Azure

AVS resource name

Host size

Determining the number of hosts and clusters

Host quota request for AVS

Requesting a /22 CIDR IP segment for AVS management components.

Defining the AVS workload network segments

Defining the virtual network gateway

VMware HCX

Why use VMware HCX?

Defining VMware HCX network segments

HCX appliance IP requirements

HCX port requirements

Benefits of extending the L2 network to AVS

Chapter 4: Deploying an Azure VMware Solution Cluster

Prerequisites to deploy AVS

Registering the AVS resource provider

Deploying an AVS cluster

The basic information needed to deploy AVS

AVS deployment validation

Connecting AVS to your Azure infrastructure

Validating the connection between AVS and Azure

Connecting AVS to your on-premises environment

Creating an ExpressRoute authorization key on your on-premises ExpressRoute circuit

Peering AVS with your on-premises environment

Validating the connection between AVS and on-premises

Chapter 5: Deploying and Configuring HCX in Azure VMware Solution

Prerequisites for deploying HCX Advanced

Deploying HCX Advanced using the Azure portal

Downloading and deploying the VMware HCX Connector OVA

Prerequisites

Downloading the HCX Connector OVA file

Deploying the VMware HCX Connector OVA

Activating VMware HCX

Configuring the on-premises HCX Connector

Adding a site pairing

Creating network profiles

Creating a compute profile

Creating a Service Mesh

Chapter 6: Networking in AVS using NSX-T

Configuring DHCP for AVS

Using the Azure portal to create a DHCP server or relay for AVS

Adding an NSX-T segment using the Azure portal

Adding an NSX-T segment using NSX-T Manager

Verifying the newly created network segment

Configuring DNS for AVS

Configuring a DNS forwarder

DNS name resolution verification for AVS

Deploying a test VM and connecting it to the newly created segment.

Moving a VM to a different network segment

Part 3: Configuring Your AVS

Chapter 7: Creating and Configuring a Secure vWAN Hub for Internet Connectivity

Azure vWAN in Azure

Advantages of a vWAN

vWAN types

Creating a vWAN in Azure

Creating a virtual hub and an ExpressRoute Gateway in the vWAN

Connecting the AVS ExpressRoute circuit to the hub gateway

Changing the size of the gateway

Deploying Azure Firewall to secure the vWAN

Deploying Azure Firewall

Creating an Azure Firewall policy for the AVS internet connection

Adding a rule to the firewall policy

Associating the Firewall policy with the hub

Routing the AVS traffic to the vWAN hub

Chapter 8: Inspecting Traffic for AVS

Internet consideration design options for AVS

SNAT managed from AVS

Public IP to the AVS NSX Edge

Some considerations for which option you choose to utilize

Implementing an NVA solution for traffic inspection

Creating a virtual network

Deploying an Azure Route Server

Deploying a Quagga using an NVA

Configuring the Route Server peering

Checking the learned routes on the Route Server and the Quagga NVA

CChapter 9: Storage Concepts in AVS

Fault tolerance and storage policies

Configuring a storage policy

Listing all storage policies

Setting a storage policy for a VM

Specifying the default storage policy for an AVS cluster

Encryption of data at rest

Azure NetApp Files

Creating a NetApp Files volume for AVS

Creating a NetApp account

Creating a capacity pool for Azure NetApp Files

Delegating a subnet to Azure NetApp Files

Creating an NFS volume for Azure NetApp Files

Attaching an Azure NetApp Files volume to an AVS cluster

Supported regions.

Performance best practices

Chapter 10: Working with VMware Site Recovery Manager

Understanding what SRM in AVS is

Identifying your company's business continuity and disaster recovery needs

Supported scenarios for SRM

BCDR support types used by SRM

Installing SRM in your primary and secondary AVS environments

Deploying SRM in AVS

Installing the vSphere Replication appliance

Configuring site pairing for vCenter

Configuring site pairing in vCenter

Connecting the SRM instances on both the protected and recovery sites

Configuring mapping between both the primary and secondary SRM sites

Creating a new network mapping

Configuring virtual machine replication

Creating and managing protection groups for SRM

Testing and running a recovery plan

Running a recovery plan

Part 4: Governance and Management for AVS

Chapter 11: Managing an Azure VMware Solution Environment

AVS business alignment

Managing and monitoring your AVS environment

Configuring Azure Alerts for AVS

VMware Syslogs configuration for AVS

Diagnostic settings configuration

Chapter 12: Leveraging Governance for Azure VMware Solution

A unified security and compliance approach

Integrating Azure-native tools/services with AVS

Security for your AVS environment

Security for identity

Network security

VM and guest application security

AVS environment governance

Governance for workload applications and VMs

Azure-native solutions integration

Use cases for Azure Files

Key advantages

How to create an Azure file share

Creating an Azure file share

Mapping the Azure file share to an AVS VM

Summary.

Chapter 13: Summary of Azure VMware Solution, Roadmap, and Best Practices

AVS overview

AVS hardware and software specification

Planning for an AVS Deployment

Determining the number of nodes

Requesting a /22 address space for AVS management components

Defining the AVS workload network segments

Managing an AVS environment

Leveraging governance for AVS

AVS roadmap

Best practices for planning, deploying, and managing AVS

Architectural design for AVS

Index

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ISBN:

9781801814720

1801814724

OCLC:

1355183540