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Welcome to 288clouds

288clouds is a personal blog focused on virtualization and cloud technologies.

The views and opinions expressed on this blog are my own and do not reflect the views and opinions of my employer (VMware).

Introducing VMware Cloud on AWS Logical Design Poster for Workload Mobility

Note: This is a copy of my blogpost on the VMware Cloud Community blog. VMware Cloud on AWS is an integrated hybrid cloud service that enables organizations to migrate or extend their on-premises vSphere environments rapidly. VMware Cloud on AWS includes VMware HCX, a solution that streamlines workload migration across data centers and clouds. There is a variety of connectivity options and migrations methods available with VMware HCX. Today, we are releasing the VMware Cloud on AWS Logical Design Poster for Workload Mobility to help organizations determine their best path to start migrating workloads to VMware Cloud on AWS.

Creating a Cloud Agnostic vRA Template with Inputs

vRealize Automation 8.x / Cloud allows you to create templates with cloud agnostic resources so that you can create a template that can be used across on-premises data centers and multiple clouds. So let’s explore how you can create a vRA template that meets the following requirements: The user should be able to select the deployment target environment (where the deployment should be created) The template should be able to deploy to multiple environments; for this specific demo, the template can deploy to the following environments: on-premises vSphere environment, VMware Cloud on AWS, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Note that Azure, which is available for use with vRA, is not included in my demo, but the concept remains the same if you want to add Azure to the mix.

Getting Started Videos for VMware Cloud on AWS

I created several getting started videos for VMware Cloud on AWS, which has been featured on the VMware Cloud Community blog but I thought it’d be nice to add these to my personal blog as well. VMware Cloud on AWS is a highly scalable, secure hybrid cloud service that allows organizations to transition rapidly and seamlessly to the cloud. Today, we are releasing a new set of videos to help customers get started with VMware Cloud on AWS.

VMworld 2021 Sessions for Securing and Managing Multi-Cloud

VMworld 2021 is coming up. Multi-cloud and security are some of the most discussed topics this year so let’s explore some of the sessions that you might be interested in attending to learn about how you can manage and secure multi-cloud environments using vRealize Automation! Register for VMworld 2021 VMworld 2021 is virtual again and the general pass is FREE! Register here! Tech+ Pass Only Sessions Tech+ Pass costs $299 but it includes all the general sessions plus enhanced technical deep-dive sessions.

Using vRNI with VMC on AWS: Getting Started

vRealize Network Insight can be used to gain visibility into the workloads in a VMware Cloud on AWS Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC). Let’s learn how you can get started with using vRealize Network Insight with VMware Cloud on AWS. Demo Product Versions vRNI Cloud VMware Cloud on AWS (SDDC version 1.14v4) Prerequisites VMC on AWS: SDDC deployed Access to the SDDC Process Overview Deploy a vRNI Data Collector in the VMC on AWS SDDC.

Using vRA with VMC on AWS: Getting Started

vRealize Automation can be used to automate the deployment of workloads to a VMware Cloud on AWS Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC). Let’s learn how you can get started with using vRealize Automation with VMware Cloud on AWS. Demo Product Versions vRA Cloud VMware Cloud on AWS (SDDC version 1.14v4) Prerequisites VMC on AWS: SDDC deployed Access to the SDDC Process Overview Deploy a vRA Cloud Proxy in the VMC on AWS SDDC.