Learning Objectives: - Learn how VMware Cloud on AWS can move bi-directional VMware workloads to AWS - Learn how Hybrid Operations deliver Enterprise-Grade Security and performance - Deliver rich vSphere-based, consistent hybrid operating environments on AWS

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Andy Reedy, Manager, Solutions Architecture
Wen Yu, Partner Solution Architect
Aarthi Raju, Partner Solution Architect
Amazon Web Services
VMware Cloud on AWS
A Technical Deep Dive

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What is VMware Cloud on AWS?
ESXi
NSX
vSphere
VSAN
Latest Software
VCSA, ESXi, NSX, VSAN, Managed by
VMware
Dynamic Capacity
DRS/HA Compute Cluster (Intel x86)
VSAN Storage Cluster (NVMe Flash)
NSX Network Virtualization (ENA)
Software Defined Data Center
On-Demand, VMware Software Defined
Datacenter Delivered as a Cloud Service

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What is VMware Cloud on AWS?
Compute
• Bare Metal
• I3.16XL Equivalent
• 36 Cores/72 vCPUs
• 512GiB Memory
• 15TiB NVMe All-Flash
Storage
• 25Gb ENAESXi
NSX
vSphere
VSAN
Software Defined Data Center
Hypervisor
• ESXi
• 4 to 32 Host Cluster
• Maintained by VMware
• No SSH/Root
• No VIBs/Plugins
Storage
• VSAN
• Aggregate Instance
Storage
• All Flash
(Capacity/Cache)
• No EBS/EFS
• VM Storage Policies
Network and Security
• NSX
• Logical Networks
• North/South Firewalling
• Compute/Management
Gateways
• IPSec Termination
• NAT
vSphere
• VMware Managed
• Delegated Permissions
• Hybrid Linked Mode

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VMware Cloud on AWS
AWS Global InfrastructureCustomer Data Center
AWS Services
Amazon
EC2
Amazon
S3
Amazon
RDS
AWS Direct
Connect
Amazon
DynamoDB
Amazon
Redshift
AWS Global Infrastructure
vSAN NSX
vCentervCenter
vSphere
VMware Cloud on AWS - Overview
Hybrid
Linked-Mode

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VMware Cloud on AWS - Account structure
Is owned, operated, and paid
Private to VMware Cloud SDDC
Full access to the
A new AWS account to run
Is owned, operated, and
for all

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Getting started
vmc.vmware.com
Create a new SDDC
• SDDC Name
• Number of Hosts (4 to 32)
• AWS Regions (Oregon, Virginia)
VMware Cloud on AWS Console
• my.vmware.com credentials
• Organizations
• Identity and Access Management

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Accessing VMware Cloud on AWS
• Hybrid Linked-Mode
• Logical network configuration
• Virtual machine administration
• VM storage policies
• Add and remove ESXi hosts
• Console user and role management
• Firewall configuration
• EIP and NAT configuration
• VPN connectivity
vmc.vmware.com
vSphere H5
Web Client

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VMware Cloud on AWS: Access Model
• Delivered “as a service” with the following operational model:
- AWS manages the physical resources
- VMware manages the hypervisor and management components
- Customers manage their VMs
• Access via vCenter & VMware Cloud on AWS portal with some restrictions:
- No root ESXi access
- No vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) configuration access
- No direct management of VM/NSX Edge access

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Common scenarios and use cases
Scenario 1:
Maintain and expand
Maintain
Scenario 2:
Consolidate and migrate
Migrate
Consolidate
Scenario 3:
Workload flexibility
Flex as needed
Expand
Geo expansion
Disaster recovery, backup, and continuity
of operations
Data center consolidation
Application migration
Prod, dev, test, lab, and training
Burst capacity

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Run workloads on-
premises
Run workloads on
the cloud
Tight integration Without buying
new hardware
What do customers want in hybrid?

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Multiple
Machine
Formats
Incongruent
Networks
Operational
Inconsistency
Skillsets
and Tooling
Monitoring
and Control
The challenge is duplicate effort
The challenge of hybrid

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Connectivity Options
Customer
Datacenters
VPC ENIs for Compute Gateway
VPN to VPCs in other AWS Regions
L2VPN - NSX
IPSec VPN
Direct Connect
IPSec VPN
Direct Connect
Customer
Owned AWS
Accounts
VMware
Cloud SDDC

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Hybrid Examples
Customer Data Center #1
Team #1
VM
ESXi
VM
VM
VSAN
VM
NSX
ESXi
Team #1 SDDC
VM
VSAN
VM
NSX
ESXi
Team #2 SDDC
Customer Data Center #2
Team #2
VM
ESXi
VM
CGW CGW
Bespoke
NSX Edge
Customer
Firewall
VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC Account

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Integration with AWS
VM
VSAN
VM
NSX
ESXi
CGW
EC2
Instances
ENI S3
VPC Endpoint
EC2
Instances
DynamoDB
VPC Endpoint
Amazon
Redshift
Logical Network
172.31.1.0/24
VPC Subnet – 10.1.1.0/24
VPC Subnet – 10.1.2.0/24
VMware Cloud on AWS
SDDC Account Customer Owned AWS Account
SDDC

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Putting it all together
AWS VMware Cloud Regional Centers
Amazon Route53
Cloudfront & AWS WAF
EC2 Instances (Web)
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Machine Learning
Application Servers
Database Servers
Back Office & Billing
Regional Burst
Local Workloads
Local Databases

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90+ Cloud services such as RDS, Amazon Redshift, S3, and Lambda
Deploy new datacenters through Consoles/APIs, not customs agents
Convert large capex expenditures to variable expense based on use
Scale vSphere clusters up or down based on business demand
Seamlessly move workloads between on-site and VMware Cloud
Patching of ESXi, vCenter, NSX, vSAN. Provisioning/Deprovisioning
No dealing with power, cooling, physical security, cross-connects
AWS Services
Expand Globally
Cost
Elasticity
Workload Flexibility
VMware Lifecycle Management
AWS Physical Infrastructure

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Demo

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Questions

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Additional learning
• VMware Cloud on AWS Hands-On Lab
• re:Invent 2017 sessions on YouTube Channel

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