Design and Deploy Azure VMware Solutions: Build and Run VMware Workloads Natively on Microsoft Azure

✍ Scribed by Puthiyavan Udayakumar

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 412
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learn the essential design and deployment skills to utilize Azure VMware Solution to seamlessly move your VMware-based workloads from your datacenter to Azure and to integrate your VMware environment with Azure. This book will teach you how to manage your existing environments with the same VMware products you already know while modernizing your applications with Azure native services.

Design and Deploy Azure VMware Solutions starts by reviewing Azure VMware essentials, followed by a walkthrough of the methods of preparing and expanding to Azure VMware Solution. Here, you will learn about the layers of Microsoft AVS, including the vSphere, vSAN, NSX-T, and assess and migrate on-prem VMware workloads to Azure VMware Solution using HCX. Further, you will understand how to deploy the desktop and learn Hosting Pool using Horizon on Microsoft Azure, a modern approach to managing and securing Horizon components. VMware Tanzu for modernizing applications in Azure and disaster recovery for VMware workloads in Azure is then discussed in detail. Finally, you will learn monitoring and operations management using the VMware vRealize Suite and see a demonstration of how to plan and deploy Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) for Azure VMware Solution via vRealize Automation.

After reading the book, you will be able to migrate or extend VMware workloads from on-premises to Azure without the need to re-architect applications or retool operations.

What Will You Learn

• Get started with Azure VMware Solution
• Prepare and plan to utilize Azure VMware Solution
• Design and deploy Azure VMware Solution
• Manage and secure Azure VMware Solution

Who Is This Book For

Azure VMware administrators and Azure Cloud Architects.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Getting Started with AVS
Fundamentals of Cloud Computing and Microsoft Azure
Top Six Benefits of Cloud Computing
Three Delivery Models of Cloud Computing
Microsoft Azure Overview
Azure Region
Azure Geography
Azure Availability Zones
Microsoft Azure Non-Regional Services
Azure Management Groups
Azure Subscriptions
Azure Resource Group
Azure Resource Manager
Azure Management Offerings
Azure Monitoring Offerings
Azure Security and Compliance Offerings
Getting Started with Azure VMware Solution
Key AVS Capabilities
Key AVS Benefits
Key AVS Terminologies
Virtual Machines
Hypervisor
Containers
Kubernetes
Virtual Networks
Hyperconverged Storage
Bare-Metal Hypervisor
Software-Defined Storage
Software-Defined Networking
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
Inner Engineering of AVS Components
Summary
Chapter 2: Solution Overview of AVS
Overview of Azure VMware Solutions
Key Elements of Azure VMware Solutions
Compute Overview of Azure VMware Solutions
Storage Overview of Azure VMware Solutions
Network Overview of Azure VMware Solutions
Connectivity From On-Premises to AVS via ExpressRoute
AVS Workload and Application Mobility
AVS Management and Operations
Backup and Restoration
Shared Responsibility
AVS Security
Summary
Chapter 3: Design Essentials of AVS
Azure’s Well-Architected Framework
Solution Building Block for Azure VMware Solutions
Sizing Consideration for Azure VMware Solution
Azure Landing Zone for Azure VMware Solution
Azure VMware Solution Networking
Azure VNet Concept and Microsoft Azure Best Practices
Azure ExpressRoute Global Reach
Azure Private Endpoint
Azure VNet Peering
Azure Application Gateway
NVA from Azure Marketplace
Azure Virtual WAN
Azure PaaS Endpoint
Azure ExpressRoute Gateway
Azure VPN Gateway
Azure Virtual Network
AVS Network Topology and Connectivity
Best Practices and General Considerations for AVS Network Design
Networking Deployment Scenarios
Scenario 1: Default Route Propagation for a Secured Virtual WAN Hub
Scenario 2: With Global Reach Disabled, Third-Party NVA in Azure Virtual Network with Azure Route Server
Scenario 3: A VMware Egress Without NSX-T or NVA or With VMware Egress from Azure VMware Solution
Scenario 4: A VMware Egress Without NSX-T or NVA or With VMware Egress from Azure VMware Solution
AVS Identity and Access Management
AVS Security, Governance, and Compliance
AVS Security
AVS Governance
AVS Compliance
AVS Management and Monitoring
AVS Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Azure Platform Automation and DevOps
Summary
Chapter 4: Plan and Prepare AVS
AVS Azure Cloud Enablement
Azure Region
Azure Resource Group
AVS Compute Plan and Prepare
AVS Compute Host
VMware vSphere
VMware ESXi
VMkernel
VMware ESXi Deployment Preparation Aspects
VMware vCenter
vCenter Single Sign-On
vCenter High Availability
VMware vCenter Deployment Preparation Aspects
Authentication Services
Domain Name Services
NTP
VMware vSphere Features
Clusters
VMware vMotion Feature
VMware HA Feature
VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler Feature
VMware Fault Tolerance Feature
Discovery
Grouping
Assessment
Reporting
Capacity Planning with VMware Native Tools
Other Key Elements to Consider When Planning Compute
AVS Storage Plan and Prepare
Storage Virtualization Model
Software-Defined Storage Models
AVS Network Plan and Prepare
AVS Management and Monitoring Planning and Preparing
Summary
Chapter 5: Deployment Essentials of AVS
AVS Deployment Essentials Overview
Strategic Deployment Considerations
Sizing Deployment Consideration
Build an Azure Account
Network Connectivity Deployment Considerations
Network IP Addressing Deployment Considerations
Essential Deployment Considerations for the Azure VMware Solution
AVS Essential Deployment and Connectivity
Stage 1: Request Host Quota
Stage 2: Build the Private Cloud
Stage 3: Connect to a New Azure VNet
Stage 1: Deploy a Virtual Network in Azure via Azure Portal
Stage 2: Create a Virtual Network Gateway
Stage 3: Connect ExpressRoute to the Virtual Network Gateway
Stage 4: Connect to On-Premises VMware
AVS Essential Post Deployment Information
Configure NSX-T Data Center Network Components
Use NSX-T Manager to Add a Network Segment
Verify the New Network Segment
Create a DHCP Server or Relay
Use NSX-T to Host a DHCP Server
Add a Network Segment
Define the DHCP IP Address Range
Build a DHCP Relay Service
Specify the DHCP IP Address Range
Create a DNS Forwarder
Configure the DNS Services and DNS Zones
Deploy a Disaster Recovery Solution Using VMware HCX
Stage 1: Deploy HCX Advanced Through the Azure Portal
Stage 2: Download and Deploy the VMware HCX Connector OVA
Stage 3: Activate HCX Advanced with a License Key
Stage 4: Configure the On-Premises HCX Connector
Protect a Virtual Machine or a Group of Virtual Machines
Perform a Test Recovery of a Virtual Machine or Group of Virtual Machines
Recover a VM
Reverse Protection of a Virtual Machine or a Group of Virtual Machines
Deploy a Disaster Recovery Solution Using VMware SRM
Deploy a Monitoring Solution Using VMware vROPS
Deploy a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Solution Using VMware Horizon
Horizon Management Deployment Considerations
Horizon Network Considerations
Summary
Chapter 6: Manage and Secure AVS
AVS Management and Security Overview
Day 2 Operations for Managing
Day 2 Operations on Securing
Network Security
Identity Management
Privileged Access
Data Protection
Asset Management
Logging and Threat Detection
Posture and Vulnerability Management
Endpoint Security
Backup and Recovery
Summary
Index