Eric Sloof

vSphere allows you to transform your IT infrastructure into a private cloud, then bridge it to public clouds on-demand, delivering an IT infrastructure as an easily accessible service. vSphere delivers uncompromised control over all IT resources with the highest efficiency and choice in the industry.


The free e-book begins with a definition of the core technologies in a virtual datacenter, vCenter, and ESXi. It then covers the architecture of specific virtual datacenter components. Readers will learn design principles related to storage and storage protocols.

Moving on to networking, readers will learn to design flexible and reliable networks for their virtual datacenters. After this, Virtual Machine design considerations are reviewed in depth and readers are guided through inspecting existing VMs and design principles for correctly resourced and configured virtual machines.

This Fling allows VMware App Volumes AppStacks and Writable Volumes to be backed up and recovered.

The following is how this utility works:

• it connects to both the App Volumes Manager and Virtual Center using API calls 
• a backup virtual machine is created
• the underlying VMDK files of selected AppStacks and Writable Volumes are attached to the backup virtual machine
• backup solution which is able to back up VMDK files should be configured to save the VMDK files attached to the backup virtual machine
  
  

There is also a utility that can be called from the backup software which will automatically detach, and re-attach any writable volumes which are in use while the backup is running.

What exactly is a Cloud Native platform? It’s certainly a hot topic in IT, as enterprises today assess this option for developing and delivering software quickly and repeatedly. This O’Reilly report explains the capabilities of Cloud Native platforms and examines the fundamental changes enterprises need to make in process, organization, and culture if they’re to take real advantage of this approach.

Author Duncan Winn focuses on the open source platform Cloud Foundry, one of the more prominent Cloud Native providers. You’ll learn how Cloud Native applications are designed to be “infrastructure unaware” so they can thrive and move at will in the highly distributed and constantly evolving cloud environment.

With this report, you’ll explore:

• Technical driving forces that are rapidly changing the way organizations develop and deliver software today
• How key concepts underpinning the Cloud Foundry platform leverage each of the technical forces discussed
• Why becoming cloud native means adopting a self-service, on-demand, and elastic infrastructure
• How Cloud Native platforms perform undifferentiated heavy lifting, such as provisioning VMs, middleware, and databases
• Recommended changes and practical considerations for organizations that want to build Cloud Native applications successfully

In this video, Ryan Johnson demonstrates the failover of the Software-Defined Data Center management, automation and operations solutions - distributed deployments of vRealize Automation, vRealize Orchestrator and vRealize Operations - between regions in the IT Automation Cloud validated design.