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AVS backup with Dell DDVE Cloud Tier
AVS (Azure VMware Solution) backup with Dell DDVE Cloud Tier gives you the option to backup your virtual machines to an Azure Blob cloud storage destination. You can deploy Dell DDVE (Data Domain Virtual Edition) in 2 ways: (Dell PowerProtect DDVE includes the backup & management software whereas DDVE alone must be integrated with third-party…
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VMware HCX Network Extension High Availability (HCX-NE-HA)
VMware HCX Network Extension High Availability (HCX-NE-HA) is a feature released since HCX 4.3. However, you can only enable it if you have a HCX Enterprise license. HCX-NE high availability is achieved by deploying a second HCX-NE appliance (standby) at each site paired with an active one. The four HCX-NE appliances (1 active & 1…
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Azure VMware Solution HCX Disaster Recovery
Azure VMware Solution with HCX Disaster Recovery allows you to operate Azure as cloud disaster recovery site in a very simple and efficient way. Based on vSphere Replication, you can protect up to 500 concurrent VMs per HCX Manager in an asynchronous replication mode. The RPO settings go from 5 minutes to 24 hours per…
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Azure VMware Solution HCX WAN-OPT
Azure VMware Solution HCX WAN-OPT can be a great help to improve bandwidth and speed performances for your replication and/or vMotion-based migrations. If you have a dedicated direct connection to your cloud provider then pass your way, HCX-WAN Optimization won’t make any difference. If like me, you use HCX over VPN or even SD WAN,…
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Azure VMware Solution Upgrade to VMware HCX 4.5
Recently, I successfully completed my Azure VMware Solution upgrade to VMware HCX 4.5. VMware released the latest version of HCX (Hybrid Cloud Extension) in version 4.5 (VMware HCX 4.5 Release Notes) on 13th October 2022. I’m still surprised to see how simple the upgrade process was. Here is the HCX upgrade sequence: Upgrade the local…
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