VCF enables Private Cloud across multiple Data Centers
Table of contents
Summary
VCF across multiple Data Centers:
- Key Advantages for VCF in Multi-Location Use Case:
- Centralized management of network and security services
- Optimal load distribution across data centers
- High availability, even during Data Center failures
- Provided by NSX Global Manager in VCF Deployments
Presentation
VCF Networking provides a wide range of benefits from Simplicity / Self-Service, to Automation, to Performance / Optimization, and to finally Availability.
For Multi-Location use cases, the specific advantages of VCF Networking include:
- Centralized Management
- Optimal load distribution across data centers
- Best availability, even in the case of Data Center failure
Those VCF Networking benefits are provided by the NSX Global Manager deployed on top of your different VCF deployments. This gives you:
- Operational Simplicity for Data Centers
The NSX component within VCF, known as NSX Global Manager, enables centralized management of network and security services across all data centers. It pushes network and security configurations to the VCF NSX Local Managers in each data center. - Consistent Policy Configuration and Enforcement
Network and security policies can be extended across locations, ensuring consistent configuration and enforcement across the entire infrastructure. - Compute Mobility cross Data Centers
With network and security objects accessible at all locations, workloads / virtual machines (VMs) can be moved seamlessly across data centers. - Simplified Disaster Recovery
The same network and security objects available across locations also simplify disaster recovery, enabling efficient and straightforward recovery of workloads and VMs.
Demo
In the demo below, you will see a couple of demos focusing on multi-location use cases:
- Operational Simplicity with Central Management with Consistent Policy Configuration and Enforcement
- Compute Mobility cross Data Centers
- Simplified Disaster Recovery
Annex
script for the cross vCenter vMotion
PowerShell script “Paris-To-London_vMotion.ps1”
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$LondonvCenter = Connect-VIServer vcenter-vi1-london.corp.vmbeans.com -User administrator@corp.vmbeans.com -Password VMware1!VMware1! $LondonDatastore = Get-Datastore vi1-london-vsan01 -Server $LondonvCenter $LondonHost = Get-VMhost vcf-vi-london-esx-01.corp.vmbeans.com -Server $LondonvCenter $LondonNetwork = Get-VirtualPortGroup -VirtualSwitch vi1-london-vds01 -Name web-seg -Server $LondonvCenter $ParisvCenter = Connect-VIServer vcenter-vi1-paris.corp.vmbeans.com -User administrator@corp.vmbeans.com -Password VMware1!VMware1! $VM = Get-VM app1-web2 -Server $ParisvCenter $ParisNetwork = Get-NetworkAdapter -VM $VM -Server $ParisvCenter $VM | Move-VM -Datastore $LondonDatastore -NetworkAdapter $ParisNetwork -PortGroup $LondonNetwork -DiskStorageFormat Thin -Destination $LondonHost |
