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Implement and configure AWS Backup for VMware Cloud on AWS VM workloads

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In our previous post we saw the design of the AWS Backup on VMC. In this post we’re going through the implementation steps As per the design and best practice, we are going to use the ENI for the Backup traffic CREATE A VPC ENDPOINT  TO CREATE AN INTERFACE ENDPOINT FOR AN AWS SERVICE 1. Open the Amazon VPC console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc    2. In the navigation pane, choose Endpoints 3. Choose Create endpoint 4. Name the endpoint   5. For Service category, choose AWS services 6. For Service name, search “ Backup ” and select “ backup-gateway ” service from the dropdown 7. For VPC, select the VPC which we used for SDDC deployment and extension 8. To create an interface endpoint for Amazon S3, you must “uncheck” Additional settings, Enable DNS name. This is because Amazon S3 does not support private DNS for interface VPC endpoints 9. For  Subnets , select one subnet per Availability Zone which we used for SDDC VMC selection  10. For Security group , sel

Automatically Power Up VMware Server Guest Operating Systems


Why do I need VMware Server Automatic Power up Options?

Most commonly on a production server, you will want to power up VMware Server virtual machines when the server boots up. You don't want to have to remember to login to the server, start the VMware Server Console, then turn on the guest operating systems one by one. Plus, what if the server reboots in the middle of the night for some reason or another? All of those production virtual machines would be unavailable available until someone was alerted to power them on.

Configure VMware Server Automatic Power up Options

To configure VMware Server automatic power up motions for Virtual Guest OS systems, go to your VMware Server Console. Select the tab of the virtual machine that you want to configure the automatic power up options for. Click on Edit Virtual Machine Settings, either on the Summary View for that Virtual Machine (VM) or by going to the VM Menu, then Settings.
Once inside the VM Settings, click on the Options tab, then select Startup/Shutdown. From there, you will need to change the account that the VM will start under. I recommend selecting Local System Account. Finally, select the Startup & Shutdown options for this VM when the Virtual Host boots. Most likely, you want to choose to Power on virtual machine on host startup and Power Off Virtual machine on host shutdown. When you are done, click OK to save your changes. You can choose to do this to however many production virtual systems you want to boot when this host system starts.

More power options for a Vmware virtual machine
I also want to mention that the startup/ shutsdown power options aren't the only power options available for the Vmware guest VM's. In the same VM setting windows if you click power you will see the ffolowing options



There are a number of very useful power options on this screen. Here is a list of some of them that caught my eye:
Power on after opening this virtual machine - whenever you open this VM, the VM will automatically power on
Modify Power controls - allow you to modify the power buttons to do a software power off instead of a hardware power off
Run VMware Tools scripts - options to run scripts on the virtual guest when performing certain power options (only available if VMware Tools are installed)

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