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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

Installing the Virtual SCSI Controller Driver for Virtual Server 2005 on Windows Server 2008

You can install the virtual SCSI controller driver during the installation of the guest operating system by performing the following steps:
Description and screenshots where made while installing Windows Server 2008 on Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1, however the same instructions apply to the installation of Windows Vista. For Windows 2000/2003/XP you will need to press the F6 key during the text phase of the installation process, then press “S” to specify additional drivers, and then provide the driver floppy image.
1. Begin the installation by inserting the appropriate Windows Server 2008 installation media into your DVD drive.
2. Continue with the installation process, until you reach the point where you’re prompted for the location of the system partition. Click on the Load Driver link.
3. Now you need to load the driver files as a virtual floppy image. The image’s name is “SCSI Shunt Driver.vfd”, and it is located in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual Server\Virtual Machine Additions folder. You can mount it by using VMRC Plus (read my “Manage Virtual Server Machines with VMRC Plus“, or from the Virtual Server administrative website. For this example I’ve used VMRC Plus.
In the VMRC Plus Console Manager click on Media > Load Floppy Disk Image.
Navigate to the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual Server\Virtual Machine Additions folder and select the “SCSI Shunt Driver.vfd” driver.
If you want, you can do the same by right-clicking on the VM’s name in the main VMRC Plus window, then selecting Settings.
Now navigate to the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual Server\Virtual Machine Additions folder and select the “SCSI Shunt Driver.vfd” driver.
Click Ok.
4. Back in the installation window, click on Browse.
5. Navigate to the virtual floppy drive’s root folder, then expand the Vista subfolder.
Note: For other operating systems select the right subfolder.
Press Ok.
6. After a few seconds the driver’s name will appear on the list. Click Next.
7. The driver will load.
8. In the “Where do you want to install Windows”, if you’re installing the server on a regular IDE hard disk, click to select the first disk, usually Disk 0, and click Next.
9. If you must, you can also click Drive Options and manually create a partition on the destination hard disk.
10. Continue the installation as usual, and when it’s done the server will automatically reboot.

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