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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
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Startup guide for vSphere Automation SDK for REST API

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VMware introduced a new API service in vSphere 6.5 version which is known as vSphere Automation API. This service allows us to introduce several new SDKs for JAVA, Perl, Ruby, REST etc.   Today we will see how to setup the basic wizard to start using the API service in day to day life. For more information about what was introduced with the vSphere Automation APIs visit Here Documentation : The documentation for this SDK version is pretty straight forward. We can browse to each level of API and see the sections of what the operations it performs. We can get the URL, JSON , XML representation for each and every operations in the document. SDK Documentation   SDK tool kit: You can download the SDK kit from VMware { code } Tools required: We will use Postman today so that we will be able to start working with the API quickly and build your knowledge of how it works before using API in your own application. Postman is a great application to design, bu
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vSphere 6.7 released !

As we are aware VMware comes up with a new release of vsphere every year. and VMware didn't fail to excite us with the new features and innovations this time too! In this blog post lets have a sneak peak about the new features which are bundled with vSphere 6.7 vSphere 6.7 is the efficient and secure platform for hybrid clouds, fueling digital transformation by delivering simple and efficient management at scale, comprehensive built-in security, a universal application platform, and seamless hybrid cloud experience. vSphere 6.7 delivers key capabilities to enable IT organizations address the following notable trends that are putting new demands on their IT infrastructure: Explosive growth in quantity and variety of applications, from business critical apps to new intelligent workloads. Rapid growth of hybrid cloud environments and use cases. On-premises data centers growing and expanding globally, including at the Edge. Security of infrastructure and applications a
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