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Welcome back to my blog. This is a learning module series for VMware Cloud on AWS, which is also known as VMC on AWS most of the time. I’ll walk you through the concepts of deploying, configuring, and managing the VMware Cloud on AWS step by step, which is divided into 15 sections followed by the various sub sections. I’d also like to thank VMware for providing the labs, which helped in capturing the screenshots. Due to time constraints, I have not explained much on each topic and have only demonstrated through images; however, if you have any questions or concerns about any of these topics, please leave them in the comments section. I would be happy to answer all your queries.

Part 1 – Deployment of vSphere SDDC in VMware Cloud on AWS

Part 1.1 – Create an SDDC and Connect your AWS Account

Part 2 – Add and Delete Clusters in VMC on AWS SDDC

Part 2.1 – Add a Cluster to the SDDC

Part 2.2 – Add Hosts to the Cluster

Part 2.3 – Remove a Host from the Cluster

Part 2.4 – Delete the Cluster from the SDDC

Part 3 – Connect to vCenter Servers in VMC on AWS

Part 3.1 – Create the Management and Compute Groups

Part 3.2 – Create the Firewall Rules

Part 3.3 – Log in to the VMware Cloud SDDC vCenter Server Instance

Part 4 – Create Virtual Machines in VMC on AWS and allow Network Access

Part 4.1 – Create a Subscribed Content Library

Part 4.2 – Create a Virtual Machine

Part 4.3 – Allow Outbound Network Access for the Virtual Machine

Part 5 – Creating a Policy-Based VPN

Part 5.1 – Create a Policy-Based VPN in VMC on AWS

Part 5.2 – Configure an On-Premises VPN

Part 6 – Creating Services and Groups and Apply to Firewall Rules

Part 6.1 – Create Custom Services in VMC on AWS

Part 6.2 – Create Management and Compute Groups

Part 6.3 – Apply Groups and Services to Firewall Rules

Part 6.4 – Create a Firewall Rule for Amazon EFS and Amazon RDS

Part 7 – Configuring a Layer 2 VPN and Extended Network

Part 7.1 – Configure a Layer 2 VPN Tunnel in the SDDC

Part 7.2 – Configure a Layer 2 VPN Tunnel in the On-Premises Environment

Part 7.3 – Configure a Layer 2 VPN Extended Segment

Part 7.4 – Configure the Management Gateway DNS Forwarder

Part 8 – Connecting VMs to Amazon Web Services

Part 8.1 – Obtain Amazon EFS and Amazon RDS Details

Part 9 – Connecting a Virtual Machine to a Public IP Address

Part 9.1 – Request a Public IP Address in VMC on AWS

Part 9.2 – Add a NAT Rule for the Virtual Machine in VMC on AWS

Part 9.3 – Create a Firewall Rule in VMC on AWS

Part 10 – Deploying VMware Cloud Add-Ons in VMC on AWS

Part 10.1 – Deploy VMware HCX in VMC on AWS

Part 10.2 – Activate Site Recovery in VMC on AWS

Part 11 – Configuring Hybrid Linked Mode in VMC on AWS

Part 11.1 – Add an Identity Source for the SDDC vCenter Server

Part 11.2 – Configure Hybrid Linked Mode from the Cloud SDDC

Part 11.3 – Migrate a Virtual Machine from On-Premises to VMware Cloud

Part 12 – Configuring and Using VMware HCX in VMC on AWS

Part 12.1 – Create the Firewall Rules for VMware HCX

Part 12.2 – Download the HCX Enterprise Client OVA File

Part 12.3 – Deploy the VMware HCX Manager VM from an OVF Template

Part 12.4 – Activate and Configure VMware HCX

Part 12.5 – Create a Site Pairing and Service Mesh

Part 12.6 – Create a Network Extension

Part 12.7 – Use VMware HCX to Migrate a VM

Part 13 – Performing Operations with API

Part 13.1 – Run API Commands Against VMware Cloud on AWS

Part 14 – Deploying Site Recovery Instances in VMC on AWS

Part 14.1 – Deploy the On-Premises Site Recovery Components

Part 14.2 – Register the On-Premises vSphere Replication Instance with vCenter Server

Part 14.3 – Register the On-Premises Site Recovery Instance with vCenter Server

Part 14.4 – Create the Firewall Rules for VMware Site Recovery

Part 14.5 – Create a Site Pair in Site Recovery Manager in VMC on AWS

Part 15 – Using Site Recovery in VMC on AWS

Part 15.1 – Create VMware Cloud Network Segments

Part 15.2 – Create Site Recovery Inventory Mappings

Part 15.3 – Configure Site Recovery Replications

Part 15.4 – Run a Recovery Plan and Reprotect Operation on a Virtual Machine

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