Purchasing and onboarding
When purchasing the service and preparing for the first SDDC deployment, you need to choose a couple of options. These options may have a large impact on the further operations of the service, so make sure your choices are well thought out, as you will not be able to change some of them moving forward.
Purchasing and funding
When purchasing the service, you can select one of the following options:
VMware Cloud on AWS supports all three routes to the market. Depending on your purchase strategy, you may find one or other better suited to your needs.
Note
Some services available for VMware Cloud on AWS can only be purchased directly from VMware, for example, Microsoft host-based licenses for workloads on VMware Cloud on AWS.
When purchasing from VMware, you can choose how you want to pay for the service:
- VMware Purchasing Programs...
SDDC deployment
When preparing for the deployment of your first SDDC, you need to collect the configuration data in advance. The settings ideally should be captured at the design stage, as discussed in the previous chapter.
The following table depicts the configuration items you need to provide to successfully deploy your first SDDC:
|
Configuration section |
Configuration item |
Description |
|
SDDC (see Figure 12.3 for details) |
Name |
Free text field. You can change the name after the deployment as well. It is recommended to use the company naming convention. |
|
AWS Region |
AWS Region where your SDDC resides. The Region should fit your subscription, AWS VPC configuration, and AWS DX configuration (if in use). |
|
|
Deployment... |
|
Configuration section |
Configuration item |
Description |
|
Network configuration |
VPN |
Policy-based or route-based. See the networking section in Chapter2 for more details on VPNs |
|
AWS DX (see Figure 12.5) |
You can choose to use the AWS DX service to gain predictable latency and possibly higher throughout for your workload. You can leverage the following:
|
