Application integration with native AWS services
AWS and VMware have verified a limited number of AWS services capable of integration with workloads running on VMware Cloud on AWS. By incorporating these services as part of their migration and modernization approach, organizations can reduce operational overhead, lower the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and improve the agility and scalability of their workloads
The following diagram illustrates the VMware Cloud on AWS managed service leveraging native AWS services:
Figure 8.1 – Native AWS services integration with VMware Cloud on AWS
This chapter covers network connectivity between native AWS services and VMware workloads. Once the network connectivity is established, we will explore standard native AWS service integrations, including offloading storage to secondary storage in the AWS cloud, protecting Virtual Machine (VM) workloads using AWS networking services, and leveraging AWS databases...