I’m presenting at the London VMUG next week, the subject being AWS for VMware admins, with Alex Galbraith. We thought it would be useful to include a small section on VMware’s new partnership with AWS. However, details are kinda lite at the moment, so I’ve been scouring the web for info to use in our session.
- VMworld Europe Session – INF7849R – VMware Cloud on AWS – A Closer Look
- Head to http://webcastregister2016.com/vmware/index_us.php, register and then search for INF7849R
- AWS re:Invent 2016: VMware and AWS Together – VMware Cloud on AWS (ENT317)
On the video from re:Invent, jump to 48 minutes (https://youtu.be/_Rqv5Gg1VSk?t=48m11s), for a cool demo using Amazon Alexa. 🙂
A couple of other useful resources are;
- VMware Cloud on AWS Deeper Dive (Technical Preview)
- Frank Denneman’s Blog Posts
Apart from that there isn’t much else with any useful technical info. For a more broad intro, these links are useful. And also fascinating to see two huge traditional rivals on stage together!
- Pat Gelsinger and Andy Jassy Unveil VMware Cloud on AWS
- VMware Cloud on AWS at re:Invent 2016 Keynote
Still, there are lots of unknown such as price, how frequent are updates and can you postpone them, can you spread VMs across different AWS Availability Zones, is there support for stretched vSAN, support for SRM – to list a few! It will be exciting to watch as more details become available.
