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VMware on AWS Updates - June 2023
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Recent updates from the last month related to VMware and AWS Services
A round-up of recent updates related to VMware and AWS Services.
VMware Cloud on AWS
- Elasticity Enhancements, available for all SDDCs
- Elasticity Tab in SDDC UI
- Custom Managed Elastic DRS Policies
- Release notes: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-on-AWS/services/rn/vmware-cloud-on-aws-release-notes/index.html#What's%20New%20May%2017,%202023
- More info: https://vmc.techzone.vmware.com/more-elasticity-options-vmware-cloud-aws
- Compliance
- PCI compliance support now available in all commercial regions
- Germany C5 certification
- More info: https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud/2023/05/03/whats-new-in-vmware-cloud-on-aws-may-2023/
- i4i continued rollout
- i4i now available in Bahrain, Cape Town, Milan, Mumbai, Osaka and Stockholm.
- Release notes: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-on-AWS/services/rn/vmware-cloud-on-aws-release-notes/index.html#What's%20New%20May%2026,%202023
- VMC Sizer v5.3.1
Other VMware services*
- VMware Site Recovery
- RPO of 1 minute
- Auto-scaling to add additional hosts for replication resources and load balancing of replicated VMs across hosts
- Availability in Bahrain
- New topologies supported: VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts to VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts, and VMware Cloud on AWS to VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts.
- Release notes: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Site-Recovery/services/rn/site-recovery-release-notes.html
- VMware Cloud Director service
- SDDC Association Flow Improvements - select target network for proxy appliance
- Access Configuration Improvements - restrict access to console based on source IP
- Additional email notification types added
- External forward proxy support
- Release notes: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Director-service/services/rn/vmware-cloud-director-service-release-notes/index.html
- VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
- New version, v6.4
- Support for NVMe disk controllers, paravirtual SCSI disk controllers.
- Support for VMware vCenter version 8.0 and VMware ESXi version 8.0.
- Conversion support for Amazon EC2 instances (from AWS EC2 to VMware Cloud on AWS)
- Additional hardware support and security enhancements.
- Release notes: https://docs.vmware.com/en/vCenter-Converter-Standalone/6.4/rn/vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone-64-release-notes/index.html
Blog Articles
- Simplifying operations for VMware workloads using AWS Backup and VMware Cloud on AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/simplifying-operations-for-vmware-workloads-using-aws-backup-and-vmware-cloud-on-aws/
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