VMware on AWS Updates - June 2023

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
  • Release notes: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud/services/rn/vmware-cloud-sizer-release-notes/index.html#What's%20New-What's%20New%20April%2028,%202023

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/