Integrate VMware vRealize Network Insight with VMware Cloud on AWS
Created by Deepak Kumar (AWS), Piotr Pitera (AWS), and Sachin Trivedi (AWS)
Environment: PoC or pilot | Source: VMware vRealize Network Insight | Target: VMware Cloud on AWS |
R Type: Relocate | Workload: All other workloads | Technologies: Hybrid cloud; Infrastructure; Migration |
AWS services: VMware Cloud on AWS |
Summary
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This pattern describes how to integrate VMware vRealize Network Insight with VMware Cloud on AWS and inspect traffic flow from your virtual machines. This integration also helps you plan application migrations to VMware Cloud on AWS.
vRealize Network Insight offers visibility into your network infrastructure. It provides network monitoring and analytics features to improve security, mitigate migration risks, and optimize performance. You can use this tool to monitor traffic flows from your virtual machines and view recommended security rules based on the observed traffic. For more information about vRealize Network Insight, see the VMware documentation
VMware Cloud on AWS is a pay-as-you-go (on-demand) service that enables enterprises of all sizes to run workloads across VMware vSphere-based cloud environments by using a wide range of AWS services. You can start with a minimum of 2 hosts per SDDC cluster and scale up to 16 hosts per cluster in your production environment. For more information, see the VMware Cloud on AWS
Prerequisites and limitations
Prerequisites
VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC, deployed
Limitations
For known limitations, see the VMware documentation
.
Product versions
vRealize Network Insight version 5.0.0
VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC version 1.24
Architecture
Source technology stack
vRealize Network Insight
Target technology stack
VMware Cloud on AWS
Target architecture
The following diagram shows the connectivity between VMware Cloud on AWS and vRealize Network Insight on premises.
Tools
VMware Cloud on AWS
is an integrated cloud offering jointly developed by AWS and VMware. VMware vRealize Network Insight
is a monitoring and analytics tool that provides visibility into the network infrastructure for security planning and troubleshooting.
Epics
| Task | Description | Skills required |
|---|---|---|
Create a VMware user account. | Create a VMware user account or log in to your existing VMware account. To open a new account:
| Cloud administrator |
Download the OVA files for vRealize Network Insight. | Download the OVA files for vRealize Network Insight:.
| Cloud administrator |
Deploy vRealize Network Insight. | For deployment instructions, see the VMware documentation | Cloud administrator |
| Task | Description | Skills required |
|---|---|---|
Add a data source. |
For more information, see the VMware documentation | Cloud administrator |
Set up a collector for the data source. | For instructions, see the VMware documentation | Cloud administrator |
| Task | Description | Skills required |
|---|---|---|
Create an application. | If you don't have an existing application in vRealize Network Insight, follow the steps in the VMware documentation | Cloud administrator |
Discover and analyze your application. |
| Cloud administrator |
Related resources
Deploy a VMware SDDC on AWS by using VMware Cloud on AWS (AWS Prescriptive Guidance)
Configure a data center extension to VMware Cloud on AWS using Hybrid Linked Mode (AWS Prescriptive Guidance)
Migrate VMware SDDC to VMware Cloud on AWS using VMware HCX (AWS Prescriptive Guidance)
VMware vRealize Network Insight documentation
(VMware website)
