To create a Virtual Private Cloud, follow these steps:
- sign in to the Control panel;
- in the left vertical VIRTUAL PRIVATE CLOUD menu, select Virtual Private Cloud > Management;
- in the Management section, click on CREATE NEW PRIVATE CLOUD;
- this will take you to the Create new Virtual Private Cloud procedure.
During the creation procedure, you will be required to enter the following details:
1 Create service
- Service data - enter the name by which the Virtual Private Cloud will be identified and the contact details of a technical contact. You can edit these later following the edit procedure;
- Service name
- Technical contact
2 Create new Virtual Data Center (VDC)
- Configure VDC
- VDC name - the name by which the Virtual Data Center will be identified;
- select one of the following configurations:
- Standard - start with a basic configuration and add resources and services to customize your VDC;
- Business Continuity - fully redundant computational resources (vCPU and RAM)operating synchronously across two or more data centers;
- Disaster Recovery - create a VDC as a Disaster Recovery environment with one of the following solutions:
- Best effort - 50% guaranteed vCPU and RAM usable only for 5 days per month;
- Guaranteed resources - 100% guaranteed vCPU and RAM always available;
- Resources - this area lists the computational resources (vCPU, RAM, storage) to associate with the service. You can edit them later using the edit procedure;
- Network resources - this area lists the network resources. Each Virtual Data Center is created with 5 VLANs and a shared public network with 4 public IPs and firewall protection.
- Additional VDC services
- Additional VDC services
- Standard Virtual Private Cloud and Virtual Private Cloud with Business Continuity - select the optional Veeam Cloud Bare Metal Backup service;
- Veeam Cloud Bare Metal Backup - allows image-based backups of your Private Cloud virtual machines, working closely with the VMware virtualization hypervisor, without requiring a connection agent installation on the VMs to be protected. You can choose the number of VMs to protect and the disk space with or without a second copy. For more information on the off-site second copy, consult the guide. Disk space (with or without a second copy) is available in 100 GB and 1,000 GB packages.
- Virtual Private Cloud for Disaster Recovery - select one of the available hypervisor-based data replication software to ensure Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR):
- Zerto Cloud DraaS - Using hypervisor-based data replication, you can reduce the complexity of Disaster Recovery and hardware costs while protecting mission-critical virtualized applications;
- VMware vCAV - Use Veeam Cloud Connect Replication only for replication from on-premises infrastructure (or Hosted Private Cloud) to the Virtual Private Cloud;
- Veeam Cloud Connect - A VM and vApp level Disaster Recovery solution, for replication from cloud environments or on-premises infrastructure to the Private Cloud.
3 Additional services for all VDCs
- Encryption
- Encryption at rest - a form of encryption that protects data when stored in storage systems;
- Resource monitoring
- vROPS monitoring - a comprehensive platform for monitoring, managing, and optimizing IT infrastructure through a single console;
- Container Service
- VMware Tanzu Basic - a complete platform for configuring and managing containers and microservices developed by VMware.