Logical Design for Cross Cloud Mobility for VMware Cloud Foundation

The logical design provides a high-level overview of the Cross Cloud Mobility for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution.

The Cross Cloud Mobility for VMware Cloud Foundation validated solution utilizes the VMware HCX service from VMware to move business workloads to a VMware Cloud on AWS instance. The VMware HCX service is utilized to extend on-premises networks to the VMware Cloud on AWS instance.

To provide capabilities for business workload mobility, this validated solution defines the following logical configuration of the SDDC management components.

Management Component	Logical Configuration for Workload Mobility
VMware Cloud Foundation (On-premises private cloud)	vCenter Server Cluster and ESXi hosts
VMware Cloud on AWS (public cloud)	vCenter Server Cluster and ESXi hosts
VMware HCX	VMware Cloud Foundation instance: HCX Connector
	VMware Cloud on AWS instance: HCX Manager

Figure 1. Logical Design of Cross Cloud Mobility for VMware Cloud Foundation

Table 1. Cross Cloud Mobility Logical Components

Single VMware Cloud Foundation Instance with a Single Availability Zone	Single VMware Cloud Foundation Instance with Multiple Availability Zones	Multiple VMware Cloud Foundation Instances
An HCX Connector appliance is deployed on the management VLAN in the management domain.	An HCX Connector appliance is deployed on the management VLAN in the management domain. A vSphere Distributed Resource Scheduler VM/Host rule ensures that the HCX Connector appliance is running on an ESXi host group in the first availability zone of the management domain.	An HCX Connector appliance is deployed on the management VLAN in the management domain in each instance.