Let’s Talk VVD BY Joseph Klimczak

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What is the VVD AKA The Validated Design Architectures and designs created and validated by VMware experts Encompass the entire set of VMware software-defined data center (SDDC) products Standardized and streamlined design SDDC Clouds

Why would I want to go VVD Continuously Validated Every new build of any component of the design drops into an automated deployment of the design – so that nothing breaks! vSphere 6.5 Update 1 vSAN 6.6.1* NSX for vSphere 6.3.3 vRealize Operations 6.6.1 vRealize Log Insight 4.5 vRealize Automation 7.3 vRealize Business for Cloud 7.3 Site Recovery Manager 6.5.1* Interoperability Created by a team of VMware experts. Continuously improved based on feedback from real deployments vSphere 6.5a vSAN 6.5* NSX 6.3 vRealize Operations 6.4 vRealize Log Insight 4.0 vRealize Automation 7.2 vRealize Business for Cloud 7.2 Site Recovery Manager 6.5* *optional

Plan Plan Plan The VVD will do a lot for you from give you a standard design that works. The work book will bring up a lot of questions so bring everyone in AD Team Network Team System Team NOC Any one else BGP or Not to BGP We had a hard time with this as Network team was not doing BGP Self Sign Certs vs Cert Provider Vs Certificate server

IS VVD Right for me Not able to stand-up new infrastructure and applications quickly enough Need for Faster deployment of your data center: Current IT organizations operate in silos. IT services and processes are still grounded in IT

THE LINKS https://www.vmware.com/solutions/software-defined-datacenter/validated-designs.html https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vmware-validated-design-pubs.html Code Channel #VVD

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