Azure VMware Solution Gen 1

Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure

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Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure
Overview
White Paper | Everpure Cloud Dedicated on Azure
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Architecture and Core Components for Azure
Use Cases
Production
Dev/Test
Replication
VMware Environments
Oracle, SAP HANA, SQL Server and Other Database Environments
Non-Disruptive Upgrades (NDU)
Procurement and Deployment
Azure Regions Support
What's New with Everpure Cloud Dedicated
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes 6.10.x
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.10.6
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.10.5
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.10.3
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.10.2
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.10.1
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.10.0
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes 6.8.x
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.8.9
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.8.7
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.8.6
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.8.5
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.8.4
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.8.3
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.8.2
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.8.1
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Release Notes v6.8.0
Supported Capabilities and Features
General Features and Capabilities
Replication Features and Capabilities
Cyber Resiliency Support Matrix
Design
Understanding Everpure Cloud Dedicated Licensing
Evergreen//One and Everpure Cloud Dedicated Array capacity
Testing/Evaluation Deployment
Production Deployment
How to purchase a license
Retrieving/Activating a Everpure Cloud Dedicated License
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Architecture and Underlying Resources
Design Decisions for Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure
Architecture and Components
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Models and Capacity Points
Model: V10MU-R1
Model: V20MU-R1
Model: V10MP2-R2
Model: V20MP2-R2
Model: V50MP2-R2
Using Azure Tags with Everpure Cloud Dedicated
Deployment & Onboarding
Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure Deployment Prerequisites
Check Azure Resources/Quotas
Everpure™ Cloud Dedicated Licensing Overview
Everpure Cloud Dedicated No License Mode
Introduction
How to Deploy "No License" Mode?
How to Check the Expiration Time?
What to Do When the License Expires?
Azure Security Requirements
Azure Security Requirements - User Managed Identity
Azure Just-in-Time feature
Azure Networking Requirements
Azure Networking Requirements - Outbound Internet Connectivity
Azure Networking Requirements - Service Endpoints
Azure Networking Requirements - Network Security Groups (NSGs)
Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure - DNS Management
Custom NTP Servers
Reserved Instances (Strongly Recommended)
Understanding and Mapping Logical to Physical Availability Zones in Azure
Deploy using Azure Portal
Deploy using Azure Bicep
Introduction
Usage
Configure machine or use container image
Module #01 - Prerequisites for the Deployment
Module #02 - Managed App Deployment
Module #03 - Test VM Deployment
Module #04 - Deploy a E2E DEMO of Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure
Troubleshooting
Removing deployed resources
Deploy using Terraform
Introduction
Requirements
Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure - Prerequisites
Terraform Prerequisites
Deployment
Troubleshoot
Deploy using Azure CLI
Before You Begin (Deployment Checklist)
Upload Everpure Cloud Dedicated Template and Parameter Files to Azure CLI
Option 1: Copy/Paste Contents into Azure CLI
Option 2: Use the Upload Function in the Azure Portal
Deploying Everpure Cloud Dedicated via Azure CLI
Appendix A
Template and Parameter Files
Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure Deployment Prerequisites
Logging into Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure via GUI
Logging into Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure via CLI
Host and Volume Creation in Everpure Cloud Dedicated
Connecting Volumes to Hosts in Everpure Cloud Dedicated
Connect hosts via iSCSI
Overview
Configure Azure VM hosts using Azure Mount VM Extension
Windows Host Setup and Management via iSCSI
Setting up multipathing with Microsoft MPIO
Linux Host Setup and Management via iSCSI
Connect hosts via NVMe-TCP
Overview
Everpure Cloud Dedicated NVMe-TCP Configuration
Linux Hosts Configuration
Troubleshooting
Use Azure Locks
Management
Viewing Everpure Cloud Dedicated Deployment in the Azure Portal
Viewing the Everpure Cloud Dedicated IP Addresses in the Azure Portal
Logging into Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure via GUI
Logging into Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure via CLI
Host and Volume Creation in Everpure Cloud Dedicated
Connecting Volumes to Hosts in Everpure Cloud Dedicated
Connect hosts via iSCSI
Overview
Configure Azure VM hosts using Azure Mount VM Extension
Windows Host Setup and Management via iSCSI
Setting up multipathing with Microsoft MPIO
Linux Host Setup and Management via iSCSI
Connect hosts via NVMe-TCP
Overview
Everpure Cloud Dedicated NVMe-TCP Configuration
Linux Hosts Configuration
Troubleshooting
Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure Customer-Driven Purity Upgrades
Customer-Driven Purity Upgrade Prerequisites for Everpure Cloud Dedicated
Upgrading Everpure Cloud Dedicated via the Purity CLI
Appendix A: Use the Avere Contributor Built-In Role for Required Customer-Driven Upgrade Permissions
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Customer-Driven Capacity Upgrades
Introduction
Capacity Point
Capacity Points for V10 SKU
Capacity Points for V20 SKU
Capacity Points for V50 SKU
Limitations
Quota
Check Azure Managed Disk Quota
Request Azure Managed Disk Quota
Duration
Check Health Status
Using the GUI to Check Health Status
Using the CLI to Check Health Status
Check Array Usable Space
Perform Capacity Upgrade
Troubleshooting
Non-Disruptive Controller Scaling
Non-Disruptive Controller Scaling Procedure
Non-Disruptive Controller Scaling Troubleshooting
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Automatic Capacity Upgrade
Configure Automatic Capacity Upgrade using the GUI
Configure Automatic Capacity Upgrade using the CLI
Downgrading to a lower SKU and/or Capacity Point
Removing Everpure Cloud Dedicated Instance
Troubleshooting
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Health Status Board
🔒 Unauthorized
Alert 10203 - Cloud Provider Maintenance Window
Troubleshoot Host VM Configuration with Everpure Cloud VM Extension
How-Tos Knowledge Base
Best Practices for Microsoft SQL Server on Azure with Everpure Cloud Dedicated
Azure Virtual Machine Recommended Best Practices for SQL Server with Everpure Cloud Dedicated
Azure Networking Recommended Best Practices
Azure VM Recommended Best Practices
SQL Server Recommended Best Practices
SQL Server AG Resiliency on AVS with Everpure Cloud Dedicated
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Azure Costing
How to Estimate Azure Costs
Models MP2-R2
Models MU-R1
How to Analyze and Manage Azure Costs
Azure Savings Plans vs Reservations vs Capacity Reservations
Everpure Cloud Dedicated VMware VM Migration
Abstract Everpure Cloud Dedicated VMware VM Migration
Architecture
Prerequisites
Prepare Azure Migrate
Step 1: Verify Azure account permissions
Step 2: Create a new Azure Migrate project
Step 3: Deploy Azure Migrate appliance
Step 4: Configure Azure Migrate appliance
Step 5: Discovery VMware VMs
Step 6: (Optional) Create Azure VM assessments
Step 7: Prepare source VM before migration
Migrate: Azure Migrate
Migrate: Pure Store Cloud Dedicated
Step 1: Connect and configure replication from on-premises FlashArray
Step 2: Connect and configure Azure VM with Everpure Cloud Dedicated
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Cross-Region Azure VM Disaster Recovery with Azure Site Recovery (ASR)
Introduction
Solution Design
Prerequisites and Basic Setup
Importance Consideration and Limitations
Solution Walkthrough
Setup Automation Account: Runbooks and Hybrid Worker
Setup ASR Replication
Setup Everpure Cloud Dedicated Replication
Run Failover and Re-protect
Run Failback
Everpure Cloud Dedicated VMware Replication to Azure using Azure Site Recovery (ASR)
Abstract Everpure Cloud Dedicated VMware Replication to Azure Using Azure Site Recovery (ASR)
Introduction
Prerequisites
Prepare Azure
Verify Azure account permissions
Create an Azure Storage account
Create an Azure Recovery Service vault
Create an Azure VNet and Subnet
Configuring VMware
Deploy and configure ASR configuration server
Prepare the Source VM
Configuring Azure
Configuring Everpure Cloud Dedicated
Connect and configure replication from on-premises FlashArray
Connect and configure Azure VM with Everpure Cloud Dedicated
Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure Replication User Guide
Replication Features
Replication Topology
Replication Interoperability
Replication Features and Capabilities
Networking Configuration
VNet Peering
Site-to-Site VPN
Purity Configuration
Solutions
🔒 Unauthorized
Prerequisites
Installation and configuration steps
Verify PX-CSI installation on ARO cluster
Appendix
Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure VMware Solution
Everpure Cloud Dedicated and Azure VMware Solution Implementation Guide
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Joint Regional Support Matrix with Azure VMware Solution
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Plan and Deploy with Azure VMware Solution
Azure VMware Solution Gen 1
Step 1: Azure VMware Solution Prerequisites
Step 2: Azure VMware Solution Deployment
Step 3: Azure VMware Solution External Storage Network Enablement
Step 4: Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure Deployment
Azure VMware Solution Gen 2
Step 1: Azure VMware Solution Prerequisites
Step 2: Azure VMware Solution Deployment
Step 3: Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure Deployment
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Configure and Connect with Azure VMware Solution
Azure VMware Solution Gen 1
Deploying an Azure Ultra/ErGw3AZ SKU Virtual Network Gateway
Connecting Azure VMware Solution to Everpure Cloud Dedicated
AVS Gen 2
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Provision and Manage with Azure VMware Solution
Deploy Everpure OVA
Deploy Azure VM or AVS VM
Everpure Cloud Dedicated Storage Management with Azure VMware Solution
Connect to a Pure Store Cloud Dedicated Instance from Everpure Cloud Manager or Azure VM
Initializing AVS and Everpure Cloud Dedicated Connectivity
Create a New VMFS Volume
Restore a VMFS Volume
Resize a VMFS Volume
Remove a VMFS Volume
Deploying the Everpure VM Analytics Collector
Everpure Cloud Dedicated for Azure VMware Solution How-To Articles
How to Upgrade AVS Host and Capacity Monitor Functions
Updating the AVS and Everpure Cloud Dedicated PowerShell Modules
Automating ESXi Host Lifecycle Management
Connecting RDM volume to Azure VMware Solution VM
Automating Capacity Upgrades for Everpure Cloud Dedicated
Reference Commands for Automating Everpure Cloud Dedicated Capacity Upgrades
Everpure Cloud Dedicated ActiveDR Guide with Azure VMware Solution
Scenarios
Configuration
Test Failover: Promoting and Restoring a Target Pod
Cleanup Test Failover: Demoting and Removing a Target Pod
Failover: Promoting a Target Pod after Source Pod Demotion
Re-Protect: Re-Promoting a Source Pod after Target Pod Demotion
Appendix
Promote an ActiveDR Pod with AVS
Everpure Cloud Dedicated GUI
PowerShell SDK2
Restore a Promoted ActiveDR Pod with AVS
Remove a Restored ActiveDR Pod with AVS
Demote an ActiveDR Pod with AVS
Everpure Cloud Dedicated GUI
PowerShell SDK2
Common Issues and Fixes
Migrate an Azure Virtual Network Gateway to new SKU
Azure VMware Solution and Everpure Cloud Dedicated Video Demos
Everpure Cloud Dedicated with Azure VMware Solution Troubleshooting
EC Dedicated for Azure VMware Solution - who to contact for support
VMware Cloud Manager OVA Troubleshooting
Problem
Impact
Solution
Azure Run Command Troubleshooting
General Run Command Troubleshooting
Everpure Cloud Dedicated with AVS - Temporary Issue with AVS Run Command
VMFS Datastore Inaccessible to AVS Host or Cluster Troubleshooting
Impact
Solution
iSCSI Multipathing Troubleshooting
Virtual Machine Performance Issues Troubleshooting
Impact
Solution
VMFS and Everpure Cloud Dedicated Capacity Issues Troubleshooting
VMkernel adapters vmk5 and vmk6 are not ready for host

Use the following steps in this section to deploy and configure AVS Gen 1 Private Cloud.

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