Azure Vmware Solution

Azure VMware Solution Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure VMware Solution. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

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Category Index

| Category | Lines | Description |

|----------|-------|-------------|

| Troubleshooting | L37-L43 | Diagnosing and fixing AVS issues: known bugs/workarounds, DR problems for AV VMs, deployment failures, and Run Command errors/logs. |

| Best Practices | L44-L50 | Guidance on securing and safely operating AVS private clouds, plus tuning NSX/HCX scale and performance for efficient, reliable VMware workload migrations. |

| Decision Making | L51-L64 | Guidance for choosing AVS architectures: API SKUs, backup and storage options, migration and cross-region moves, SQL/Windows licensing, and reserved instance purchasing decisions. |

| Architecture & Design Patterns | L65-L77 | Network, storage, and private cloud design for AVS: hub-spoke patterns, vSAN/stretched clusters, Horizon and GitHub Enterprise sizing, Cloud Director networking, and Gen 2 architecture. |

| Limits & Quotas | L78-L89 | Host, cluster, and routing limits for AVS; vSAN ESA settings; required ports; and how to request quota, deploy, and scale private clouds within platform constraints |

| Security | L90-L106 | Securing AVS: identity/access control, Defender for Cloud, vSAN CMK encryption, LDAP/vCenter identity, Trusted Launch/vTPM, NSX Edge internet, ESU, app protection, credential rotation, and best practices. |

| Configuration | L107-L142 | Configuring AVS infrastructure: networking, DNS/DHCP, storage/datastores, backup, monitoring/metrics, Arc/Run Command, HCX, Cloud Director, and high availability/placement settings. |

| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L143-L156 | Patterns and step-by-step guides for integrating AVS with storage, networking, monitoring, backup, syslog, and VMware tools using Azure services and automation. |

| Deployment | L157-L167 | Guides for planning and deploying AVS for production, including Horizon/Citrix VDI, JetStream DR, VMware Cloud Director, and migrating SQL (Always On, FCI, standalone) to Azure VMware Solution. |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Resolve disaster recovery issues for Azure VMware VMs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/ecosystem-disaster-recovery-vms |

| Troubleshoot Azure VMware Solution deployment failures | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/fix-deployment-failures |

| Troubleshoot Azure VMware Solution Run Commands | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/troubleshoot-run-command |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Optimize NSX performance for HCX migrations in Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/azure-vmware-solution-nsx-scale-and-performance-recommendations-for-vmware-hcx |

| Maintain Azure VMware Solution private clouds safely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/azure-vmware-solution-private-cloud-maintenance |

| Optimize NSX scale and performance for HCX migrations in Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/vmware-hcx-mon-guidance |

Decision Making

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Choose API Management SKUs for Azure VMware workloads | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-identity |

| Select backup solutions for Azure VMware Solution VMs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/ecosystem-back-up-vms |

| Choose external storage options for Azure VMware | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/ecosystem-external-storage-solutions |

| Evaluate migration solutions for AVS virtual machines | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/ecosystem-migration-vms |

| Decide and configure Elastic SAN datastores on AVS Gen 2 | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/elastic-san-datastore-support-service-endpoints |

| Use Azure VMware Solution: FAQs and guidance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/faq |

| Choose and Apply Licensing for SQL and Windows on AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/license-sql-windows-in-avs |

| Plan and execute workload migration between AVS private clouds | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/migrate-between-private-clouds |

| Plan and migrate Azure VMware Solution across regions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/move-azure-vmware-solution-across-regions |

| Decide and purchase Azure VMware reserved instances | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/reserved-instance |

Architecture & Design Patterns

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Integrate Azure VMware Solution into hub-spoke networks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-api-management |

| Apply network design patterns for Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-design-public-internet-access |

| Design hub-and-spoke integration for Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-hub-and-spoke |

| Plan storage architecture for Azure VMware Solution private clouds | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-networking |

| Design Azure VMware Solution vSAN stretched clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-private-clouds |

| Design storage architecture for Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-storage |

| Size and configure GitHub Enterprise Server on AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-github-enterprise-server |

| Design networking for VMware Cloud Director on AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-vmware-vcd-with-azure-network |

| Design Azure VMware Solution Gen 2 private clouds | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-network-design-consideration |

Limits & Quotas

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Use Azure VMware Solution network planning checklist and port requirements | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-site-to-site-vpn-gateway |

| Configure vSAN ESA host and cluster settings in AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-vsan-esa |

| Understand Azure VMware Solution host and cluster limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/introduction |

| Understand AVS Gen 2 routing architecture and limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-network-routing-architecture |

| Request and manage Azure VMware host quota | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/request-host-quota-azure-vmware-solution |

| Deploy Azure VMware Solution private cloud with host limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/tutorial-create-private-cloud |

| Deploy an Azure VMware Solution private cloud with host and cluster limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/tutorial-network-checklist |

| Scale Azure VMware Solution private cloud within platform limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/tutorial-scale-private-cloud |

Security

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Configure identity and access for Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-stretched-clusters |

| Integrate Microsoft Defender for Cloud with Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/azure-security-integration |

| Configure customer-managed key encryption for AVS vSAN | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-customer-managed-keys |

| Configure external LDAP identity source for NSX on AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-external-identity-source-nsx-t |

| Configure external identity sources for Azure VMware vCenter | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-identity-source-vcenter |

| Configure Trusted Launch and vTPM for Azure VMware VMs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-virtual-trusted-platform-module |

| Enable NSX Edge public IPs and internet access in AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-public-ip-nsx-edge |

| Configure Extended Security Updates in Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/extended-security-updates-windows-sql-server |

| Re-enable Azure VMware Solution Gen2 service principal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-first-party-principle-security |

| Manually configure AVS Gen 2 role assignments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-role-assignment |

| Protect AVS web apps with Azure Application Gateway | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/protect-azure-vmware-solution-with-application-gateway |

| Rotate vCenter and NSX cloud admin credentials securely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/rotate-cloudadmin-credentials |

| Apply security best practices to Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/security-recommendations |

Configuration

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Configure guest management and extensions on Arc-enabled VMs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/arc-enable-guest-management |

| Enable and configure Managed SNAT for Azure VMware workloads | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-migrate |

| Configure networking and interconnectivity for Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/architecture-network-design-considerations |

| Configure Azure NetApp Files NFS datastores for AVS hosts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/attach-azure-netapp-files-to-azure-vmware-solution-hosts |

| Configure Cloud Backup policies for AVS datastores and VMs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/backup-azure-netapp-files-datastores-vms |

| Back up AVS VMware virtual machines with Azure Backup Server | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/backup-azure-vmware-solution-virtual-machines |

| Configure alerts and metrics monitoring for Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-alerts-for-azure-vmware-solution |

| Create Azure Monitor resource health alerts for AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-azure-monitor-for-resource-health-for-azure-vmware-solution |

| Configure Azure VMware Solution performance and health metrics | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-azure-vmware-solution-metrics |

| Manage AVS datastores and VMDKs with Cloud Backup | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-cloud-backup-virtual-machine |

| Configure DHCP options for Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-dhcp-azure-vmware-solution |

| Configure HCX network extension high availability for AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-hcx-network-extension-high-availability |

| Configure DNS forwarders and private DNS for Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-l2-stretched-vmware-hcx-networks |

| Set up port mirroring for Azure VMware Solution network traffic | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-nsx-network-components-azure-portal |

| Configure Pure Cloud Block Store with Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-pure-cloud-block-store |

| Configure vSAN storage policies for AVS virtual machines | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-storage-policy |

| Configure VMware Cloud Director Service on Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-vmware-cloud-director-service-azure-vmware-solution |

| Configure diagnostic settings to collect VMware syslogs from AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-vmware-syslogs |

| Configure VMware vSAN settings in Azure VMware Solution clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-vsan |

| Configure Windows Server Failover Cluster on Azure VMware vSAN | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-windows-server-failover-cluster |

| Configure VM placement policies in Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/create-placement-policy |

| Configure VMware Cloud Director Availability on Azure VMware | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/deploy-vmware-cloud-director-availability-in-azure-vmware-solution |

| Configure Managed SNAT for Azure VMware workloads | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-managed-snat-for-workloads |

| Configure Azure Hybrid Benefit Unlimited Virtualization for SQL on AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-sql-azure-hybrid-benefit |

| Enable VMware Cloud Director on Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-vmware-vcd-with-azure |

| Manage Arc resource bridge and credentials for Azure VMware | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/manage-arc-enabled-azure-vmware-solution |

| Configure automatic peering sync for AVS Gen 2 networks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-auto-peering-sync |

| Configure networking between Azure VMware Gen1 and Gen2 clouds | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-connect-private-cloud-previous-edition |

| Configure DNS forward lookup zones for Azure VMware Gen2 | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/native-dns-forward-lookup-zone |

| Execute VMware HCX Run Commands in AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/use-hcx-run-commands |

| Configure vCenter login banner via AVS Run Command | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/use-vcenter-login-banner-run-command |

| Configure VMware Aria Operations for Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/vrealize-operations-for-azure-vmware-solution |

Integrations & Coding Patterns

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Configure Azure Elastic SAN as AVS iSCSI datastore | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-azure-elastic-san |

| Integrate Azure Native Pure Storage Cloud with AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-azure-native-pure-storage-cloud |

| Configure site-to-site VPN with Azure Virtual WAN for Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/configure-port-mirroring-azure-vmware-solution |

| Enable HCX internet access for Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-hcx-access-over-internet |

| Install Cloud Backup plug-in for Azure VMware VMs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/install-cloud-backup-virtual-machines |

| Integrate Azure Native Monitoring and Protection with AVS VMs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/integrate-azure-native-services |

| Send AVS VMware syslogs via Azure Logic Apps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/logs-via-logic-app |

| Use Azure NetApp Files shares with AVS virtual machines | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/netapp-files-with-azure-vmware-solution |

| Collect esxtop performance data with AVS Run Command | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/run-command-esxtop |

| Configure Set-ToolsRepo run command for VMware Tools in AVS | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/use-set-toolsrepo-run-command |

Deployment

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Deploy Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/azure-vmware-solution-citrix |

| Deploy VMware Horizon on Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/azure-vmware-solution-horizon |

| Deploy JetStream DR for Azure VMware Solution and on-premises workloads | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/deploy-disaster-recovery-using-jetstream |

| Enable VMware Cloud Director service with Azure VMware Solution | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/enable-vmware-cds-with-azure |

| Migrate SQL Always On groups to Azure VMware | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/migrate-sql-server-always-on-availability-group |

| Migrate SQL Server failover cluster to Azure VMware | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/migrate-sql-server-failover-cluster |

| Migrate standalone SQL Server to Azure VMware | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/migrate-sql-server-standalone-cluster |

| Plan production-ready Azure VMware Solution deployment | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-vmware/plan-private-cloud-deployment |