Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS) has been a game-changer for businesses looking to migrate and run their VMware workloads seamlessly on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). With OCVS, enterprises can preserve existing VMware-based environments without the need to re-architect or refactor their applications. The ability to migrate, manage, and scale VMware workloads in the cloud empowers organizations with flexible, cost-effective, and scalable infrastructure.
To accelerate onboarding to OCVS and simplify VMware migrations, we are excited to announce the support for Oracle Cloud VMware Solution with OCI Landing Zone – providing simple, pre-configured Terraform-based automated provisioning and management of OCVS resources on OCI.
Overview of Oracle Cloud VMware Solution
OCVS enables businesses to run VMware workloads on Oracle Cloud while maintaining compatibility with their on-premises VMware environments. It integrates tightly with the native OCI services to provide enhanced performance, scalability, and security, facilitating seamless migration of your VMware workloads to the cloud.
For more information on OCVS, check out the Oracle OCVS Overview and Getting Started with OCVS.
What Are OCI Landing Zones?
OCI Landing Zones are well-architected, configurable Terraform automation templates designed to streamline the setup of cloud environments for various use cases. These Landing Zones are designed to help customers accelerate time-to-production on OCI, so that their environments are secure, compliant, resilient, and cost-effective.
All the templates in the OCI Landing Zones framework are free of charge and available on GitHub. Customers can select, configure, and deploy these landing zones using a variety of tools, including GitHub (for manual or CI/CD deployments), CLI (command-line interface), OCI Console, OCI Resource Manager and OCI Fleet Application Management services.
High-Level Architecture of OCVS Landing Zone Workload Template
OCI Landing Zones enable customers to automate and manage their cloud infrastructure, including networking, security, and governance. Customers who prefer Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for a more repeatable, flexible, automated provisioning process can bypass the OCVS wizard and use the new Terraform-based OCI Landing Zone OCVS workload template to provision OCVS resources- including SDDC, ESXi hosts, and VMware clusters.
The OCVS Module in OCI Landing Zone helps automate and abstract the provisioning of OCVS resources. The key resource in this module is the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC), which integrates directly with OCI to provision and manage VMware resources. This module simplifies the management of critical infrastructure components in a way that is extendable and supports a wide variety of configurations.
OCVS Module: Key Features and Flexibility
The OCVS Module streamlines the integration of VMware workloads within OCI. By simplifying the provisioning of SDDC and ESXi hosts, customers can add and manage VMware clusters, hosts, and storage resources in an automated and repeatable manner.
Enhanced Flexibility with NSG Rules Configuration:
- Create a new NSG preconfigured with default OCVS security rules.
- Use an existing NSG and automatically add only the required OCVS rules.
- Leverage an existing, prepopulated NSG by injecting the necessary OCVS-specific rules.
Generally, customers would utilize the OCI Wizard to provision OCVS resources and deploy the Landing Zone template and then use the OCVS Wizard to automate SDDC provisioning and configuration of the necessary VLANs, NSGs, and VMware clusters. Now with this template, customers can define and provision all OCVS resources in a fully automated and repeatable manner with the OCI Landing Zones OCVS Workload Template.
Key Steps:
- Define the SDDC and VMware cluster configuration in the Terraform code.
- Customize the networking and NSG rules to fit the specific needs of the organization.
- Use the Terraform OCVS module to automate the deployment of all required VMware components.
Conclusion
With OCI Landing Zone support for Oracle Cloud VMware Solution, customers gain the flexibility and scalability needed to efficiently provision and manage VMware workloads on Oracle Cloud. Whether you prefer a guided setup using the OCVS Wizard or a fully automated approach with Terraform, you can take full advantage of seamless integration between VMware and OCI to simplify your cloud migration journey. Features like customizable networking, streamlined NSG rule management, and HCX integration help support a smooth transition, while delivering the security and reliability of an enterprise-grade solution. With this powerful combination, businesses can confidently move VMware workloads to the cloud and accelerate their digital transformation on Oracle Cloud.
To get started today, simply provision your cloud tenancy to be securely, optimally configured using either the
OCI Core Landing Zone or Operating Entities Landing Zone, and then deploy the OCVS workload template.
For more information on Oracle Cloud VMware Solution, please check out our official OCVS documentation.