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The first step in data centre modernisation is rehosting your traditional applications. By removing the burden of having to maintain your own data centre, you and your team can start to focus on more strategic projects. And for applications where VMware is a critical component, UKCloud offers a secure, government-grade platform for you to transition to the cloud.

With UKCloud for VMware you can take the first steps on your data centre modernisation and digital transformation journeys. With the right digital foundations, you can harness the latest innovative technologies to deliver improved outcomes with the added benefit and assurance of it running on a secure and sovereign cloud.

Let's get started! For a general product overview, see the Service Definition. If you need more in-depth product details, see the Service Scope.

The Getting Started Guide provides an overview of the functionality available with UKCloud for VMware and introduces some of the key concepts and tasks, including accessing and setting up your environment. How to build a virtual machine guides you through the steps to create your first internet-connected virtual machine.

Key topics Once you understand the basics of UKCloud for VMware, take a look at the articles listed below to get an idea of what else you can do.

Working with vApps and virtual machines

Working with networks

Working with edge gateways

Create a vApp

Create a virtual machine from a template

Create a virtual machine from scratch

View and update virtual machine settings

Use affinity and anti‑affinity rules

VMware Tools installation

Understanding connectivity options

Create a routed network

Create an isolated network

Create a vApp network

Configure a Distributed Firewall

Configure a Distributed Logical Router

Configure an L2 VPN

Build an edge gateway using the UKCloud Portal

Find your allocated IP addresses

Create firewall rules

Create NAT rules

Create a DHCP pool

Create a static route

Configure a load balancer

Configure IPsec VPN

Working with catalogs

Backup and protection

Security

Create a catalog

Upload ISO or FLP media

Sharing catalogs FAQs

Manage Snapshot Protection for your VMs

Getting Started Guide for Journaling Protection

Access the Zerto Self-Service Portal

Create a virtual protection group

Perform a failover

Manage VMware Cloud Director permissions

Securely manage permissions for a specific vApp

Install and configure OpenVPN

Managing your environment

Monitoring your environment

Automation

View your VMs in the UKCloud Portal

Locate your VDC on the UKCloud platform

Use the VMware OVF Tool

Migrate vApps between virtual data centres

View storage profile usage

Retrieve utilisation metrics for your VMs

Access syslog data for your edge gateway

Enable advanced monitoring (vROps)

Access advanced monitoring (vROps)

Refresh the vROps Tenant appliance

Access VMware Cloud Director through the Cloud Director API

Change IPsec VPN settings via the Cloud Director API

Interact with the Cloud Director API using PowerShell and Python

Manipulate power states with PowerCLI

Export edge gateway configuration data using PowerShell

Want to know more? Find answers to common questions in our UKCloud for VMware FAQ. Use the table of contents on the left to browse all UKCloud for VMware articles or use the search box at the top to search the whole Knowledge Centre.

For more information about UKCloud and how we work, browse our website.

See it in action Creating a virtual data centre

VMware Distributed Firewall

Benefits of VMware L2 VPN

How to buy The UKCloud Pricing Guide lists all our product pricing. For examples of how pricing works for UKCloud for VMware, take a look at our Pricing information article.

To buy UKCloud for VMware:

If you're already a UKCloud customer

Raise a Service Request, contact your Service Delivery Manager or email [email protected]

If you're a new UKCloud customer

Additional options To get the most out of our platform, see below for some additional options and products you might want to consider using with UKCloud for VMware (additional charges apply).

Product options

Complementary products

VM types. Tailor the compute characteristics of the VM to support the requirements of your workload.

Advanced management. Add distributed networking and advanced monitoring options (vROps).

Snapshot Protection. A cost effective daily backup service.

Journaling Protection. Recovery solution for essential production workloads.

Tier 1 storage. Improved performance for workloads requiring higher disk throughput and IOPS.

Security domains. Isolate workloads depending on the data sensitivity level.

Managed IT Operations. Reduce the amount of time spent on managing your IT infrastructure.

Security Operations Service. People, processes and tooling to assist with cyber monitoring capabilities.

Professional Services. Help with solution design and digitisation projects.

Cross Domain Security Zone. Enable data communication between assured and elevated security domains.

Private Cloud or Dedicated Compute. For workloads that require custom configurations, such as large instances, or complex licensing requirements.

Cloud Storage. Cost effective unstructured object storage for data archive.

If you want to find out more about any of these options or products, contact your Service Delivery Manager or email [email protected]

Why UKCloud? The right cloud for every platform. Modernise legacy workloads across the board by rehosting traditional systems with UKCloud for VMware or exploring new and emerging technologies with OpenShift. We can help you build a cloud specific to your needs.

An award-winning customer experience. The customer sits at the heart of everything we do. Whether that's through our 24/7 support function – a service we provide at no extra charge – or by giving every single one of our customers a dedicated Service Delivery Manager.

Dedicated to the public sector. From our unique assurance and connectivity options to the people we employ – everything we do comes back to our mission to help public sector organisations deliver better digital services at a lower cost.

Uncompromising security and integrity. Our UK-based data centres help protect your organisation from regulations such as GDPR, whilst our unique assurance and connectivity options enable you to move your most secure and sensitive systems to the cloud.

Champions of innovation. We've partnered with over 300 specialist organisations who have built their pioneering digital services on top of our government-grade infrastructure. From AI to RPA, our partner ecosystem has you covered.

Committed to doing the right thing. From paying our taxes to undergraduate and apprentice programmes. From Carbon Neutral solutions to charity work. Everything we do can be traced back to our commitment to doing the right thing.

Get in touch We want to know what you think. If you have an idea for how we could improve any of our services, send an email to [email protected].