Running VCF on Amazon Elastic VMware Service: Technical Deep Dive

As VMware administrators extend or migrate on‑premises environments to AWS, many are looking for a solution that preserves familiar VMware operations while gaining cloud agility. Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS), combined with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, enables customers to run self‑managed VMware Cloud Foundation on AWS, without re‑architecting applications or retraining teams.

This technical deep‑dive is designed for VMware practitioners who want to understand how EVS works in practice. We’ll walk through the EVS and FSx for ONTAP architecture, deployment and sizing considerations, and data protection options.

Throughout the session, we’ll reference how customers have:

• Migrated VMware environments from on‑premises to EVS with minimal operational change
• Used FSx for ONTAP snapshots, cloning, and replication as their primary protection strategy
• Scaled performance and resilience on demand for both server and desktop workloads
• Preserved existing VMware tools and processes for backup, DR, and monitoring

You’ll also see technical demos that show how EVS and FSx for ONTAP are provisioned and operated in AWS, highlighting what stays the same for and what’s different in the cloud.

What You’ll Learn

• What Amazon EVS is, why it was built, and who it’s designed for

• How FSx for NetApp ONTAP integrates with VMware in EVS

• Migration and sizing considerations based on real customer environments

• How ONTAP snapshots, replication, and storage efficiencies can be integrared

• How customers run both server and desktop workloads in EVS