NetApp BlueXP Disaster Recovery is a simple as-a-service approach to protect your VMware virtual machines backed by ONTAP storage on-premises with VMware Cloud (VMC) backed by ONTAP storage in the public cloud (i.e. AWS FSx for ONTAP). This technical guide will walk you through the entire protection setup process, showcase how you manage your environment inside BlueXP once set, and then highlight the ease of failover from VMware OnPrem to VMC in AWS.

VMware's 2023 Explore Conference provided some exciting announcements about new product offerings and features. This year's live event in Las Vegas featured more than 600 keynote and breakout sessions, hands-on-labs, as well as a large expo showcasing VMware ecosystem partners.

At VMware Explore 2022, NetApp, VMware and AWS announced the general availability of AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP (FSxN) as a supplemental primary datastore for VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC on AWS). Learn more about this solution and its benefits.