AWS Storage Gateway - Additional Resources; Host Setup; Conﬁguring Vmware for Storage Gateway

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AWS Storage Gateway User Guide

Host Setup

Additional AWS Storage Gateway

Resources

In this section, you can ﬁnd information about AWS and third-party software, tools, and resources that

can help you set up or manage your gateway, and also about AWS Storage Gateway limits.

Topics

• Host Setup (p. 343)

• Volume Gateway (p. 354)

• Tape Gateway (p. 357)

• Getting an Activation Key for Your Gateway (p. 362)

• Connecting iSCSI Initiators (p. 364)

• Using AWS Direct Connect with AWS Storage Gateway (p. 386)

• Port Requirements (p. 386)

• Connecting to Your Gateway (p. 391)

• Understanding AWS Storage Gateway Resources and Resource IDs (p. 392)

• Tagging Storage Gateway Resources (p. 393)

• Working with Open-Source Components for AWS Storage Gateway (p. 395)

• AWS Storage Gateway Limits (p. 395)

• Using Storage Classes (p. 397)

Host Setup

Topics

• Conﬁguring VMware for Storage Gateway (p. 343)

• Synchronizing Your Gateway VM Time (p. 348)

• Deploying a Volume or Tape Gateway on an Amazon EC2 Host (p. 349)

• Deploying File Gateway on an Amazon EC2 Host (p. 351)

Conﬁguring VMware for Storage Gateway

When conﬁguring VMware for AWS Storage Gateway, make sure to synchronize your VM time with your

host time, conﬁgure VM to use paravirtualized disk controllers when provisioning storage and provide

protection from failures in the infrastructure layer supporting a gateway VM.

Topics

• Synchronizing VM Time with Host Time (p. 344)

• Conﬁguring the AWS Storage Gateway VM to Use Paravirtualized Disk Controllers (p. 346)

• Using AWS Storage Gateway with VMware High Availability (p. 347)

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