AWS evs documentation change
Summary
Added connector type details and clarified consequences of connectivity loss
Security assessment
Changes document operational impacts of connector failures (license validation/entitlements) but don't address vulnerabilities or security features
Diff
diff --git a/evs/latest/userguide/concepts.md b/evs/latest/userguide/concepts.md index 14a1930e2..39abc4414 100644 --- a//evs/latest/userguide/concepts.md +++ b//evs/latest/userguide/concepts.md @@ -91 +91,14 @@ VMware NSX is a software-defined networking (SDN) platform that enables network -An Amazon EVS connector enables Amazon EVS to communicate with VMware Cloud Foundation management appliances, such as a vCenter Server appliance, in your environment. Each connector maps to a single management appliance, requiring the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) and credentials you store in an AWS Secrets Manager secret to authenticate with the appliance. Amazon EVS periodically performs reachability checks against the appliance through the connector. If the connector loses reachability, features that depend on the connector will be impacted. +An Amazon EVS connector enables Amazon EVS to communicate with a VMware Cloud Foundation management appliance in your environment. Each connector maps to a single management appliance, using the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) and credentials that you store in an AWS Secrets Manager secret to authenticate with the appliance. + +Amazon EVS supports the following connector types: + + * **Operations Manager** (`OPERATIONS_MANAGER`) — the management connector for VCF 9.0.x and 9.1.x. Amazon EVS uses it to verify that your environment has valid VCF entitlements. + + * **SDDC Manager** (`SDDC_MANAGER`) — the management connector for VCF 5.2.x. Amazon EVS uses it to validate host counts and license-key coverage. + + * **vCenter** (`VCENTER`) — used to monitor VM lifecycle events, such as for Windows Server license entitlements. For more information, see Windows Server License Entitlement for Amazon EVS. + + + + +Amazon EVS periodically performs reachability checks against each appliance through its connector. If a required management connector is not created, or loses reachability, Amazon EVS cannot validate your environment’s license and entitlement coverage, and reports impaired environment health through AWS Health notifications. If the vCenter connector loses reachability, Windows Server entitlements enter an at-risk state, and are dropped if reachability is not restored within the grace period.