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title: Architecture pattern for deploying HPE Zerto Software on VMware Cloud Foundation consolidated architecture
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# Architecture pattern for deploying HPE Zerto Software on VMware Cloud Foundation consolidated architecture
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As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
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This architecture pattern explains how to deploy HPE Zerto Software on VMware Cloud Foundation for VPC consolidated architecture deployment in IBM Cloud VPC. With HPE Zerto Software, you can increase the resiliency of your VMware Cloud Foundation instance and the workloads through a continuous data protection-based disaster recovery and data protection solution.

An overview of this architecture pattern is shown in the following diagram.

![HPE Zerto Software on VMware Cloud Foundation consolidated architecture](../../images/vcf-arch-zerto-cons.svg "Zerto on VMware Cloud Foundation consolidated architecture."){: caption="Zerto on VMware Cloud Foundation consolidated architecture" caption-side="bottom"}

To obtain the image to install the required software in this architecture pattern, raise an IBM Cloud Support ticket to IBM Cloud® for VMware Solutions.
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## Deploying HPE Zerto Software on VMware Cloud Foundation consolidated architecture deployment
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The following diagram introduces the high-level steps to deploy HPE Zerto Software on a VMware Cloud Foundation consolidated architecture. In this architecture pattern, HPE Zerto Software appliances are deployed into the management domain as virtual machines (VMs).

![Deploying HPE Zerto Software on VMware Cloud Foundation consolidated architecture](../../images/vcf-arch-zerto-cons-steps.svg "Deploying Zerto on VMware Cloud Foundation consolidated architecture."){: caption="Deploying Zerto on VMware Cloud Foundation consolidated architecture" caption-side="bottom"}

This architecture pattern deployment is summarized as follows:

1. Create a bare metal server VLAN interface into management subnet for Zerto ZVM. Attach to equivalent management security groups. Add required DNS A and PTR records to the DNS service according to the HPE Zerto Software documentation and your solution requirements.
1. Deploy Zerto ZVM into VMware® VM and attach it to the management DPG by using the provisioned IP address. Plan and size your deployment. Obtain a license through the [VMware Solutions console](https://cloud.ibm.com/infrastructure/vmware-solutions/console/instances/licenses).
1. Create the required number of bare metal server VLAN interfaces with reserved IP addresses by using consecutive IP range into management subnet for Zerto VRAs. Attach to equivalent management security groups in Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).
1. Configure Zerto ZVM and deploy VRAs by using the IP addresses attached to the VLAN interfaces.

## Considerations for deploying HPE Zerto Software on VMware Cloud Foundation consolidated architecture
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When you design or deploy this architecture pattern, consider the following information:

* Follow HPE Zerto Software best practices when you design your solution.
* When you replicate with HPE Zerto Software to on-premises or other VMware cloud, you need to establish connectivity to the replication source or target, depending on the wanted target.
* Design your connectivity by using the available connectivity pattern for HPE Zerto Software Replication.

## Related links
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* [Architecture pattern for Zerto Software Replication connectivity in IBM Cloud](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-arch-pattern-vcf-zerto-xconnectivity&format=markdown)
* [Ordering HPE Zerto Software stand-alone licenses](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-zerto_ordering_licenses&format=markdown)
* [VPC network design](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-vpc-vcf-vpc-deployment&format=markdown)
* [HPE Zerto Software network ports and protocols](https://help.zerto.com/bundle/Admin.VC.HTML.90/page/Port_Usage.htm){: external}
* [HPE Zerto Software product documentation](https://help.zerto.com){: external}