To remember the terms easier, we collect and provide a cheat sheet to several common VMware products.
1.1 VMWARE OVERVIEW
VCF 1.2 CLOUD PLATFORM
Name Summary vCloud Suite Enterprise-ready private cloud ESXi Bare Metal Hypervisor to run VMs vCenter Control console for all your vSphere virtualization vSphere vSphere with Operations Management (vSOM) Optimize capacity and monitor the workload performance of vSphere VCF (VMware Cloud Foundation) An integrated software stack for everything SDDC requires VMware Cloud Services Enable customers to run workload across private and public clouds vmc (VMware Cloud On AWS) Run vSphere suite on Amazon infrastructure in Public Cloud Pulse IoT Center Enterprise-grade IoT device management and monitoring solution VVD (VMware Validated Design Documentation) VMware Cloud Provider Program Services(VCPP) Nimbus/DevHub Host internal test infrastructures
1.3 CLOUD NATIVE
Name Summary VMware PKS VMware Kubernetes solution for enterprises. On-prem and beyond. VMware Cloud PKS VMware managed k8s service on top of public Kubernetes service. e.g, GKE, AKS, etc Harbor Enterprise-ready container registry AllSpark Like cross datacenter istio VIC(vSphere Integrated Containers) It’s designed to help customers adopt micro-services architectures Heptio Heptio products and expertise unlock the full potential of upstream Kubernetes Heptio – ark k8s backup/restore: CRD + snapshot disk. Heptio – sonobuoy K8S diagnostic tool: conformance test, workload debug, data collection
1.4 STORAGE
Name Summary vSAN Clusters server disks to create radically simple, shared storage designed for VMs Dell EMC VxRail A fully integrated and pre-configured Dell EMC Appliance powered by vSAN and vSphere vSphere Replication Provides a cost-efficient and simple way to manage replication vCenter Site Recovery Manager Protect applications against site failures and to streamline planned migrations hatchway Persistent Storage for Cloud-Native Applications Virtual Volumes Integrate external storage partner to VMware solutions
1.5 NETWORKING & SECURITY
Name Summary NSX Data Center Network virtualization platform for the SDDC NSX-V NSX-T SDN for cloud-native environments AppDefense A data centre endpoint security product. Protect applications running in virtualized environments. vRealize Network Insight helps to build an optimized, highly available and secure network infra across multi-cloud Velocloud Networks Enables enterprises and service providers to deploy flexible and secure WAN connectivity. VMware vCloud NFV A fully integrated, modular, multi-tenant network functions virtualization (“NFV”) platform
1.6 CLOUD MANAGEMENT
1.7 END-USER COMPUTING
Name Summary End-User Computing Access application and data from any device of the user’s choice and from any location Workspace ONE SSO for all apps. It’s powered by VMware AirWatch and Horizon AirWatch Deliver unified endpoint management Horizon 7 virtual desktops and applications
1.8 VMWARE DEVELOPER RELATED
Name Summary Flings Preview mode marketplace for vSphere ecosystem VMware Configuration Maximums Provides the recommended configuration limits for VMware products VAC (VMware Analytic Cloud)
1.9 VMWARE TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCES
Name Summary VMworld conference Held in both the United States (“U.S.”) and Europe vForum conference Held in the Asia Pacific and Japan region Independent Hardware Vendors Independent Software Vendors VMware Service Providers VMware Partner Network Pivotal PCF Pivotal Cloud Foundry
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