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Table Of Contents
- vCloud Suite Architecture Overview and Use Cases
- Contents
- About this book
- Introduction to vCloud Suite
- Architecture Overview
- Conceptual Design of a vCloud Suite Environment
- vCloud Suite Components in the Management Cluster
- Software-Defined Data Center Core Infrastructure
- Delivering an Infrastructure Service
- Delivering Platform as a Service
- Deploying vCloud Suite
- Install vCloud Suite Components
- Update vCloud Suite Components
- External Dependencies for Deploying vCloud Suite
- System Requirements of vCloud Suite Components
- Security Considerations
- Licensing
- vCloud Suite Licensing Model
- Activating vCloud Suite Components in the vSphere Web Client
- Activating vCloud Suite Components in the vSphere Client
- Add the vCloud Suite License by Using the vSphere Client
- Assign the vCloud Suite License to vSphere in the vSphere Client
- Assign the vCloud Suite License to vCenter Operations Management Suite in the vSphere Client
- Assign the vCloud Suite License to vCloud Networking and Security in the vSphere Client
- Assign the vCloud Suite License Key to vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- Activating vCloud Suite Components by Using Their Own Licensing Interfaces
- Monitoring License Usage for vCloud Suite
- vCloud Suite Use Cases
- Index
Architecture Overview 2
To enable the full set of vCloud Suite features, you must perform a series of installation and configuration
operations. The software-defined data center provides different types of capabilities, with more complex
features building on top of underlying infrastructure.
Delivering the full operational capabilities of vCloud Suite to your organization or clients is a structured
process. In a large organization, it might involve cycles of assessment, design, deployment, knowledge
transfer, and solution validation. Depending on your organization, you should plan for an extended process
that involves different roles.
Not every environment needs the full scope of vCloud Suite capabilities at a given time. Start by deploying
the datacenter core infrastructure, because it enables you to add capabilities as your organization requires
them. Each of the software-defined data center layers might require you to plan and perform a separate
deployment process.
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