5.8
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
Introduction to vCloud Suite 1
vCloud Suite lets you build and operate software-defined data centers based on vSphere. vCloud Suite
contains components that must be integrated to deliver IT as a service.
You download, install, and configure vCloud Suite components separately. When deployed and configured,
the interoperable components enable the software-defined data center (SDDC), where resources are
virtualized and available as a service. Control of the data center is fully automated by software, and
hardware configuration is maintained through software systems. vCloud Suite makes it possible for
workloads to run in private, public, or hybrid clouds.
Individual products in vCloud Suite are delivered as either installation packages for Windows or Linux-
based virtual appliances that you can deploy on ESXi hosts.
You can extend your vCloud Suite by using VMware vCloud Air as a second site in your datacenter
environment. Use vCloud Suite together with with the vCloud Air to satisfy business needs such as business
continuity and burst capacity.
vCloud Suite can serve the needs of different organizations, from SMBs to large enterprises and
organizations in the public sector.
List of vCloud Suite Components
A vCloud Suite edition contains individual products with different versions. To ensure interoperability, you
should verify that the components of your vCloud Suite environment are the correct versions.
vCenter Server is required for building the core inrastructure of the software-defined data center.
Table 1‑1. Components of vCloud Suite 5.8 and their versions
Product name Version Description
ESXi 5.5 Update 2 Provides bare-metal virtualization of
servers so you can consolidate your
applications on less hardware.
vCenter Server 5.5 Update 2 Provides a centralized platform for
managing vSphere environments.
vCenter Orchestrator 5.5.2 Provides the capability to create
workflows that automate activities
such as provisioning virtual machine,
performing scheduled maintenance,
initiating backups, and many others.
vCenter Update Manager 5.5 Update 2 Provides centralized, automated patch
and version management for vSphere
and offers support for ESXi hosts,
virtual machines, and virtual
appliances.
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