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VMware vCloud Connector Plugin: How it fits together

VMware vCloud Connector Plugin: How it fits together

By on June 8, 2011 in Cloud Computing

I have had a few questions recently on how VMware vCloud Connector fits in relation to vSphere and vCD installs. I thought this diagram might help answer some of the questions. Listed below is how vCC is installed and configured Step 1: vCC is installed as a Virtual Appliance within a vSphere environment. Step 2: vCC is registered to a vCenter and installs a plug-in Step 3: Administrators access the plug-in through vSphere Client connected to a vCenter that has the plugin installed Step 4: The plug-in is configured with credentials for connections to vCenter servers and VMware vCloud Director cells Step 5: Administrators can then select VMs from vCenter and move to a vCloud Director environment. (Note: All VMs have to be powered off to be migrated to and from vCenter and vCD) Step 6: Migrated VM is powered on at the destination The screen shot below shows the […]

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FAQvCloud

By on January 17, 2011 in

For anyone who is new to vCloud I would like to suggest reading these 4 part articles on vCloud Director 101.  Click here to read Part 1. If you have a question that you have been unable to find an answer too, post it in the comments section of the Q & A article page and I will try to find a solution. https://www.davidhill.co/2011/01/q-a/ This page is a combination of the Q&A Articles I have released throughout the past year and specific questions readers have asked.  If you are looking for something specific, I would suggest doing a search on the page using key words, eg: vApp.  If you are unable to find an answer to your question try looking over at Chris Colotti’s FAQ page by clicking here. —————————————————————————————— Question I am trying to get some scenarios sorted out and have only found a few answers on yours and […]

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VMware vCloud Director – Q&A – Part 2

By on October 4, 2010 in Cloud Computing

This is part 2 of the Q&A article published last week.  If anyone has any more questions regarding VMware vCloud Director please post a comment and I will try to answer your questions as soon as possible. vCloud Director Network Isolation (vCD-NI) Q. What limits exist when creating a vCD-NI-backed network pool? A. You are limited to the maximum number of ephemeral portgroups you can have per vCenter Server, which is 1016. (This is the same as a VLAN-backed network pool. Q. How does vCD-NI scale past the 802.1q limit of 4096? A. The 802.1q protocol (in standard implementations) tops out at 4096 VLANs. The use of vCD-NI requires at most one VLAN per network pool for the transport network. Q. Is vCD-NI provided as part of vShield Edge? A. No, it is built into the VMkernel. This is why the product supports a minimum of vSphere 4.0 U2 or […]

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A look inside iland Cloud

By on January 31, 2017 in Cloud Computing, vCloud Air Network

In my new role working in the Cloud Service Provider Business Unit at VMware, I get the opportunity to meet with a number of service providers.  Recently I had the pleasure of spending time with iland Cloud (www.iland.com).  iland are a leader in Infrastructure as a Service and they have built a pretty nice offering.  In this article I want to give an inside view of the iland Cloud and what capabilities they have. iland Cloud Lets start by taking a look at what capabilities they provide. iland focus on three core use cases.  This allows iland to be laser focused on their customer needs, by providing services focused on only a small number of use cases, they can dive down into these capabilities.  This ultimately provides a higher level of service capability, due to not being focused on multiple service offerings and spreading themselves too thinly. Disaster Recovery is […]

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