Enhanced management of mixed and heterogeneous cloud platforms--vmware Upgrade Cloud management solutions

In recent days, VMware has renewed its cloud management solutions, further strengthening the management of mixed, heterogeneous cloud computing environments from both depth and breadth.

"VMware believes cloud management must implement the three major functions of cloud service configuration, cloud operations management and business management." VMware Senior Product manager Wu Qinu said. Which, cloud service configuration refers to the provisioning of infrastructure, applications, and desktop resources in the form of a service; Cloud operations management refers to the embedded aggregation management for software-defined data centers, and cloud business management is the key element in the operation of the cloud service, which is controlled and managed by a similar business operation.

Mapped to the product level, cloud service configuration and cloud operations management are implemented primarily by the VMware Vcloud Suite, which is actually a set of software suites. This vcloud suite update includes the addition of a new software VMware vcloud Don Center 5.1, while upgrading three software--vfabric creator Director upgrade to version 5.0, vcenter The Operations Management suite was upgraded to version 5.6, Vcloud Connector upgraded to version 2.0.

Among them, Vcloud Don Center 5.1, based on VMware's July 2012 acquisition of Dynamicsops, serves as a service manager, spanning the private and public cloud based on VMware, the physical infrastructure, Multi-management programs and Amazon Network services implement policy-based configuration.

The Vfabric Creator Director function is to deploy any application on any cloud. The change in the new version is the continued expansion of the supported applications, including all Microsoft packaged Applications (Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint), and custom applications (Java,. Net, Ruby on Rails).

The vcenter Operations Management Suite is designed to implement embedded, integrated cloud operations management. This change is the integration of VMware vfabric hyperic application-level monitoring designed to help customers proactively manage Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, Windows operating systems, The health of key business applications, such as Oracle databases and customized Java applications, and VMware will embed the performance management capabilities of the Vcenter Operations Suite in all versions of vsphere.

VMware Vcloud Connector is a bridge that enables customers to transfer virtual machines and applications. Vcloud Connector 2.0 helps customers extend the network and workload directories in a mixed cloud environment-actually extends the logical boundaries of the datacenter, eliminating the need to reconfigure the network or settings when moving workloads. In addition, teams located in different locations will be able to coordinate their development efforts to ensure that everyone has a synchronized workload directory in the cloud environment.

VMware Cloud Management The third largest functional cloud business management corresponds to the VMware IT Business Management Suite. It enables customers to clearly see the cost, quality, and value of cloud services, enabling it to make decisions that meet business goals based on the facts. The change in it Business Management Suite 7.5 is the new IT Benchmarking module, which includes more than 3,500 metrics across 18 domains, enabling IT departments to compare performance with peers. In addition, this release strengthens it Finance manager capabilities, further automating and simplifying budget process work.

"Over the past three years, VMware has been continuously improving the cloud management solution, and now our focus is to enhance the management of mixed, heterogeneous cloud platforms, this product upgrade also fully embodies this." Wu Qinu concludes.

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