vCloud Component | Description |
VMware vCloud Director vCloud API | Layer of software that abstracts virtual resources and exposes vCloud components to consumers. This includes: .jpg){kind=small} vCloud Director server (also referred to as a cell).vCloud Director database.VMware vCloud API, used to manage vCloud objects programmatically. |
VMware vCloud Automation Center | Enables rapid deployment and provisioning of vCloud services across private and public vClouds, physical infrastructures, hypervisors, and public vCloud providers through a secure self-service portal. |
VMware vSphere | Virtualization platform providing abstraction of physical infrastructure layer for vCloud. This includes: vSphere hosts.VMware vCenter Server™.vCenter Server database. |
VMware vCloud Networking and Security | Decouples network and security from the underlying physical network hardware through software-defined networking and security. This includes: VXLAN support.vCloud Networking and Security Edge™ gateway.vCloud Networking and Security App™ and vCloud Networking and Security Data Security™.vCloud Networking and Security Manager™. |
VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite | Provides predictive capacity and performance planning, compliance and configuration management, dynamic resource metering, cost modeling, and report generation using the following components: vCenter Operations Manager™.vCenter Configuration Manager™.vCenter Infrastructure Navigator™.vCenter Chargeback Manager™. |
VMware vFabric Application Director | Part of the VMware vFabric Cloud Application Platform family of products that provide automated provisioning of application infrastructure. |
VMware vCenter Orchestrator™ | Enables the automation of provisioning and operational tasks across VMware and third-party applications using an open and flexible plug-in architecture. |
vCloud Connector | VMware vSphere Client™ plug-in that enables users to connect to vClouds based on vSphere or vCloud Director, and manage them through a single interface. |
