Document Domain | Description | Audience |
Introduction Documents | Include the following: • Brief summary of vCAT-SP documents • Mapping of technology to product • Introduction to vCAT-SP • Instructions on how to consume vCAT-SP | Everyone |
Service Definition Documents | Provide guidance on how to define the business, technical requirements, and cloud services that the provider wants to offer: • Platform characteristics and qualities • Cloud services and applications • Service and operations level agreements • Compliance and security requirements Include service definitions for: • Public cloud solution • Private cloud solution • Hosting solution • NFVI cloud solution | Product Manager Cloud Solution Architect |
Virtualization Compute Documents | Provide architectural guidance for the virtualization platform, which includes: • vSphere and vCenter architecture for service providers | Cloud Solution Architect |
Cloud Operations and Management Documents | Provide architectural guidance for cloud operations and management products, which include: • VMware vRealize® Operations™ • VMware vRealize Log Insight™ • VMware vRealize Business™ | Cloud Solution Architect Cloud Operations Manager |
Storage and Availability Documents | Provide architectural guidance for storage and availability components, which include: • VMware Virtual SAN™ • VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes™ • VMware Site Recovery Manager™ • VMware vSphere Data Protection™ Advanced • VMware vCloud Availability for vCloud Director | Cloud Solution Architect Storage Specialist |
Network and Security Documents | Provide architectural guidance for network and security components, which include: • VMware NSX® for vSphere | Cloud Solution Architect Network Specialist |
Cloud Automation and Orchestration Documents | Provide architectural guidance for cloud automation and orchestration products, which include: • VMware vCloud Director for Service Providers • Pivotal RabbitMQ • VMware vRealize Automation™ • VMware vRealize Orchestrator™ • VMware vRealize Code Stream™ | Cloud Solution Architect Cloud Automation Specialist |
Unified Presentation Documents | Provide architectural guidance and options for VMware Cloud Providers on: • Cloud management portals • Cloud end-user portals | Cloud Solution Architect Cloud Automation Specialist Cloud Business Manager |
Hybridity Documents | Provide architectural guidance on: • Hybrid cloud provisioning • Hybrid cloud management • Hybrid cloud mobility • Hybrid application design | Cloud Solution Architect |
Solution Architecture Example Documents | Provide an end-to-end solution architecture for a given service model or value-add service or offering such as: • Hosting • Private cloud • Public cloud • Database as a service • Disaster recovery as a service • Migration as a service | Cloud Solution Architect |
Solutions and Services Examples | Provide architecture and example implementation blueprints for value-add services that can be added to the core cloud platform such as: • Disaster recovery as a service • Cloud migration as a service • Database as a service |