1.4 VMware Technology Mapping
The following list highlights the recommended VMware products required to build and operate a VMware powered public cloud platform:
• vSphere
• VMware vSAN™
• VMware NSX® for vSphere
• VMware vRealize Orchestrator™
• vCloud Director for Service Providers
• Custom portal or third-party
• VMware vRealize Operations Manager™
• VMware vRealize Log Insight™
• VMware vRealize Business™
• VMware Site Recovery Manager™
• VMware vCloud Connector®
Although this list is the recommended solution stack, some of the components are optional. For example, vSAN is not required and can be substituted by a traditional FC, ISCSI, or NFS-based storage array.
Figure 3. Technology Mapping
VMware vCloud Director for Service Providers 8.0 and forward requires vRealize Business for chargeback/showback functionality. Pre-8.0 releases of vCloud Director for Service Providers can leverage VMware vCenter® Chargeback Manager™.
