The document discusses VMware vCloud Air, a hybrid cloud management solution. It allows users to manage their on-premises and vCloud Air resources through a single interface and common set of tools. This includes administering, migrating, deploying applications, and monitoring resources across environments. The solution aims to simplify hybrid cloud management and increase productivity while lowering costs through the consolidation of tools and processes.

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VMware vCloud Air Deep Dive
Into Hybrid Cloud Management
Formerly known as vCloud Hybrid Service

2. Agenda
u Simplified hybrid cloud management
u DevOps in hybrid cloud
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3. Challenges of Extending the
On-Premises Data Center to the Public Cloud
Proprietary
Platform
Optimized for
New Apps
Only
Limited Network
Integration
Separate
Management
Tools
Separate
Processes,
Skillsets
Your Data Center
Incompatible
Public Clouds
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4. VMware vCloud® Air™ = The True Hybrid Cloud
Existing and
New Apps
Seamless
Networking
Common
Management
One Support Call
VMware vCloud Air
Software-defined
Data Center
Your Data Center
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5. Common Management:
Increase Productivity + Lower TCO
vCloud AirIncompatible Public Clouds
Invest in more cloud automation tools
Separate tools to administer resources
Invest in “cloud-compatible”
monitoring tools
Automate with existing onsite tools
Administer resources with one interface
Monitor performance with existing tools
Manage the cloud with
your favorite onsite
tools and processes
Reuse pre-built onsite
app and service
components
Flexibility Freedom
With vCloud Air
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6. Common Management
Administration
vSphere Client
Migration
vCloud Connector
Self Service Portal and
Service Catalog
vCloud Automation Center
Application Deployment
vCloud Automation
Center App Services
Security
vCenter
Configuration
Manager
Monitoring
vCenter Operations
Manager (preview)
and vCenter Hyperic
Hybrid Cloud
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7. Administer vCloud Air Resources from
vSphere Web Client
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Administration
Migration
Self Service Portal
and Service
Catalog
Application
Deployment
Compliance
Monitoring
Your Clouds
Single user interface to administer
resources across vSphere and vCloud Air
Same navigation and user experience
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No need to learn a new user interface3
Download free plug-in @
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VCHS-PLUG-IN-1-GA&productId=343
vCloud Air vSphere Client plug-in
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8. Easy as 1-2-3:
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Install vCloud Air vSphere Client plug-in
Provide your vCloud Air username and password
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2
Start using vCloud Air inside vSphere Web Client, alongside
vSphere3
Administer vCloud Air Resources from
vSphere Web Client
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9. Administer vCloud Air Resources from vSphere Web Client
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10. Administer Virtual Data Centers from vSphere Web Client
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11. Administer Virtual Machines in vSphere Web Client
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12. Use vCloud Connector for Migration Between Clouds
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Administration
Migration
Self Service Portal
and Service
Catalog
Application
Deployment
Compliance
Monitoring
Your Clouds
Extend data center network so you can
move workloads without network
reconfiguration (IP, DNS)
Synchronize your catalogs across clouds
so all users are using the same
templates
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2
Migrate virtual machines/templates
between vSphere and vCloud Air
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13. Content Sync – Manage a Single Catalog Across Clouds
q Publish a vSphere folder or a vCloud catalog as a "source" catalog and then
subscribe to it from your vCloud Air catalog
q New or modified templates in the source will be securely copied to your vCloud
Air catalog
q Folders/catalogs across clouds are kept synchronized
q Users on data center and vCloud Air can use the same IT-approved templates
from the data center
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14. Data Center Extension – Extend Data Center Network
q Extend one Layer 2 from enterprise network to vCloud Air over secure SSL VPN
tunnel
q Move a virtual machine from an enterprise network (vSphere/vCloud Director) to
vCloud Air while retaining the same IP/MAC address
q Consume and manage the “moved” virtual machine with the same IP/MAC
address
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15. vCenter Configuration Manager to Ensure Security
Compliance
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Administration
Migration
Self Service
Portal and
Service Catalog
Application
Deployment
Compliance
Monitoring
Apply patches for workloads across
hybrid clouds
Run configuration and compliance
assessment reports for workloads
across hybrid clouds
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Centralize configuration change
execution for workloads across hybrid
clouds
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16. Security Compliance of Hybrid Cloud Workloads
vCloud Air
Onsite vSphere/
vCloud Director
Use vCenter Configuration Manager to run audit reports
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17. Deploy Security Patches with vCenter Configuration
Manager
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18. vCenter Operations and Hyperic to Monitor Applications
(Preview)
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Administration
Migration
Self Service
Portal and
Service Catalog
Application
Deployment
Compliance
Monitoring
Your Clouds
Use same dashboard and alerts to
monitor virtual machine and applications
across hybrid clouds
Monitor application availability and
performance across hybrid clouds
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2
Monitor virtual machine (resource
consumption, performance) across hybrid
clouds
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Preview
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19. vCloud Automation Center as Self-Service Portal
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Administration
Migration
Self Service
Portal and
Service Catalog
Application
Deployment
Compliance
Monitoring
Generate usage reports across hybrid
clouds
Provide same self service portal for end
users to request services (virtual
machines) from hybrid clouds
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2
Allocate data center and vCloud Air resources
to different groups of users
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20. Same Interface for Service Request Across Clouds
Service in onsite
data center (vSphere)
Service in
vCloud Air
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21. vCloud Automation Center Application Services for
Application Deployment
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Administration
Migration
Self Service
Portal and
Service Catalog
Application
Deployment
Compliance
Monitoring
Your Clouds
Use same auto-scaling mechanism for
applications on hybrid clouds
Reuse same process to update
applications on hybrid clouds
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Reuse same application blueprint for
deployment across hybrid clouds
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22. Create Application Blueprints for Any Cloud
Application blueprint featuring
clustered web servers, app server
and database server
Application
components
Middleware and
application services
Standardized logical
OS and server
templates
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23. Go To VMware Cloud Academy
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others to learn more about vCloud
Air
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other assets and tools
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