This document provides an overview of VMware concepts and the NetApp Virtual Storage Console. It defines various VMware jargons related to virtualization like hypervisor, ESX, virtual machines, datastores, and vMotion. It then describes the NetApp Virtual Storage Console as a tool that provides integrated virtual storage management for VMware vSphere from within the vCenter interface. It leverages NetApp technologies to manage SAN and NAS storage for VMware environments. The document outlines the main components of the Virtual Storage Console like monitoring, provisioning, optimization, and backup capabilities.

1.  VMware Concepts
 Introduction to Virtual Storage
Console
- Kaushik Chakraborty
Lets Talk VSC
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2. Virtualization Jargons (VMware specific)
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 Virtualization
 Hypervisor
 ESX and ESXi
 Virtual Machine
 Guest Operating System
 Datastores
 vCenter Server
 vSphere Client
 vSphere Web Client
 VMFS
 NFS
 .vmdk | *-flat.vmdk | .vmx |
.vmxf | .vswp | . vmsd | .vmss |
.vmsn |
 Vmotion
 vSphere SDK
 SMP(Symmetric
Multi‐Processing)
 HA(High Availability)
 DRS(Distributed
Resource Scheduler)
 VCB(Vmware
Consistency Backup)

3. VMware Infrastructure
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4. NetApp® Virtual Storage Console (VSC)
for VMware® vSphere™
 Provides integrated, end-to-end virtual storage management for the VMware
infrastructure.
 Leverages NetApp technologies to deliver centralized management of NetApp
storage operations—in both SAN- and NAS-based VMware virtual server and
desktop infrastructures
 Right from the VMware vCenter™.
Fun Fact : Originally, it combined three separate NetApp products (VSC 1.0, Rapid Cloning Utility,
SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure) as "subplugin" components into a single vSphere Client
extension, but the three products still operated independently even requiring the VMware
administrator to add controller in separate UIs in each of the three components of VSC.
VSC 1.0 is the present day MnHC.
Rapid Clone Utility is the present day PnC

5. VSC Components
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 Monitoring & Host Configuration (formerly - VSC 1.0)
 Provisioning & Cloning
 Optimization & Migration
 NetApp vSphere Plugin Framework
 Legacy Backup & Recovery
 Next Gen Backup & Recovery - based on Snap*

6. The Plugin Framework
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VSC in action

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