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VMWare Cloud Services Explained

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David Greaves
VMWare Cloud Services Explained

VMWare cloud has a lot of services on offer, from cloud integration to management, and security. VMware Cloud supports any infrastructure that is compatible with VMware. These include multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments with VMWare providing the whole range. All of these are offered on a subscription basis. 

But first, what are VMware cloud services?

These are services that help the user to integrate, manage, and secure applications on cloud resources and can work for any cloud service using VMware. These services will permit you to centralize the management and maintenance of hybrid or multi-cloud environments. It is also possible to determine how resources are used and where workloads are deployed while applying a single operational model so that you can standardize security, reduce management complexity, and improve your ROI.

VMware cloud services can be used with public or private clouds and while integrating these services you do not have to re-architecture applications or convert data, allowing simplification of app modernization and ensuring high performance. These services are also available in a range of technologies that are particularly helpful for monitoring and managing your cloud environments. All these services are provided as part of a VMware Cloud subscription.


VMware Cloud on Amazon Web Service (AWS)

VMware Cloud is available both as a standalone service and integrated with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This incorporation was developed through collaboration between AWS and VMware and applies to VMware services to AWS infrastructure. This integration can extend on-premises or other cloud services to AWS.

When VMware Cloud is integrated with AWS, you gain entry to a single-tenant infrastructure built on Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances. These instances are maximized for high volume input/output operations and storage with low-latency solid-state drives (SSDs).

Up to 16 vSphere host clusters on bare metal infrastructure are supported by this infrastructure. While deploying this system, you can control scaling with options of between three to sixteen hosts on each cluster you operate.

Additionally, you can use the VMware Cloud on AWS to run the VMware Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) stack directly on your hosts without the need for nested virtualization, thereby making configuration and management simpler.

However, when migrating workloads, it is essential to access cold (manual), VM template, and vMotion (live) options.



Cloud Provider Metering

This service, made up of two components is used to centralize and automate reporting on resource use. One is the VMware vCloud Usage Meter agents and the other is the VMware vCloud Usage Insight. The critical task of Cloud Provider Monitoring is to collect data from on-premise instances and analyze it with Usage Insight. After the specific reports are created you can view, manipulate, or export data from the VMware Cloud Provider Commerce Portal. There is no need to store data separately as the reports are retained by Usage Insight for up to three years.

These are some of the cutting-edge advantages of being on the VMware Cloud.

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