The vCloud Architecture Toolkit for Service Provider website has been updated with new set of documents. All documents were re-branded with the new VMware Cloud Provider Program logos that replace the old vCloud Air Network brand.
My Architecting a VMware vCloud Director Solution for VMware Cloud Providers whitepaper has been refreshed to include vCloud Director 8.10 and 8.20 additions that were missing in the previous version. The current version of the document is 2.8 with August 2017 release date.
Here is summary of the new or updated topics:
- Cell sizing
- vCloud DB performance tips
- New vCenter Chargeback Manager network metrics
- vRealize Business for Cloud
- vRealize Log Insight
- vRealize Operations Manager
- NSX Networking updates
- Storage support
- vCloud RBAC
- Org VDC vSphere Resource Settings
- VCDNI deprecation
- New Org VDC Edge GW features
- Distributed Firewall
- VM Auto import
- vCloud API for NSX
- vCloud Director orchestrated upgrade
The document can be downloaded in PDF format or viewed online.
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Thanks for the update
Thanks Tom, would you have any advise on the “correct” allocation model to use (or the most commonly used) by service providers taking into consideration over-commit ratios and for ease of capacity planning?