VMware vCloud Director

VMware Cloud Director is software that service providers and enterprise users can use to manage and deploy VMware vSphere resources.

Key Features of VMware Cloud Director

1. Multi tenancy; VMware Cloud Director facilitates the sharing of resources, among users or customers. This promotes resource efficiency and cost reduction.
2. Virtual Data Centers; Users have the ability to create data centers using VMware Cloud Director, which replicate the functionalities and capabilities of data centers.
3. Network Services; VMware Cloud Director empowers users to effectively manage networks enabling them to personalize network configurations and maintain control over security settings.
4. API Access; With VMware Cloud Director users gain access to a programming interface (API) for resource management. This opens up possibilities, for automation and seamless integration.

Working Principle of VMware Cloud Director

VMware Cloud Director is a multi-cloud service delivery platform. VMware Cloud Director gives you the ability to allocate and manage VMware Cloud on AWS, Google Cloud VMware Engine, Azure VMware Solution, Oracle Cloud VMware Solution or on-premises SDDC resources into pools of resources that you can offer to tenants in a securely isolated multi-tenant environment through an on-demand self-service model.

As a service provider or enterprise customer, you can use VMware Cloud Director to create secure, multi-tenant clouds by pooling virtual infrastructure resources into virtual data centers. You can then offer these clouds to tenants as a fully automated, catalog-based service using web-based portals and programming interfaces.

In summary

VMware Cloud Director is a tool that streamlines the management and implementation of cloud services. It offers a range of features, like multi virtual data centers, network services and API access empowering users to manage their IT resources. This leads to business operations. Improved overall efficiency. Consequently, VMware Cloud Director has become a component of IT infrastructure.