VMware vCloud Connector lets you view, operate on and transfer your computing resources across vSphere and vCloud Director in your private cloud environment as well as public clouds from vCloud Service Providers.
- Expand your view across hybrid clouds. Use a "single pane of glass" management interface that seamlessly spans your private vSphere and vCloud Director environments.
- Extend your datacenter. Move VMs, vApps, and templates from private vSphere to a public cloud to free up your on-premise datacenter resources as needed.
- Consume cloud resources with confidence. Run Development, QA and production workloads using VMware technology-based public clouds.
Questions?
VMware vCloud Connector Customer FAQ
What is VMware vCloud Connector?
VMware vCloud Connector is a
free downloadable product from VMware that lets you copy, view, and operate your computing resources across private vSphere, private vCloud Director and our set of vCloud Service Provider partners.
Why do I need vCloud Connector?
Chances are, at least a few of your applications are running on VMware vSphere virtualized servers. You need a way to migrate these applications to your private or public cloud. VMware vCloud Connector provides a simple, single pane of glass UI to connect, view, copy and operate vSphere virtualized applications across such clouds, provided these are vSphere based clouds. These capabilities make vCloud Connector an essential tool to help you accelerate migration to cloud computing.
Do I need vCloud Connector to use vCloud Datacenter Services?
The best use case for VMware vCloud Connector is to leverage hybrid cloud by connecting your VMware vSphere virtualized datacenter with a vCloud Datacenter Service. This allows you to bring your existing applications to a public cloud and gives you the freedom to move these applications back into your datacenter when desired. That said, vCloud Connector is not a prerequisite for using the vCloud Datacenter Service.
How much does vCloud Connector cost? When will it be available for download?
VMware vCloud Connector is available to all vSphere and vCloud Director customers as a free download. To get support for vCloud Connector, you must have an active support contract for vSphere or vCloud Director.
Where can I get learn more about vCloud Connector?
vCloud Connector comes with Release Notes and
User's Guide. The User Guide details more information on working with the clouds and how to implement them. If you have any further questions, please contact your VMware Sales representative.
Where can you use the VMware vCloud Connector?
You can use VMware vCloud Connector to migrate VMware vSphere virtualized servers and applications to your private or public cloud. VMware vCloud Connector provides a centralized interface to connect, view, copy, and operate vSphere virtualized applications across vSphere based clouds.
VMware vCloud Connector can also be used to leverage the hybrid cloud by connecting VMware vSphere virtualized data centers with VMware vCloud Datacenter Service. This allows you to reuse your existing applications in the cloud and gives you the freedom to move these applications back into the data center when desired.
Where can I get learn more about vCloud Connector?
vCloud Connector comes with
Release Notes and
User Guide. The User Guide details more information on working with the clouds and how to implement them. If you have any further questions, please contact your VMware Sales representative.
What kind of clouds can vCloud Connector connect?
vCloud Connector 1.5 can connect vSphere 4.0, 4.1 & 5.0 as well as vCloud Director 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.5 based private and public clouds. Visit vcloud.vmware.com for a list of public vCloud Service Providers.
Which clients can I use to access the vCloud Connector User Interface?
vSphere Client 4.0, 4.1 & 5.0 as well as browser via vcloud.vmware.com.
Where can I find a list of public vCloud Service Providers?
Visit
http://vcloud.vmware.com.
How do I upgrade my vCloud Connector 1.0 environment to 1.5?
You will need to complete a fresh installation of vCloud Connector 1.5.
