vCloud Architecture Toolkit for Service Providers Overview
The VMware vCloud Architecture Toolkit for Service Providers (vCAT-SP) is a set of reference documents for VMware Cloud Providers. It is designed to help IT managers and architects construct cloud platforms and service offerings using current technologies, recommended practices, and innovative tools.
vCAT-SP provides attested, validated, and optimized design and support solutions with the most efficient examples to help you make the right choices for your business. vCAT-SP is aligned to the most common cloud service models that VMware Cloud Providers are deploying for their customers – hosting, private cloud, and public cloud.
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Cloud Automation and Orchestration
- VMware Cloud Provider Program API Guide | Kelby Valenti | June 2018
- Dedicated Hosted Cloud with Cloud Director | Harold Simon | April 2018
- Architecting Multi-site VMware Cloud Director | Steve Dockar | January 2018
- Automated VMware vRealize Automation Deployments | Harold Simon & Daniel Borenstein | January 2018
- Architecting a VMware Cloud Director Solution | Tomas Fojta | January 2018
- Extending vCloud API with vCloud Extensibility Framework | John Dwyer | January 2018
Cloud Operations and Management
- Scalable Licensing with Selective Monitoring in VMware vRealize Operations | Brandon Gordon | May 2018
- Multitenant Use of VMware vRealize Operations as a Service | Yves Sandfort | January 2018
- Architecting a VMware vRealize Log Insight Solution | Martin Hosken | January 2018
- Architecting a VMware vRealize Business Solution | Daniel Borenstein | January 2018
- Architecting a VMware vRealize Operations Management Solution | Daniel Borenstein | January 2018
Network and Security
- Architecting Tenant Networking with VMware NSX in VMware Cloud Director | Steve Dockar | January 2018
- vCNS to NSX Upgrade for Cloud Director Environments | Tomas Fojta | January 2018
- Streamlining Customer On-Boarding with NSX L2 VPN Services | Harold Simon | January 2018
- Workload Mobility and Disaster Recovery to VMware Cloud IaaS Providers | Adrian Roberts | January 2018
- Architecting a VMware NSX Solution | Michael Haines & Jeffrey Moore | January 2018
Storage and Availability
- Architecting a VMware Cloud Director Availability for Cloud Director Solution | Tomas Fojta | June 2018
- Identifying and Calculating the Operational Savings of a VMware vSAN Solution | Martin Hosken | January 2018
- Architecting VMware vSAN 6.2 for VMware Cloud Providers | Martin Hosken | January 2018
- Developing a Cloud Director Storage Strategy with vSAN | Martin Hosken | January 2018
- Leveraging VMware vSAN for Highly Available Management Clusters | Danilo Feroce | January 2018
- Introduction to VMware vSAN for VMware Cloud Providers | Derek Mitchell | January 2018
- VMware vSAN Two-Node Architecture Service Provider Use Cases | Martin Hosken | January 2018
Hybridity
- VMware Hybrid Cloud Extension Architecture Field Guide | Ray Heffer | January 2019
- Migration Strategies for Hybrid Cloud | Edward (Allen) Shortnacy | January 2018
- Hybrid Database Strategy with Microsoft SQL Server | Martin Hosken | January 2018
- Hybrid Messaging Strategy with Microsoft Exchange 2013 | Martin Hosken | January 2018
- Hybrid Mobility Strategy | Martin Hosken | January 2018