VMware vCloud Availability for Cloud to Cloud 1.5 is announced! What’s New?
I am excited to announce that vCloud Availability for Cloud to Cloud 1.5 (vCAv-C2C) will be released for VMware Cloud Providers at end of September. This has been a long and fruitful journey between...
View ArticleManaging access to the VMware vCloud Availability for Cloud-to-Cloud Plugin...
With C2C 1.5, a new plugin was introduced inside of the vCloud Director 9.x context switching menu. By default, all organizations and org admins receive this plugin once C2C is installed. Moreover, C2C...
View ArticleHow does VMware vCloud Availability for Cloud-to-Cloud 1.5 interoperate with...
I get this question quite a bit due to the new vCloud Director 9.5 Cross-VDC networking functionality – does vCloud Availability for Cloud-to-Cloud 1.5 (C2C) work with stretched networking inside of...
View ArticleOverview of VMware vCloud Availability 3.0 – Introduction, Roles, Deployment...
In this series of blog posts, I will be discussing the new release of VMware vCloud Availability 3.0 (vCAv). This is a very exciting release for the VMware Cloud Provider team. vCAv 3.0 will be out...
View ArticleOverview of VMware vCloud Availability 3.0 – Provider Deployment
In this post, we will be reviewing the steps on setting up and operationalizing vCloud Availability 3.0 (vCAv) for a provider site. There is a presumption that you will be deploying for production, so...
View ArticleOverview of VMware vCloud Availability 3.0 – Tenant Deployment, Protection...
Once the provider site is operational, we are ready to bring the on-premises / Tenant site online for VMware vCloud Availability 3.0 (vCAv). Again, recap of the deployment steps: Deploy vCAv...
View ArticleRemoving VMware vCloud Availability 3.0 Plugin from vCenter
Recently, I had this come up where I had to remove the vCloud Availability 3.0 (vCAv) plugin from my lab vCenter. Today, there is not a way to do this through the vCAv on-premises appliance UI – it...
View ArticleFive Quick Tips on VMware vCloud Availability 3.0
I wanted to summarize a few things I’ve found when working with VMware vCloud Availability 3.0 (vCAv) over the past few months that will be helpful to providers and tenants. I’m sure there’s others,...
View ArticleVMware vCloud Usage Meter 3.6.1 – Metering of vCloud Availability 3.x and...
Last week, the VMware Cloud Provider team released a hot patch for VMware vCloud Usage Meter 3.6.1. Usage Meter can now automatically meter vCloud Availability (vCAv) 3.x instances. This also covers...
View ArticleWhat’s New with VMware vCloud Availability 3.5?
Our team has officially released VMware vCloud Availability 3.5 this week. This is a jam-packed release that has quite a bit of value based on Cloud Provider feedback and customer consumption. Download...
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