VMware splits vCloud Director into vCenter, vCloud Automation Center

Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Beth Pariseau.

VMware is reshuffling its cloud computing cards with a plan to split intellectual property currently in vCloud Director into new integrations with vCenter and vCloud Automation Center, the company said this week. Exact details on which features of vCloud Director (vCD) will go into which part of VMware Inc.’s vCloud Suite are not available yet, but it’s a safe bet capabilities like multi-tenancy management would be pushed into vCloud Automation Center (vCAC), while constructs like the Virtual Data Center would fall into vCenter, said Mike Adams, a VMware spokesperson.

Customers with existing vCD deployments will have options for licensing as well as technical upgrades. How the licensing convergence will work depends on how they acquired vCD in the first place — as a standalone product or as part of the vCloud Suite, Adams said…

Standalone customers will be moved into the vCloud Suite, which now includes vCAC, and purchasers of the vCloud Suite must shift to using vCAC instead of vCD. A migration tool will also be forthcoming to assist with the conversion from vCD to vCAC, Adams said…

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