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VMware Cloud Director

VMware Cloud Director
Formerly vCloud Director

Overview

What is VMware Cloud Director?

VMware Cloud Director (formerly vCloud Director) is a cloud service-delivery platform used by cloud providers to operate and manage cloud-service businesses. The vendor states that by using VMware Cloud Director, cloud providers deliver secure, efficient, and elastic cloud resources to…

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Powerful, Scalable, and Flexible Cloud Management Platform: Many users have praised VMware Cloud Director as a powerful, scalable, and …
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JW Review

5 out of 10
February 05, 2016
Incentivized
We previously used it to support our entire cloud environment over various Flexpods. This was at SCE. Today at Datalink, it is something …
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Product Demos

VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.4 Overview l Feature Highlights l Technical Demo

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Assess your VMware Cloud Director environment to determine your NSX-v to NSX-T migration readiness

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Migrate on-premises workloads to VMware Cloud Director service

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Feature Fridays Episode 83 - Data Protection and DRaaS with Routed Hosting

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Product Details

What is VMware Cloud Director?

VMware Cloud Director Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

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Powerful, Scalable, and Flexible Cloud Management Platform: Many users have praised VMware Cloud Director as a powerful, scalable, and flexible cloud management platform that allows for the centralized management of multi-tenant infrastructure. This feature has been mentioned by several reviewers who appreciate the platform's ability to handle their cloud management needs effectively.

Easy Integration with Third-Party Tools: VMware Cloud Director has received positive feedback from users for its seamless integration with other third-party tools. These integrations provide added value to customers by allowing them to leverage existing tools and resources within the VMware Cloud Director ecosystem.

Customization Options: The customization options offered by VMware Cloud Director have been well-received by users. Features such as white labeling allow resellers to customize the platform with their organization's branding elements, including corporate colors and logos. This flexibility gives customers the opportunity to create a personalized look and feel for their virtual environment.

Installation and Configuration Complexity: Some users have found the installation and configuration process of VMware Cloud Director to be complex. They have suggested that it could be made easier by providing clearer instructions and simplifying the steps involved.

SSL Renewal Process Takes Too Long: The SSL renewal process has been criticized for taking an excessive amount of time, causing inconvenience for users. Urgent improvements are recommended to streamline this process and reduce downtime.

End-User UI Needs Improvement: The end-user interface of VMware Cloud Director has received negative feedback from users who find it difficult to navigate and manage. Improvements such as a more intuitive design and simplified workflows would greatly enhance user experience.

Reviews

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Michael O'Riley | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
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vCloud Director is being used to manage our VMware virtual server environment. It allows for an easier process creating virtual machines or complete configuration changes. A challenge we faced was migrating our existing Hyper-V virtual servers overs to vCloud environment.
  • The advantage to using vCloud Director is it a cloud based application allowing access anywhere. I have the ability to make changes to our virtual environment without being in the office or using a vpn.
  • The vCloud Director provides a lot of the same features as vSphere.
  • The add-on/extension required on the internet browser sometimes are difficult to get working at first. We've experience instances where the add-on/extension latest versions will not work and have to downgrade to an older version.
  • The server console lacks features and tools. For example it would be useful to have a copy and paste tool or a file upload tool.
  • The vCloud Director management site uses Adobe Flash, which makes it impossible to use on a mobile device.
vCloud Director is well suited for a multi tenant environment. It's great for an organization that does not have an internal IT resource or limited IT. vCloud might not be a great fit for a large organization that requires a lot of processing cores. Another expensive piece is storage you lose the opportunity to shop different storage solutions. Migrating a virtual infrastructure to vCloud will be slower because transfer rates will be limited by internet bandwidth.
  • vCloud Director requires less IT administration. For example, there isn't a need to maintain esx host. or storage administration like creating luns.
  • A negative impact is cost. vCloud Director has a monthly cost for storage, processor core, memory, and licensing.
Hyper-V is built on a Windows platform that includes services not needed for the virtual environment adding overhead. With vCloud I'm not required to maintain a host OS or it's updates. The requirement to maintain storage devices is no longer needed with vCloud as well.
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