VMware vCloud Suite
The Industry's Only Complete Cloud Infrastructure Solution

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VMware offers three vRealize Suite editions that provide different functionality at various price points, making it easy to license VMware vRealize Suite to meet your specific requirements and use cases with the right cloud management tools. vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager is available in all three editions.

Standard Edition: Supports Intelligent Operations Management use cases for companies looking to improve application performance and availability via predictive analytics and smart alerts. See the Standard Edition Product Walkthrough.

Advanced Edition: Supports Automated IT use cases for companies who need to accelerate the delivery of IT infrastructure services by automating delivery and ongoing management. See the Advanced Edition Product Walkthrough.

Enterprise Edition: Supports Developer Cloud use cases for organizations looking to accelerate application delivery across both traditional and container based applications. See the Enterprise Edition Product Walkthrough.

Upgrades to vRealize Suite can be purchased for vRealize Operations, vRealize Automation, vRealize Log Insight, vRealize Business for Cloud Advanced, or from lower editions of vRealize Suite. Get more out of vRealize Suite with third-party integrations, adaptors and management packs. For a complete list, visit Solution Exchange.

What Does vCloud Suite Deliver?

VMware vCloud Suite is a combination of an enterprise-proven virtualized infrastructure and a multi-vendor hybrid cloud management platform that delivers the industry's most complete solution for for building and managing a multi-cloud environment. vCloud Suite delivers the following capabilities:

• Data Center Virtualization
Leverage the world's leading virtualization platform as the foundation for multiple data center initiatives. Consolidate servers and data centers. Improve application availability and performance. Address application requirements for scale up or scale out.
• Intelligent Operations
From applications to infrastructure to help organizations plan, manage and scale their SDDC across private and public clouds.
• Automate IT
Day one service provisioning and day two operational capabilities across a hybrid cloud. These capabilities help IT organizations automate core IT processes, speed up infrastructure and application delivery and get the most out of both hardware and people resources
• Developer Cloud
VMware gives IT teams the ability to give their developers access through API, Catalog or CLI to traditional and cloud native application resources while simultaneously giving developers the freedom to use the tools of their choice.

How to Buy:

VMware vCloud Suite simplifies deployment and adoption of the SDDC architecture and its components with a single purchase. vCloud Suite is designed for vSphere environments and comes in three editions: Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise.

Each edition is targeted at a specific deployment use case:

Standard Edition provides Intelligent Operations Management for companies looking to improve application performance and availability via predictive analytics and smart alerts.

Advanced Edition delivers Automate IT capabilities for companies who need to accelerate the delivery of IT infrastructure by automating their delivery and ongoing management.

Enterprise Edition enables Developer Cloud capabilities for companies with DevOps initiatives who are looking to automate the delivery and management of full application stacks, and for companies who are looking to increase developer productivity and provide developers with freedom to use the tools of their choice

Support:

VMware Basic Support & Subscription

Weekday Support for Test, Dev and Non-Critical Deployments

• Global, 12x5 access to support
• Unlimited number of support requests
• Remote Support
• Online access to documentation and technical resources, knowledge base, discussion forums
• Product updates and upgrades

Overview

VMware Basic Support is designed for non-critical applications and platforms that require support during normal business hours. Our global support centers have been strategically placed to provide you with fast and efficient access to the support center in your region. Each center is staffed with engineers that can provide industry-leading expertise in virtualization and years of experience supporting virtual infrastructure products in real-world customer environments. We are committed to delivering enterprise-class, worldwide support with a single objective in mind: your success.

VMware Production Support & Subscription Service

Technical Support, 12 Hours/Day, per published Business Hours, Mon. thru Fri.

• Global, 24x7 support for Severity 1 issues
• Fast response times for critical issues
• Unlimited number of support requests
• Remote Support
• Online access to documentation and technical resources, knowledge base, discussion forums
• Product updates and upgrades

Overview

VMware Production Support is designed with your production environments in mind. Our global support centers are staffed around the clock to provide you access to our industry-leading expertise in virtualization and years of experience supporting virtual infrastructure products in real-world customer environments. We are committed to delivering enterprise-class, worldwide support with a single objective in mind: your success.

¹ Hours of operation for Gemstone are Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (PST/PDT). Severity 1 issues are responded to 24x7.
² Product updates and upgrades are not included with Basic Support and Subscription Service for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for VMware.
Product updates and upgrades are not included with Production Support and Subscription Service for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for VMware.
³ VMware Fusion Professional and VMware Workstation require a minimum of ten (10) licenses in order to purchase Basic support. VMware Workstation requires a minimum of ten (10) licenses in order to purchase Production Support.

Documentation:

Download the VMware vCloud Suite Datasheet (PDF).