This document discusses how to manage VMware vSphere like AWS and Azure. It outlines the challenges of multi-cloud management and how RightScale's Cloud Appliance for vSphere can help "cloudify" vSphere. The document shows that RightScale provides a single pane of glass for managing cloud and virtualized environments across platforms. It also includes an agenda and information about RightScale and data on enterprise cloud adoption trends. Finally, it previews a demo of RightScale's Cloud Appliance for vSphere capabilities.
4. Who is RightScale?
Self-Service Cloud Analytics
RightScale Cloud Brokerage Platform
Cloud Management
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Multi-Cloud Orchestration
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AWS Azure Google CloudStack OpenStack vSphere Any Cloud Any Virtual Bare Metal Any Service
5. 29%
27%
23%
10%
10%
Top Priority for Enterprise Central IT
Top Priority for Enterprise Central IT is Hybrid
Source: RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Report
Leveraging
hybrid cloud
Building a
private cloud
Using a hosted
private cloud
Using
public cloud
Public and private are
equal priority
6. # of Clouds Used Public Clouds
All respondents
Private Clouds
All respondents
Running applications 1.5 1.7
Experimenting 1.5 1.3
Total 3.0 3.0
Average # of Clouds Used
10. Enterprises Want Visibility and Consistency
“Consistent Life-
cycle management
across other clouds
and vSphere is
hugely important”
“Uniform visibility
and consistent
experience is what
I’m looking for”
“We’re looking for
an alternative to
VMware tools”
“Help me manage
my VM sprawl”
22. RIghtScale Cloud Appliance Benefits
Cloudify vSphere
Add cloud capabilities to vSphere
resources
Portability
Create and move portable workloads across clouds
and vSphere
Single pane of glass
Manage cloud and virtualized environments from
one management console and REST API
Co-existence
Leverage RightScale in parallel with vCenter,
vSphere admins can use familiar tools
Self-Service/DevOps
Provide self-service access to automate workload
provisioning
23. ● Built with the goal of
“Cloudifying” vSphere
● Simple, Stateless,
Fault-tolerant
● No inbound
connectivity required
● No vSphere Admin
access required
● Works with vSphere
5.1 or 5.5 or 6.0
High-level schematic for RCA-V
On-premises
Private
Clouds
RightScale Cloud Portfolio Management
Corporate Firewall
RightScale Cloud
Appliance for vSphere
vCenter Server™
ESXi
VMware® vSphere®
Public
Clouds