VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.6 introduces a range of exciting new features and enhancements that further empower businesses to ensure the availability, reliability, and resilience of their cloud environments. Let's dive into the key highlights of this release: vSphere to vSphere Recovery Plans: With VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.6, the scope of recovery plans expands to encompass vSphere Disaster Recovery and migration between vCenter Server sites. This enhancement allows businesses to seamlessly orchestrate and execute recovery plans for vSphere environments. Audit Logs: Enhancing the security and transparency of your cloud operations, this version introduces the ability to audit VMware Cloud Director Availability events using the Cloud Director delivery channel. External events, including those from VMware Cloud Director Availability, are automatically marked as audit events. This feature ensures audit persistence, retention, and export capabilities through VMwar

The recent release of VMware Cloud Director 10.5 brings forth a range of new features and enhancements that further empower cloud providers and administrators to efficiently manage their cloud environments. In this blog post, we'll delve into the exciting updates introduced in VMware Cloud Director 10.5 showcasing a plethora of features designed to enhance interoperability, networking capabilities, user experiences, and overall efficiency. Here are the key takeaways from this latest release: 1. NSX Federation with VDC Groups: VMware Cloud Director 10.5 supports NSX Federation for coordinating security policies across local NSX Manager instances. Up to 4 NSX Manager instances can be included in a single VDC Group, offering enhanced flexibility. NSX Federation is applicable to Stretched Tier 0 and Tier 1 Gateways, enabling networking availability zones across regional data centers. 2. IP Spaces Migration UI Wizard: Introducing an IP Spaces Migration UI wizard for seamless migration o

vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Cloud Director is a vRealize Operations (vROps) management pack created exclusively for VMware Cloud Director (VCD). This management pack monitors the health of supported VMware Cloud Director entities and delivers smart alerts for monitored Provider VMware Cloud Director resources to provide early warnings. It also aids in capacity planning. It can monitor and meter CPU, Memory, Storage, NSX-V Backed Cloud Director, and NSX-T Backed Cloud Director statistics. It includes a number of out-of-the-box reports and dashboards to assist administrators in meeting their use case. For more information about vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Cloud Director, go to  https://marketplace.cloud.vmware.com .  Installation Check the version of vROPS installed e.g 8/.6 or 8.10 Go to  https://marketplace.cloud.vmware.com  and sign in with your VMware Account. Search for vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Cloud Director "version&