vSphere Architecture

Question 1

What are the three main layers of vSphere architecture?

Answer 1

Virtualization, Management, Interface

Question 2

What components make up the management layer?

Answer 2

• Virtual machine provisioning
  ■ Host and VM configuration
  ■ Resources and virtual machine inventory management

■ Statistics and logging
■ Alarms and event management
■ A task scheduler
■ vApps

• vSphere Update Manager (VUM)
  ■ vCenter Orchestrator
  ■ VMware Data Protection
• ESXi server management
  ■ VMware vSphere API
  ■ Active Directory interface
  ■ Database interface