VMware Architect: Introduction, Definition, Advantages, and Responsibilities

Introduction of VMware

VMware is a California-based company founded in 1998 that is developing a virtualization platform for IT infrastructure. VMware is known for its vSphere VMware hypervisor. The VMware hypervisor enables virtualization for all VMware architecture. VMware software developed by IT professionals in five different areas in 1998. VMware advances various types of virtualization application software and is today a leading provider of virtualization software.

VMware officially launched its first product, "VMware Workstation" around 1999. Later, they came with the server application "VMware GSX Server" in 2001 on the market. Since then, additional products have added to the stock. Their products are divided into two types.

·         System Applications
·         Server Application

System Applications: Some of VMware's desktop applications include Horizon Apps, Horizon 7, Horizon cloud, Horizon FLEX on Microsoft Azure, Horizon Infrastructure with Hosted Cloud, and more.

Server Applications: Some server-side application software is Rails, Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft IIS with .NET Framework on Windows Server, JBoss for Windows and Linux, vFabric tc Server, and so on.

What is VMware?

VMware: it is a cloud computing software and virtualization. The basis of VMware virtualization technologies is the ESX / ESXi hypervisor in the x86 architecture. A hypervisor is configured on the (physical) server so that several virtual machines can run on the same VMware server virtualization.

All VM can run their operating system. Several virtual machines on the same physical server share some of the shared resources, such as RAM, network, etc.

VMware software is now widely used in virtualized storage and networking, cloud management services, private data centers, office software, and more. VMware professional also started the VMWare ESX server and VMWare GSX server. The VMWare virtualization software is intended primarily for commercial use.

VMware vCenter Server architecture

The three major components of the vCenter Server architecture are:

·         vSphere Web Client.
·         vCenter Server database.
·         vCenter Single Sign-On.

VSphere Web Client: vSphere Web Client is a web application that acts as the user interface. The administrator can manage inventory objects and manage the installation on a vSphere prototype, and virtual machines can access the console. VMware software recently launched the vSphere Web Client based on HTML5 in its latest version (vSphere 6.5).

The vCenter Server database: Server data is stored and managed from resource groups and inventory items. Each instance of vCenter Server has its database.
vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO): SSO is a security token and authentication agent that the user can use to log in once to access the vSphere infrastructure. Further authentication is not required.

Advantages of VMware:

The activated administrator continuously monitors performance. VCenter Server affects the deployment of the virtual machine and blocks unauthorized access. Other benefits include simplifying integration with third-party products, reducing the impact of system errors, and automating workflows.

A server (vCenter) can handle multiple virtual machines alone. The number rises by connecting various occurrences. However, the capability of the server (vCenter) is vast, and this can also be a disadvantage. Therefore, the server database (vCenter) can store all the data. If the number of virtual machines in a given instance is overloaded, the risk of exceeding the database limits is higher: This results in the purchase of vCenter Server (in addition to the existing server).

VMware salary will not prioritize the Windows (vCenter) server during subsequent vSphere launches. The next version of the vCenter Server has replaced by the server application (vCSA) as a single prototype. Although the Linux version of vCSA has better scalability and configuration, vCSA can only run on virtual hardware and virtual machine clusters. The company can solve the problem by separately creating a group for vCSA. This process requires additional licenses and expensive equipment.

Responsibilities and Job Role

1.       Ability to present ideas in an easy-to-use and business language adapted to executive and executive viewers.
 2.       Ability to successfully manage relationships with other architecture teams, application teams, stakeholders, company representatives, and customers.
 3.       Organizational skills with particular attention to the details of the task, the documentation, and the target dates.
 4.       Solid written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
 5.       Team oriented, willing to share knowledge, and collaborate with peers.
6.       Proven strategic and analytical vision with strong problem-solving capabilities.
7.       Able to prioritize and perform tasks in a high-pressure environment. · Ability to investigate servers, storage, virtualization problems, standards, and products.