VMware vCenter Management

Managing private cloud environments can be complex and time-consuming. To address these challenges, Enterprises, SI’s and MSP’s are adopting self-service solutions. Jamcracker's Digital Marketplace allows users with the flexibility and control they need to efficiently manage their private cloud resources.

Need for Self-Service in Private Cloud

IT administrators and internal users within these organizations require a fully automated self-service experience to streamline their operations. This empowers them to independently manage their private cloud resources, reducing reliance on IT teams and accelerating time-to-market for new applications and services.

Jamcracker's Marketplace: Your One-Stop Shop for Self-Service Private Cloud Management

Jamcracker's Marketplace platform offers a comprehensive solution to address these needs. With its seamless integrating with VMware vCenter 7.x, the platform provides a flexible framework for automating both ITOps (IT operations) and FinOps (Financial operations), enabling organizations to achieve cloud governance and optimize resource utilization.

Key Benefits of Using Jamcracker's Digital Marketplace:

• Self-Service Portal: A user-friendly portal serves both internal and external users to:
1. Provision and manage virtual machines, storage, and network resources.
2. Monitor resource usage and performance.
3. Automate routine tasks.
• Accelerated Time-to-Market: Quickly deploy new applications and services without manual intervention.
• Enhanced Operational Efficiency: Streamline workflows and reduce operational overhead.
• Improved Cost Control: Optimize resource utilization and reduce unnecessary expenses.
• Enhanced Security and Compliance: Enforce granular access controls and compliance.

Key Features of Jamcracker's Marketplace:

• Simple to set-up and connect with the existing vCenter environment.
• Customer Account Mapping: Accurately map customers to their respective resources, ensuring granular control and security.
• Provisioning and Lifecycle Management: Automate the provisioning and lifecycle management of critical infrastructure resources, including:
1. Compute resources (VMs)
2. Block storage
3. Block volumes
4. Disks
5. NFS data stores
6. Network resources (NSX-T, Distributed switches & load balancers)
7. vApp Support: Create and manage vApps, including application templates, IP allocation policies, and resource mapping.
• NFS Data Store Management: Efficiently manage NFS data stores and trigger events like mounting data stores for vCenter and ESXi hosts.
• IT Governance: Define and enforce IT governance policies to monitor and automate tasks, ensuring compliance and security.
• Financial Governance: Implement financial governance policies to manage spending and allocate costs effectively.
• Resource Pooling and Allocation: Create resource pools and allocate vCenter resources at the VM, project, or department level.
• Chargeback: Enable chargeback at the department, LOB, or project level to promote cost accountability.
• BYOS (Bring Your Own Script): Integrate with DevOps tools to allow developers, architects, and IT operations teams to automate tasks using their own scripts.

By leveraging Jamcracker's pre-built VMware vCenter integration, organizations can maximize the potential of their private cloud environments.