VMware 4817V62 Administration Guide - Page 22

vSphere Basic System Administration vShield Zones VMware vCenter Orchestrator VMware Data Recovery vShield Zones is an application-aware firewall built for VMware vCenter Server integration. vShield Zones inspects client-server communications and inter-virtual-machine communication to provide detailed traffic analytics and application-aware firewall partitioning. vShield Zones is a critical security component for protecting virtualized datacenters from network-based attacks and misuse. VMware vCenter Orchestrator is a workflow engine that enables you to create and execute automated workflows within your VMware vSphere environment. vCenter Orchestrator coordinates workflow tasks across multiple VMware products and third-party management and administration solutions through its open plug-in architecture. vCenter Orchestrator provides a library of workflows that are highly extensible; any operation available in the vCenter Server API can be used to customize vCenter Orchestrator workflows. VMware Data Recovery is a disk-based backup and recovery solution that provides complete data protection for virtual machines. VMware Data Recovery is fully integrated with VMware vCenter Server to enable centralized and efficient management of backup jobs and includes data de-duplication to minimize disk usage. vCenter Components That Require Tomcat Several vCenter Server components require the Tomcat Web server to be running on the vCenter Server system. The Tomcat Web server is installed as part of the vCenter Server installation. The components that require Tomcat to be running include the following. n Linked Mode n CIM/Hardware Status tab n Performance charts n WebAccess n vCenter Storage Monitoring/Storage Views tab n vCenter Service Status Optional vCenter Server Components Optional vCenter Server components are packaged and installed with the base product, but require a separate license. Optional features include: VMotion VMware HA A feature that enables you to move running virtual machines from one ESX/ESXi host to another without service interruption. It requires licensing on both the source and target host. vCenter Server centrally coordinates all VMotion activities. A feature that enables a cluster with High Availability. If a host goes down, all virtual machines that were running on the host are promptly restarted on different hosts in the same cluster. 22 VMware, Inc.