IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions

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What is IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions?

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions is designed to make cloud adoption easier, allowing the user to optimize the value of existing on-premises infrastructure, while leveraging the same tools, technologies and skills in the cloud. The solution provides rapid scalability, deployment in 35+ global data centers and access to disaster recovery, backup, security and compliance solutions from an array of ecosystem partners.

To address varying workload needs, IBM Cloud offers both client-managed and IBM-managed VMware solutions. The client-managed solution, IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions Dedicated, includes VMware vSphere and VMware vCenter options in a monthly subscription model on a single-tenant infrastructure. Both run on bare metal servers enabling secure, single-tenant deployments. Additionally, the same root level hypervisor access can be retained as with an on-premises cloud. These models improve compatibility and increase cloud agility.

The IBM-managed solution, IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions Shared, leverages VMware vCloud Director in an hourly or monthly consumption model on a multi-tenant infrastructure. This self-service solution provides a way to start migrating virtual machines (VMs) to the cloud in a matter of minutes. IBM Cloud manages the hypervisor, so users don’t have to worry about managing, patching or updates. The vendor describes this model as flexible and cost-effective for scalability.

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Live virtual machine backup
Ability to backup vms without interrupting service
Category average: 8
Management console
Management console for central administration of vm environment
Category average: 8
Live virtual machine migration
Downtime minimization by migrating live vms between hosts and across clusters
Category average: 7.9

Hypervisor-level security
Hypervisor-level security including antivirus and anti-malware
Category average: 8.4
Virtual machine automated provisioning
Automation of virtual machine provisioning through use of vm templates
Category average: 7.8

Gabriel Hernandez

IBM Cloud Technical Specialist at CompuSoluciones (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use VMware Cloud Foundations as a Service for DR environment, is very easy to deploy it and configure it, also it has the advantage to bill only what you use, but when I need to deploy a single tenant VMware Server, I can use VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic.

Pros

DR
Backup and Replication.
Cyber Recovery.

Cons

HA
DR
Backup
Modernization

Return on Investment

Flexible
Root Access.
Pay as you go.
Security

Alternatives Considered

Veeam on IBM Cloud, IBM Power Virtual Server and IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC

Other Software Used

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC, IBM Power Virtual Server

Jesus Mora Luna View profile

System Administrator in Information Technology at Fourth Kind Solutions S De RL De CV (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions to carry out demonstrations for our clients who want to use the cloud and see the facilities that the product has and how it works with instances of different uses, such as applications, databases, security communications, etc.We also use these services for our DX areas, where solutions are created for our clients.

Pros

Administration of Vcenter and its instances
Ease of creating instances of different types
High security for productive implementations

Cons

Improve admin dashboard deployment
Improve the help in the fields when a configuration is being carried out, making it more detailed
Streamline searching for services within the main IBM Cloud portal for beginner users

Return on Investment

Has reduced the cost of what was paid for the customer demonstration environment
The cost of the development environment has been reduced since we do not use it on demand and thus we do not have dedicated physical equipment
The deployment of test environments and/or applications already in production is carried out more agilely and quickly.

Alternatives Considered

VMware Cloud on AWS

Other Software Used

IBM Cloud Block Storage, IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery, IBM Cloud Backup

Amir Shokoohi View profile

IT director in Information Technology at Mcgregor and company (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions for 2 purposes. One is to create backups within the server as a running VM. This usage is nightly and weekly. The other is by creating a virtual server that replicates our main one to run and install any major applications or any major updates to make sure of the process and working out any issues before implementing on the actual server.

Pros

Replicating complex machines like a server.
Creating reliable and fast backups.

Cons

The backup function can use a bit more speed.
The ease of being able to find and recover any missing data from a particular backup date needs to improve.

Return on Investment

We had a competitor that was hijacked by a ransomware and it cost them a total of $55k and 5 days of being offline to recover the data. Our backups can at the worst, miss one day of work and we will be back up and running.
The ease of mind to explore all different applications, knowing that the VMware allows us to use the virtual server to test them, is also very liberating and allows all possibilities when it comes to trying new software.

Alternatives Considered

Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

Other Software Used

QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise, Wolters Kluwer CCH ProSystem fx, Thomson Reuters CS Professional Suite

Amr Elsaid

IT Consultant in Information Technology at MOI (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it with an artificial intelligence project at our organization. we are using pig data to collect data from different databases and give important reports for our top management and decision makers

Pros

Cost saving
Reduce data center cost
Increase operational efficiencies

Cons

Increase developer productivity
Increase operational efficiency
Increase security efficiency

Return on Investment

Reduce data center cost
Increased developers productivity

Alternatives Considered

Azure Cloud Services

Mushtaqu Khan

Regional Business Manager in Professional Services at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions is used in our organization for heavy workloads and critical applications and is also very helpful to manage database management. IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions has hypervisor level security at all levels that also protect our confidential data and manage our data in a proper way.

Pros

Scalability and flexibility
Cost effective
Security control

Cons

Initial cost is high.
Training criteria should be setup for beginners.

Return on Investment

Dynamic scaling
Best operating support system.
Best security controls.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) and Dell Cloud Manager (Discontinued)

OVHcloud Hosted Private Cloud

Rackspace Managed Private Cloud

VMware Cloud on AWS

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Live virtual machine backup

Management console

Live virtual machine migration

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Hypervisor-level security

Virtual machine automated provisioning

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