VMware changes product names

John Troyer has announced that the VMware website has been updated to reflect new product line names first introduced back in September at VMworld 2008. In the VMTN post Do they smell as sweet? New product line names: vCenter, View, John explains that the VirtualCenter and VDM products have are now referred to as vCenter and VMware View. Several VC add ons such as Update Manager and Converter are included along with Site Recovery Manager (SRM), Lab Manager, Lifecycle Manager, and even the file system VMFS now have slightly new names.

John provides a complete list of all products impacted by the name change which I have copied here.

VMware vCenter
Brand name for all infrastructure and application management products from VMware

VMware VirtualCenter ? VMware vCenter Server
The central management product for VMware Infrastructure

VMware Lifecycle Manager ? VMware vCenter Lifecycle Manager
Workflow automation product for creation, deployment and decommissioning of virtual machines

VMware Converter ? VMware vCenter Converter (for the version integrated into vCenter)
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone (for the separately downloadable version); comes in two flavors: Enterprise and Starter
Physical to virtual (P2V) conversion product

VMware Lab Manager ? VMware vCenter Lab Manager
Automation product for application development environments

VMware Stage Manager ? VMware vCenter Stage Manager
Automation product for application staging and deployment environments

VMware Update Manager ? VMware vCenter Update Manager
Host and virtual machine patch management product integrated with vCenter Server

VMware Site Recovery Manager ? VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Disaster recovery orchestration product

VirtualCenter Foundation ? vCenter Server Foundation
Node limited version of vCenter Server

VMFS ? VMware vStorage VMFS
VMware’s cluster file system

VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure ? VMware View
VMware’s integrated desktop virtualization solution that delivers enterprise-class control and manageability

Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM) ? VMware View Manager
Enterprise
class server which manages connections from end points to virtual
desktops or hosted desktops while helping rapidly provision desktops

VMware Administrator Interface ? VMware View Administrator
Administrator Interface for View Manager

VDM Agent ? VMware View Manager Agent
Agent for View Manager to talk to the virtual desktop

VDM Web Access ? VMware View Portal
Access to virtual desktops through web browser

VDM Client for Windows ? VMware View Client for Windows
Client used to install on Win 32 PC or Win XP embedded thin client to connect to View Manager for virtual desktop access

VDM Client for Linux ? VMware View Client for Linux
Client used to install on Linux thin clients to connect to View Manager for virtual desktop access

Tags: lab manager, site recovery manager, stage manager, update manager, vdm, virtualcenter, virtualization, vmfs, vmtn, vmware, vmware converter

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Mike DiPetrillo

I'm biased since I work for VMware but I like the new names. It at least tells people what they fall under. Of course I used to call the products by their street name (ESX instead of VMware ESX Server) so I'll probably continue to get yelled at by marketing with the new, longer names. :)

Jeremy Tirrell

I like the new names too. Though now we are in a scramble trying to figure out what our VDM 2.0 license covers as far as VDMView. And vSales is upwards of an hour long wait. I am really enjoying the new features though! (In the evaluation as our 2.0 key will not plug into 3.0/view)