VMware vSphere is an enterprise virtualization platform for creating, running, and managing virtual machines and related workloads on pooled computing, storage, and networking resources.
VMware vSphere includes a virtualization layer provided by ESX or ESXi and centralized management capabilities provided by vCenter.
Within Crucible, VMware vSphere can serve as a Deployment Platform on which Crucible creates and manages virtualized Infrastructure Environments.
VMware vSphere provides platform-specific interfaces, resource models, configuration formats, image formats, and operational mechanisms. A Crucible Provider Implementation can isolate those platform-specific dependencies from provider-independent Crucible Descriptions and Infrastructure Baselines.
*enterprise virtualization platform for creating, running, and managing workloads on virtualized infrastructure resources*
VMware identifies a vendor and product family. VMware vSphere identifies the virtualization platform used as the Crucible Deployment Platform.
A VMware vSphere environment can operate in a Connected Environment, Disconnected Environment, or Air-Gapped Environment, depending on its network connectivity and operational controls.
A Crucible Provider Implementation creates virtual machines, virtual networks, storage assignments, resource pools, and security configurations within a VMware vSphere environment.
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