View Composer Array Integration
View Composer Array Integration What is VCAI? A. VCAI or View Composer API for Array Integration is a new �Tech Preview� feature of View 5.1 that leverages capabilities of VMware vSphere as well as some of the NAS storage arrays that have the VAAI (vSphere API for Array Integration) NAS native snapshot capability. This feature allows customers to offload the creation of linked clones to the storage array. It is used in conjunction with linked clone desktop pools and NFS datastores that are exported by NAS storage arrays such as NetApp and EMC. Q. Is VCAI a fully supported feature of VMware View 5.1? VCAI is a �Tech Preview� (Experimental) feature of View 5.1. It is not a supported feature of View 5.1. Customers who have all the required components can try and test it in their environment. Q. What are the different components required to operationalize View Composer API for Array Integration? The following components are required for op...