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vCloud Architecture Toolkit While at a customer site this past week, I was confronted with a situation. But before I get to that, lets talk about vCenter and vCloud Design. First thing is first, you should be vaguely familiar with vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCAT). One important topic it discusses is the placement and use of vCenter when it comes to vCloud Director. Its a recommended practice to have 2 vCenter servers in a vCloud environment. Use 1 vCenter server for hosting Datacenters/Clusters/VMs that are relevant to vSphere and vCloud Infrastructure Components. Use another vCenter server for hosting vCloud Resources. Whys this? Separation of management domains. Its important to know that vSphere and vCloud are different animals. Just because you are a vSphere admin, it doesnt make you a vCloud admin. By separating the two environments, you are letting vSphere admins access VMs that are outside the Cloud, and manage VMs that are considered vCloud Infrastructure. vCenter becomes ...