VMware VSPP
What is VSPP?
As a part of the vCloud initiative, VMware has launched the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP), a specific framework built to service Providers who want to offer VMware technologies in a spla model like.
This creates new possibilities for service Providers based on solutions, applications and services that will increase your business offer in the cloud computing services. The VSPP license program offers to service Providers the flexibility of virtualizing the reporting machine (VM) per month instead of purchasing them in advance, easily adapting to customized requirements.
Which products are covered in the VSPP program?
- vSphere 4.0 Enterprise Plus
- VI3 Enterprise (available till 15-12-09)
- vSphere Advanced
- vSphere Standard
- View Premier (VMware authorization necessary)
- vCenter Server Standard
- Additional Management and Automation Products
- vCenter Lab Manager/Stage Manager/Lifecycle Manager/Site
- Recovery Manager
Advantages
- With VSPP you are entitled to upgrades and platinum support
- VSPP reduce your operational costs through the use of virtualization
- VSPP reduce the expenditure for software purchase
- With VSPP you have more flexibility of raising/reduce VSPP software purchase on a monthly base
- you pay for what you use (pay–as–you-go model)
- With VSPP you repwort by VMs
- Thanks to virtualization you see a decrease in energy costs
- With virtualization you need less floor surface for servers (smaller space requirements)
What are the main VSPP characteristics?
- Report minimum of points/VMs per month during a year
- Enroll as Professional, Enterprise or Premier partner
- Report minimum 1 license vCenter (if you have not bought these already)
- Report the "peak users" number of VMs/Points
- Use VSPP only on a collocation data centre
- VSPP cannot be used at customer location
