VMware Acronyms and Abbreviations

List of VMware acronyms and abbreviations

AAM	Automated Availability Manager
ADM	Application Discover Manager
APM	Application Performance Manager
BYOD	Bring Your Own Device
CB	Chargeback
CBM	Chargeback Manager
CBRC	Content Based Read Cache
CF	Cloud Foundry
CIM	Common Interface Model
CIQ	Capacity IQ
CIS	Cloud Infrastructure Suite
CSI	Clustering Services Infrastructure
DaaS	Desktop as a Service
DAS	Distributed Availability Service
DBaaS	Database as a Service
DD	Data Director
DPM	Distributed Power Management
DRS	Distributed Resources Scheduler
DVS	Distributed Virtual Switch
ERS	Enterprise Ready Server
ESX	Elastic Sky X
ESXi	Elastic Sky X Integrated
EUC	End User Computing
EVC	Enhanced vMotion Compatibility
EVDC	Elastic Virtual Data Center
FDM	Fault Domain Manager
FT	Fault Tolerance
GFE	GemFire Enterprise
GSX	Ground Storm X
HA	High Availability
HCL	Hardware Compatibility List
HoL	Hands-On Labs
IaaS	Infrastructure as a Service
IODM	I/O Device Management
MVP	VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform
NEE	Next-Generation Education Environment
NETIOC	Network I/O Control
NIOC	Network I/O Control
OVDC	Organization Virtual Data Center
P2V	Physical to Virtual
PaaS	Platform as a Service
PAE	Propero Application Environment
PDL	Permanent Device Loss
PSO	Professional Services Organisation
PVDC	Provider Virtual Data Center
S2	SpringSource
SaaS	Software as a Service
SDDC	Software Defined Data Center
SDRS	Storage Distributed Resource Scheduling
SI	Spring Integration
SIOC	Storage I/O Control
SM	Service Manager
SMP	Symmetrical Multi Processing
SQLF	SQLFire
SR-IOV	Single Root I/O Virtualization
SRM	Site Recovery Manager
STS	SpringSource Tool Suite
TAM	Technical Account Manager
V2V	Virtual to Virtual
VAAI	vStorage API for Array Integration
VADM	vCenter Application Discovery Manager
VC	Virtual Center
VCA4-DT	VMware Certified Associate 4 – Desktop
VCAC	vCloud Automation Center
VCAP	VMware Certified Advanced Professional
VCAP4-DCA	VMware Certified Advanced Professional 4 – Datacenter Administration
VCAP4-DCD	VMware Certified Advanced Professional 4 – Datacenter Design
VCAP5-DCA	VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 – Datacenter Administration
VCAP5-DCD	VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 – Datacenter Design
VCAP-CID	VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Infrastructure Design
VCAP-DTD	VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Desktop Design
VCAT	vCloud Architecture Toolkit
VCD	vCloud Director
VCDX	VMware Certified Design Expert
VCDX4-DV	VMware Certified Design Expert 4 – Datacenter Virtualiziation
VCDX5-DV	VMware Certified Design Expert 5 – Datacenter Virtualiziation
VCDX-DT	VMware Certified Design Expert – Desktop
VCIM	vCloud Integration Manager
VCLI	vSphere Command Line Interface
VCM	vCenter Configuration Manager
VCO	vCenter Orchestrator
VCOPS	vCenter Operations
VCP4-DT	VMware Certified Professional 4 – Desktop
VCP4-DV	VMware Certified Professional 4 – Datacenter Virtualization
VCP5-DT	VMware Certified Professional 5 – Desktop
VCP5-DV	VMware Certified Professional 5 – Datacenter Virtualization
vCSA	vCenter Server Appliance
VCSN	vCloud Security and Networking
VDC	Virtual Data Center
VDP	vSphere Data Protection
VDR	VMware Data Recovery
VDS	vNetwork Distributed Switch
VIM	Virtual Infrastructure Management
VIN	vCenter Infrastructure Navigator
VIX	Virtual Infrastructure eXtension
VM	Virtual Machine
VMA	vSphere Management Assistant
VMFS	Virtual Machine File System
VMRC	VMware Remote Console
VMS	vFabric Management Service
VMSA	VMware Security Advisory
VMTN	VMware Technology Network
VMW	VMware
VMX	Virtual Machine eXecutable
VPX	Virtual Provisioning X
VPXA	Virtual Provisioning X Agent
VPXD	Virtual Provisioning X Daemon
VR	vSphere Replication
VRM	vCloud Request Manager
VSA	vSphere Storage Appliance
VSM	VMware Service Manager
VSP	VMware Sales Professional
vswif	Virtual Switch Interface
VTSP	VMware Technical Sales Professional
VUM	vCenter Update Manager
VXLAN	Virtual Extensible Local Area Network