About vSphere
vSphere is the
VMware software stack that implements private-cloud data center management and
the on-premises component of hybrid-cloud deployments.
A vSphere installation includes
one or more instances of
configured to manage one or more virtual data centers. Each virtual data center
includes one or more instances of VMware
.
The
contains an instance of
.
The appliance
gives you programmatic access to manage the management elements of your data
center.