Google Cloud VMware Engine is a fully managed service that allows you to run the VMware y Google Cloud platform. Easily move your VMware-based workloads to Google Cloud without changing tools or processes. GCVE offers all VMware hardware and licenses to run in a dedicated VMware SDDC data center on Google Cloud. Migrating to the cloud has never been easier!

Benefits

Fully integrated experience with VMware

Unlike other solutions, Google simplifies the use of VMware services and tools with unified means of identification, management, support and monitoring, while providing all necessary licenses, cloud services and billing.

Fast rendering and scaling

Take advantage of cloud flexibility and scalability with rapid provisioning, you can create a new private cloud in about 30 minutes with dynamic resource management and easy scaling.

Familiar third-party apps in the cloud

Continue using your core enterprise applications in the cloud without change. Google Cloud VMware Engine integrates with leading database, storage, disaster recovery and backup solutions from ISV.

The main characteristics of GCVE

Integrated GCP capabilities

Take advantage of full access to Google’s innovative cloud services. Virtual private cloud allows private access between the VMware environment and Google Cloud, allowing you to use BigQuery and other GCP services.

High-speed network and high availability

VMware Engine is built on Google Cloud’s high-performance, scalable infrastructure with full redundancy and a dedicated 100 Gbps network, delivering 99.99% availability to meet the needs of your most demanding enterprise workloads.

Reliable VMware ecosystem solutions

Keep your IT infrastructure management tools and third-party services that are compatible with your on-premises environment. Google works closely with leading storage, backup and disaster recovery vendors such as NetApp, Actifio, Veeam, Zerto, Cohesity and Dell Technologies to facilitate the migration process and ensure business continuity.

Familiar VMware tools and Google Cloud toolset

The transition can be easily accomplished using the same VMware tools, processes, and policies that you use to manage your on-premises VMware workloads. All I set of Google Cloud tools is to monitor, debug, and improve the performance of applications in the Google Cloud environment.

What does Google Cloud VMware Engine provide?

To learn more about what Google Cloud VMware Engine is and which solutions are right for your business, contact Wise IT specialists:

What about service availability?

As of 2024, Google Cloud Platform has 40 regions, 121 zones and 187 points of presence that are available to serve customers in more than 200 countries. GCVE is available in 19 regions worldwide.

VMware SDDC Reference Architecture on Google Cloud VMware Engine

Below is a representative reference architecture that shows how you can migrate or extend your VMware environment to Google Cloud and take advantage of GCP services.

Migrate using VMware Cross vCenter vMotion

Cross vCenter vMotion is a feature introduced in vSphere 6.0 that allows virtual machines (VMs) to move from one vCenter Server instance to another to simultaneously change compute, network, storage, and VM management resources.