| AAM |
Automated Availability Manager (aka VMware HA since v 4.1) |
| ADM |
Application Discover Manager |
| ALUA |
Asymmetric Logical Unit Access |
| APD |
All Paths Down |
| APM |
Application Performance Manager |
| CBM |
Chargeback Manager |
| CBRC |
Content Based Read Cache |
| CF |
Cloud Foundry |
| CIM |
Common Interface Model (standard acronym) |
| CIQ |
Capacity IQ (now integrated in Operation Manager Suite) |
| CSI |
Clustering Services Infrastructure |
| DAS |
Distributed Availability Service (VMware HA advanced options) |
| DD |
Data Director |
| DPM |
Distributed Power Management |
| DRS |
Distributed Resources Scheduler |
| DVS |
Distributed Virtual Switch |
| ESX |
Elastic Sky X |
| ESXi |
Elastic Sky X Integrated |
| EUC |
End User Computing |
| EVC |
Enhanced vMotion Compatibility |
| FDM |
Fault Domain Manager (aka VMware HA from v 5.0) |
| FT |
Fault Tolerance (VMware FT) |
| GFE |
GemFire Enterprise |
| GSX |
Ground Storm X or Ground Swell X (aka the VMware Server) |
| HA |
High Availability |
| HCL |
Hardware Compatibility List |
| HoL |
Hands-on Labs |
| IODM |
I/O Device Management |
| MVP |
Mobile Virtualization Platform (aka Horizon Mobile) |
| NEE |
Next-Generation Education Environment (Project Nee is used actually for the HoL) |
| N(ET)IOC |
Network I/O Control |
| NSX |
Network Sky X? |
| P2V |
Physical to Virtual |
| PAE |
Propero Application Environment |
| PDL |
Permanent Device Loss |
| PSO |
Professional Services Organisation |
| S2 |
SpringSource |
| SDDC |
Software Defined Data Center |
| SDRS |
Storage Distributed Resource Scheduling |
| SI |
Spring Integration |
| SIOC |
Storage I/O Control |
| SM |
Service Manager |
| SQLF |
SQLFire |
| SRM |
Site Recovery Manager |
| STS |
SpringSource Tool Suite |
| V2V |
Virtual to Virtual |
| VAAI |
vStorage API for Array Integration |
| VADM |
vCenter Application Discovery Manager |
| VCAC |
vCloud Automation Center |
| VCAP |
VMware Certified Advanced Professional |
| VCAT |
vCloud Architecture Toolkit |
| VCD |
vCloud Director |
| VCDX |
VMware Certified Design Expert |
| vCHS |
vCloud Hybrid Service |
| VCLI |
vSphere Command Line Interface |
| VCM |
vCenter Configuration Manager |
| VCO |
vCenter Orchestrator |
| VCOPS |
vCenter Operations |
| VCP |
VMware Certified Professional |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| VMX |
Virtual Machine eXecutable (used in the VM config file) |
| VPX |
Virtual Provisioning X (aka the vCenter Server) |
| VPXA |
Virtual Provisioning X Agent |
| VPXD |
Virtual Provisioning X Daemon |
| VR |
vSphere Replication |
| VRM |
vCloud Request Manager |
| VSA |
vSphere Storage Appliance |
| VSAN |
vSphere Storage Area Network? |
| VSM |
VMware Service Manager |
| VSP |
VMware Sales Professional |
| vswif |
Virtual Switch Interface (used in the old ESX server as a management network interface) |
| VTSP |
VMware Technical Sales Professional |
| VUM |
vCenter Update Manager |
| VXLAN |
Virtual Extensible Local Area Network |
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