List of VMware related 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 |
| VCF | VMware Cloud Foundation |
| 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 |
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Thank you, Nice to have Handy like this
Does anyone know what RLIC is an acronym for?
Never heard of RLIC. Is it VMware related?
VMWare Cloud Foundation --> VCF
Thank you. Haven't updated this page for years tbh...Lots of modern technology and products are missing for sure.