VSM talks to vCenter through the standard RESTful API (HTTPS). That traffic can be routed. You do not need a L2 connection between VSM and vCenter. IP connectivity is a necessary and sufficient condition.For VSM to VEM communications, L2 (Control and...

Renaming objects is currently not possible. What you can do here is use the Create a Clone feature which is available when you right-click an existing Service Profile (SP). This gives you the option to choose a new name altogether and the location of...

Any type of shared storage supported by VMware will do fine. It doesn't have to be a Fibre Channel SAN. You can use an open-source NFS filer or an iSCSI repository as alternatives.