Review of VMware Virtual Center
By Jeremy Clark
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Techworld has a review about VMware’s newest addition to their VMware Server product line: VirtualCenter. Although this newest addition isn’t free, actually far from it: $1500, it seems that for a medium sized business that runs multiple servers hosting
multiple VMs this product might be useful. Basically this new product is installed on one server then connects to all the other VMware Servers running and allows remote administration of each one in a centralized place. This is easier than connecting to each server individually to change a few settings and check on the server health. This tool also allows you to view the actual machine running inside VMware server from the same centralized place.
From VMware
- Contain hardware cost – Eliminate the need to purchase a new physical server every time you need to roll out a new workload or server.
- Enjoy rapid provisioning – Reduce the time you need to provision a server from hours/days down to minutes, allowing administrators to respond more immediately to requests for IT services.
- Centralized management and monitoring – Improve operational efficiency and ensure your systems are up and running.
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andrewstaflin
Dec 17th 2008 @ 9:55 amDid you hear about VMware FT? I just read a bit about it on http://www.virtualizationteam.com/virtualization-vmware/vmware-esx-40-ft-fault-tolerant-sneak-peek.html Would u think that would replace VMware HA? I had seen a video even of FT on that link. Is it available yet?
Jeremy Clark
Dec 17th 2008 @ 11:31 amThe way it looks is that it is an addon for HA(High Availability). It uses the HA clusters to provide zero downtime and seamless reboots.
http://www.vmware.com/products/fault-tolerance/