Virtual management tools allow you to manage IT resources in virtualized environments. They monitor the performance of resources, optimize them, assist with capacity planning and make it much easier for applications to be moved between servers. They can automate IT workflows, and provide information to help streamline processes.
There are many virtual management tools accessible for use, including those offered by the hypervisor vendors themselves, like VMware vCenter and Microsoft SCVMM. They typically concentrate on the smallest level of changes to configurations for running VMs. Other products, like those from VMware vCOPS and Citrix XenCenter, offer more advanced features for greater scope of virtualization management, like monitoring and troubleshooting.
Virtual management tools regardless of their features, are designed to complement hypervisor management tools, not replace them. The best solution will depend on the company’s existing virtualization infrastructure and how it intends to change in the near future. It will also depend on the management requirements that are perceived.
The best virtual server software comes with a variety of pre-installed monitoring capabilities, including CPU, memory and network utilization for hosts and VMs. It also provides VMs-related reports that show patterns of usage and areas that are in need of attention, and allow you make accurate capacity-addition decisions. OpManager for instance, provides more than 70 VM reports that are ready to help you understand your servers and provide you with the assistance you need. Try out the virtual server management features for 30 days at no cost.