Centralized Management for VMware Server

Enhance your VMware Server deployment by adding centralized management with VirtualCenter for VMware Server. Priced for small and medium businesses (SMBs), this easy-to-use offering has everything you need to start experiencing the benefits of virtualization in your IT infrastructure, including:

Increased utilization of existing servers, minimizing the need to purchase new hardware.
Rapid server provisioning—in minutes instead of hours or days.
Centralized management and monitoring of the virtual IT environment.

Download the datasheet or get an evaluation copy of VirtualCenter for VMware Server and try it for yourself.

Architecture

Management

Architecture

VirtualCenter for VMware Server has the following main components:

VirtualCenter Management Server runs as a service on Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 and works with the existing x86 hardware and software infrastructure, including blade and rack-mount servers.
VirtualCenter Database resides on standard versions of Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
Virtual Infrastructure Client runs on any Windows PC.
VirtualCenter Agent connects VMware Server with the VirtualCenter Management Server.

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Management

Virtual machine provisioning and migration. Provision virtual machines instantly.

Deployment wizard. Create new virtual machines with a user friendly wizard. Customize network identities and operating system parameters to make new instances unique.
Virtual machine templates. Save virtual machines as templates that can be deployed in minutes. Minimize errors and downtime by establishing configuration standards for virtual machines.
Virtual machine cloning. Copy existing virtual machines when a new instance of a server is needed.

Server and virtual machine management

Virtual Infrastructure Client. Manage servers, virtual machines, and VirtualCenter Server with a common user interface.
VMware Server configuration. Centralize management and configuration of all servers in VirtualCenter.

System monitoring. Continuously monitor physical servers and virtual machine availability and utilization from a single interface.

Alerts and notifications. Set green, yellow and red level alarms for CPU, memory and heartbeat states to manage and pre-empt problems. Alarm triggers generate automated notifications and alerts. Schedule automatic execution of system management tasks such as sending SNMP traps, sending emails, running management scripts, suspending, powering off, and resetting virtual machines.
Enhanced performance graphs. Monitor and analyze virtual machines, resource pools and server utilization and availability with detailed performance graphs. Performance metrics can be defined with several levels of granularity and can be viewed in real time, or across a specified time interval.
Reports. Export VirtualCenter data to HTML and Excel formats for integration with other reporting tools and offline analysis.

Integration with third party systems management products through Web services APIs provided by the VMware Infrastructure SDK.

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Get VirtualCenter for VMware Server now
There are several easy ways to start using VirtualCenter for VMware Server today:

Try it out for 30-days by downloading an evaluation copy.
Talk to a local reseller. Search online for one now.
Get more information by talking with a sales agent at 1-877-4VMWARE (outside of North America dial 1-650-427-5000) or send a message to sales.
Purchase it directly from VMware store.

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