VMware

No other virtualization platform vendor provides the breadth of production-proven  virtualization management solutions offered by VMware. Only VMware offers a comprehensive solution for management from the desktop to the datacenter to the public cloud. Best of all, VMware management solutions integrate with your existing system's management tools so you can use what you already have and get an integrated experience for physical and virtual machine management.

 

With VMware management solutions, you can:

  • Centrally manage thousands of virtual machines
  • Manage the entire software lifecycle with VMware solutions
  • Automate disaster recovery
  • Automate patching of virtual machines and hosts
  • Use your existing system's management tools
  • Get full support for all VMware vSphere features
  • Automate operations management with integrated performance, capacity and configuration management
  • Get actionable intelligence with patented analytics

Use Your Existing Systems Management Tool

You can maximize your investment by using your existing system's management tool to manage your VMware virtual machines alongside your physical non-virtualized servers. It’s the “single pane-of-glass” that IT admins desire for monitoring while still providing dedicated tools for in-depth management of particular sub-systems.

All major systems' management vendors have deep integration into VMware vCenter Server through VMware SDKs and APIs. The list of partners includes management vendors such as BMC, CA, HP, IBM, Microsoft, NetIQ, Quest Software, Symantec and many others. This approach preserves your existing operational processes. While other vendors want you to replace your existing tool with a “universal” management offering that claims to do everything (from Windows to Linux to Unix, from physical machines to virtual machines), VMware works in tandem with established systems management vendors to make sure companies get the best of both worlds—physical and virtual.

Explore the rich ecosystem of VMware partners by visiting VMware Partner Solutions. To get more technical information on VMware’s SDK, visit the VMware APIs and SDKs page.