Likelihood to Recommend vSphere is well suited for multiple VMWare hosts and can be very useful in larger enterprises where vMotion is used to load balance and failover running virtual machines. In smaller businesses with one or two hosts then the features can be overkill. The addition of virtual TPM support is a very nice addition to provide vm security in a more Microsoft supported methodology.
Read full review Vsphere Operation Management is suitable for automating the process of bringing up an alternate data center in case of a disaster. It also is a great way for testing your readiness of disaster. You have the ability to bring up a server in a "bubble" for testing. This way you can show your admins how the failover process will work.
Read full review Pros vMotion that provides seamless movement of Virtual Machines between physical hosts and datastores. Ease of Manage: vCenter provides very good management experience to the users. It provides hassle free upgrade of versions, which requires good planning. Easy to manage datastore, networks, CPU and memory resources. It also allows to convert the physical machine and bring it to vSphere Environment with minimum effort. Read full review The best thing about VSOM is that it's built into VCenter so you only have one point of administration VSOM does a great job of making applications intuitive Re-IPing virtual machines are a must and VSOM does a great job of making this a simple process Read full review Cons Allow enable EVC without requiring host shutdown More detail in recent tasks. Instead of just showing a task called "Reconfigure virtual machine" also have a link to more detailed information as to what was reconfigured, changed or removed. Allow searching tasks or events Read full review The installation of VSOM is very tedious It uses an MS SQL database It should be able to adjust for hardware modifications in VCenter Read full review Likelihood to Renew We are constantly looking for change that will benefit our company. We are not ones to stick with a product simply because it is what we know, but rather looking for what fits us best. We can't imagine another product on the market today doing a better job of handling our infrastructure than vSphere.
Read full review Usability It is a highly documented suite. If you are unsure of how to do something, a simple search will yield hundreds of results showing you how to do it. Support is also available if you need to talk to an expert.
Read full review Support Rating I rarely ever have to contact support and when I do need to resolve an issue, there is always an abundance of kb articles and research information available that can help quickly resolve the issue. Depending on the type of support contract you have, you may get support from some offshore group in another country and this could be a little challenging because of the language barrier.
Read full review Implementation Rating Just make sure that when you implement, that the person implementing truly knows what they are doing and has a plan of action coming in. Since our initial implementation using a consulting service, I have implemented a few vSphere just from what I learned at the initial implementation and use over time, and the person implementing really needs to know what they are doing or you will miss out on features that may help you down the line
Read full review Alternatives Considered vSphere has a lot more feature sets than
Hyper-V but at a much higher cost of entry versus MS
Hyper-V . I have not been able to play with
Hyper-V as much as I would have liked, but the setup and ongoing maintenance seems to be easier in vSphere than with
Hyper-V Read full review vSphere with Operations Management has a much better way of automating the re-IPing of servers so you can stand them up in a different environment or location. You do, however, need another way of replicating your servers to your DR site, VSOM will not do that. We used EMC Recover Point for replication.
Read full review Contract Terms and Pricing Model The contract terms are very clear and can be updated as per the project requirement. Customer support is also included in the contract which help us to troubleshoot critical issues very easily. Training included in contract will really help the client team to empower and hands-on on the latest updates and enhancements
Read full review Professional Services As I said earlier, they're always ready to understand our issues and propose the best and most appropriate solution for issues all the time. The security patches solution is accordingly to the business needs. Another scenario is their Knowledge Base where they're many articles that help you in order to solve something which is wrong.
Read full review Return on Investment Having vSphere helped my business quickly recover from a ransomware attack which would have crippled us for weeks if we were not virtualized. I think the ROI on something like that is immeasurable. vSphere has allowed my company to purchase bigger server hardware to host 3 or 4 virtual servers, which was at a cost much lower than buying 3 or 4 server hardware boxes, saving us thousands each time we need to upgrade hardware. Read full review In the case of a disaster, the ROI would be substantial. The license for VSOM is pretty expensive initially. Support for VSOM is terrific. Read full review ScreenShots