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What is VMware vCenter?
VMware vCenter is an advanced server management software that provides a centralized platform for controlling vSphere environments for visibility across hybrid clouds. VMware vCenter is no longer sold as a standalone product and is now available as a part of…
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- No setup fee
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What is VMware vCenter?
VMware vCenter is no longer sold as a standalone product and is now available as a part of VMware Cloud Foundation.
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Deployment Types | On-premise |
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Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac |
Mobile Application | No |
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Intuitive User Interface: Reviewers have consistently praised the intuitive and easy-to-navigate user interface of vCenter, with many users stating that it made tasks easy and allowed for efficient management of complex infrastructure components. Centralized Management Capabilities: Numerous reviewers appreciated the centralized management capabilities of vCenter, which provided a single portal to handle hundreds of virtual machines efficiently. This feature allowed users to easily manage, allocate resources, and migrate VMs or workloads. Fast Server Provisioning and Cloning: Several users highlighted vCenter's ability to spin up, delete, and clone servers within minutes as a defining feature in modern data centers. This functionality was particularly helpful for provisioning and automation tasks.
High Price: Some organizations have found it difficult to justify the expense of VMware vCenter due to its high price. This sentiment is shared by several users who feel that the cost of vCenter is quite expensive.
Troubleshooting Challenges: Gaining insight into problems without a third-party application or VMware add-on can be challenging, making troubleshooting difficult for some users. This has been a common concern raised by reviewers who mention the need for additional tools to effectively troubleshoot issues in vCenter.
HTML5 Client Preference: Some users do not prefer the push towards using only the HTML5 vSphere client and express their desire for a cleaner and simpler integration with PowerCLI. The preference for the previous client version over HTML5 has been mentioned by multiple users as well.
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(1-3 of 3)Virtualization Management at it's best
- VMware environment client accesss
- VMware host adminstration
- VMware Cluster management
- VMware alerts management
- Transition from Windows Application to Web Client has been difficult
- vCenter fail over needs improvement
- Linked vCenters cause slow down when network links are down
- Snapshot remediation needs more automation for cleanup processing
- Overall environment view provides quick stats for management
- Pricing has increased over the years of usage, but we have become heavily reliant on this tool
- This software has provided critcal functionality needed during data center outages
- Maintenance and patching is much easier with the builtin Upgrade Manager feature
- Hyper-V and Citrix Hypervisor (formerly XenServer)
- Monitor VMware
- Manage VMware
- Maintain Cluster Stability
- Manage virtual network switch
- Grant console access to servers as needed
- We have been able to allow virtual console access to 'off network' systems that would otherwise require a KVM module in the physical data-center
- We have been able to provide temporary additional resources when demand is high without purchasing additional hardware
- We have been able to shutdown a data center without loss of services due to automatic fail over capabilities between hosts
- We have been able to create automatic snapshot backups on servers and restore to a separate clone for testing or restores
- Long distance off site fail over
- Enhanced VDI
- Container deployment
- Testing software
- Product Features
- Product Reputation
- Prior Experience with the Product
- Vendor Reputation
- Implemented in-house
- Locked snapshots
- Misconfigured network ports
- Locked cd-image mounts
- VMFS needed to be upgraded
- Web Console view
- Migration
- Snapshots
- Power Control
- Host maintenance mode
- Datastore uplaods
- Distributed Virtual Switch configurations
- LDAP
- Web Client browser extensions
- Certificates
- I can manage as many as 1000 and more machines in the virtual world. A unit vCenter Server can easily manage 1,000 host profiles without reducing the user experience.
- With the linked mode in operations, you can link together up to 10 VCenter Servers and manage 30,000 machines across remote locations. Currently I have vCenter Servers up and linked doing an awesome job and keeping safe my ERP core.
- It is super simple to deploy a structure. This software is particularly designed for Linux based systems and it just takes one step to migrate all of your information from a Windows vCenter Server to the Linux platform, I strongly recommend this for VMware vCenter Admins or IT Administrators.
- The Linked Mode allows you to replicate permissions, licenses and roles. So you may be able to access your infrastructure simultaneously from different platforms.
- UIX can always be more intuitive for basic to mid level admins.
- Analyzing many systems simultaneously can impact vCenter Server performance but this comes up when the hardware performance gets overwhelmed
- It's almost 90% dedicated for Linux based platforms.
- The budget can turn into a mess if you don't have a strong design to fulfill all of the business requirements, you can fall into a deep dive of over rated purchases.
- VMware vCenter Server will take you to the next level of business investment over private virtual server solutions, and will protect and manage all of your virtual assets with great ease.
- For the small size company the initial investment can be overwhelming but if you're expecting to grow faster and develop more solutions and integrate more software and services VMware vCenter Server has your back.
vCenter Makes it Easy
- Manage virtual servers
- Allow for monitoring of error and alerts
- Snapshots make it easy to revert to a previous state before an update or application was applied.
- User interface could be a little cleaner
- Console sometimes has a lag
- Certificates can be an issue when deployed to a linked clone pool
- We have been able to expand to include 12 locations in 5 different cities.