Solarwinds VMAN is a Must Have for Any Virtual Environment!
May 06, 2016
Solarwinds VMAN is a Must Have for Any Virtual Environment!
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Virtualization Manager
Our current server infrastructure is about 85% virtualized on a VMWare platform. We use Solarwinds VMAN to monitor and alert us of a variety of things in order to help keep our environment healthy and ready for expansion.
- VMAN does a great job of breaking down our SAN storage that contains our virtual environment. We can see current usage and forecast future capacity needs.
- VMAN also allows us to gather some excellent reports on our current virtual environment. We use it to gain insight into our current virtual machines and whether they are over-utilized or under-utilized.
- Real-time stats are also very helpful in VMAN, allowing us to pinpoint with precision potential issues that could occur in the near future.
- While the reporting is overall very good, we have wanted to see more granular reporting from VMAN. Specifically, reporting on VM Operating Systems and versioning.
- There is a feature on VMAN that analyzes cost savings with VMAN. This could be better explained and the prices could be more itemized.
- With VMAN, we are in a much better position to anticipate future costs and needs as it relates to our VMWare environment. As a school district, funds are always tight, so knowing in advance allow us to allocate funds more efficiently.