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vCenter is the Best!
February 24, 2017

vCenter is the Best!

Steven Hiersche, Jr. | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with VMware vCenter Server

We currently have vCenter server installed on its own Windows 2012 VM. We did not go with the virtual appliance. It is managing our 8 host, HA, vSphere 6.0 cluster. This cluster houses 100+ VMs. vCenter Server allows us to manage all of the hosts from one pane of glass.
  • One pane of glass management allows us to control all of our hosts from the same portal.
  • Host profile setup allows us to basically clone an existing host to a new host and make sure the cluster requirements are met.
  • Ease of use. Very easy to template a VM, Clone a VM, set up HA, network the hosts.
  • Lack of good reporting. VMware strips out quality reporting tools and packages them up in other licensed software. Makes it more expensive.
  • Expensive. All VMware licensing is expensive in comparison to their competitors.
  • It has had a positive impact on productivity. The ability to manage all 8 of our hosts from one portal cuts down drastically on management time.
  • The ability to cluster our resources means we are agile and highly redundant.
I have used Hyper-V in the past which is a great product, but what VMware brings to the table is beyond comparison. It definitely is expensive and not for everyone, but the tools you can put together and ease of management makes them number 1!
VMware server is well suited for businesses that have more than one vSphere host in their environment.