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.