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Virtual Environment Management At A Glance
May 13, 2021

Virtual Environment Management At A Glance

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with VMware vCenter Server

We have three high available vCenter[s] and related vCenter servers. One for server virtualization, one for virtual desktop environment, and one for our test and dev environment. With these three vCenter[s] we can easily administrate, manage, and monitor more that 400 VM's for servers, virtual desktop[s], but also virtual appliances, etc. A lot of manufacturer[s] deliver their system in prepared OVA to easily install them in a vCenter to add new capabilities to your company.
  • It is highly scalable.
  • Makes it easy to manage your virtual environment.
  • Makes it easy to monitor your virtual environment.
  • It can make your environment high available.
  • It is quite easy to install and use.
  • There are so many options, sometimes it is tough to keep the overview.
  • For troubleshooting, the information level in logs in the UI is too [low].
  • In general there is a lot you can do with vCenter Server.
  • Live Migration
  • Snapshot
  • Integrated Console
  • Easy Management
  • It makes VM management much easier.
  • It makes virtual environment like hosts, storage, networks management, [etc.] much easier.
  • You can easily keep an eye on your environment.

Do you think VMware vCenter delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with VMware vCenter's feature set?

Yes

Did VMware vCenter live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of VMware vCenter go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy VMware vCenter again?

Yes

vCenter Server is only needed if you need certain features like live migration or if you have a certain amount of VM's, appliances, etc. You can easily handle a lot of numbers of storage with it. For smaller companies, I assume it is too expensive. But with different level[s] of licenses you can gain a different set of features. But it is clearly more enterprise grad[e] than SMB.