vCenter Makes It Easy to Manage vSphere.
May 05, 2022
vCenter Makes It Easy to Manage vSphere.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with VMware vCenter Server
We use vCenter for our VMware vSphere infrastructure and our Pure Storage FlashArray. We replaced our Microsoft HyperV (2012 R2) VM infrastructure with VMware vSphere, because vCenter allows better visibility, updating, and ease of management for our VMs, and vSphere. It is very easy to upgrade and install new versions of vCenter without disrupting daily business activities.
- The ability to monitor CPU and RAM resources.
- Migration of VMs to other ESXi servers when necessary.
- Make changes to vDisk space without taking down the VM server.
- Creating new VMs from templates.
- VMware Tools is not always installed by vCenter appropriately to the VM servers like it should be when configured in vCenter.
- Better management of VM snapshots and error messages when snapshots cannot be removed.
- Better feedback or information (like dialog boxes) when some of the processes take a while to complete.
- Creating new VMs from templates with standard OS and security settings for our environment.
- Upgrading vCenter without having to shut down vSphere hosts or guest servers.
- Ability to manage our storage array through vCenter.
- Distribute VMTools through vCenter.
- Less time to manage VM hosts and guests than physical servers.
- Less overall downtime with VM servers than physical servers.
- Our VM servers have one specific service or application to reduce compatibility issues. It is easy to manage with vCenter.
- We have over 2.5 times more VM servers than we had with physical servers, and vCenter makes it easy to maintain and troubleshoot.
- SolarWinds Virtualization Manager (VMAN)
vCenter is much more complete as a solution than other products that I have looked at and it works very well for our environment. vCenter is very easy to configure and does not have the unnecessary steps to set up and configure. Also, the different storage vendor support makes it easy to configure and maintain without having to use separate applications or consoles.
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