My Virtualization and Cloud Computing resource blog
VMware’s back
Apr 13th
This Website contains information about the BackDoor VMware tools uses within Virtual Machines. Also you can find here a great Solaris VGA X11 driver for VMware Virtual Machines. This allows you to run Solaris with ful graphics in a VMware Workstation Virtual Machine.
VMware P2V Assistant
Apr 13th
VMware P2V Assistant is an enterprise-class migration tool that transforms an image of an existing physical system into a VMware virtual machine. This easy to use market proven tool enables fast and reliable physical to virtual machine migration for Microsoft Windows operating systems ranging from Windows NT 4 to Windows Server 2003. Having pioneered the automation of physical to virtual machines in 2002, VMware has now released a new version of P2V Assistant that builds on the experiences and feedback of more than 300 enterprise customers.
PlateSpin Power P2V
Apr 13th
100% automated operating environment portability solution, allowing data, applications, and operating systems to be migrated or replicated to a virtual infrastructure or as Images for deployment at a later time.
Using the drag-and-drop interface, physical or virtual machine servers running Windows or Linux can be converted into a fully functional virtual machine hosted on VMware ESX Server, VMware GSX Server, Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, or on a Platespin Flexible Image file.
PlateSpin OCM
Apr 13th
Comprehensive physical server and virtual machine management from a single console for Windows and Linux. From initial provisioning to ongoing monitoring and workload management, POMC is the full lifecycle answer. Deploy new server environments to empty servers or virtual machines — right from your desktop.
POCM contains features like:
LeoStream Virtual Controller
Apr 13th
Management product for VMware and Microsoft Virtualization Software.
Contains features like:
Veritas Cluster Services for VMware ESX Server
Apr 13th
VMware Cluster Services for ESX Server allows you to ‘cluster’ Virtual Machines on ESX Servers. If a physical server goes down, it can automate the process of powering on the machines lost on other ESX Servers.
This product today is not Virtual Center and VMotion Aware.
VMware VirtualCenter 1.2
Apr 13th
VMware VirtualCenter is virtual infrastructure management software, providing a central and secure point of control for your virtual computing resources.
VirtualCenter creates a more responsive data center, which enables faster reconfiguration and reallocation of applications and services. It allows instant provisioning of servers. User-downtime is decreased. The data center becomes optimized. VirtualCenter is a powerful way to connect IT to business needs.
UniCenter plugin for VMware
Apr 13th
Unicenter® Network and Systems Management Option for VMware Software enables you to reliably discover, monitor and maintain the health and availability of the virtualized VMware software environment. It incorporates host server and virtual machine knowledge within comprehensive features such as policy-based automation, root-cause analysis, reporting and role-specific visualization. Integrated with Unicenter Network and Systems Management, it superbly manages heterogeneous infrastructures.
features at a glance:
ARMTech for VMware Server
Apr 13th
ARMTech for VMware gives administrators the level of management and control on virtual machines that they have come to expect from ARMTech on physical servers — including business-based resource policy enforcement and provisioning — to ensure that the most critical applications and users get the access they need to real and virtual system resources.
Designed to maximize utilization and productivity of existing systems without increased risk of system instability, ARMTech for VMware – Server Edition extends the system management capabilities of VMware’s industry-leading GSX Server and ESX Server virtual machine solutions to provide increased system utilization, application availability, and overall Quality of Service, ensuring the highest levels of performance and stability from critical and time-sensitive applications at both the host and guest OS level.
XEN
Apr 13th
Xen is a virtual machine monitor for x86 that supports execution of multiple guest operating systems with unprecedented levels of performance and resource isolation. Xen is Open Source software, released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. We have a fully functional ports of Linux 2.4 and 2.6 running over Xen, and regularly use it for running demanding applications like MySQL, Apache and PostgreSQL. Any Linux distribution (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Mandrake) should run unmodified over the ported OS.
