Managing Virtual Solutions

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“Virtualization without good management is more dangerous than not using virtualization in the first place”

-Thomas Bittman, Gartner Research

In the recent times, we have seen a sprawl of Virtual machines, virtual applications and other virtualized resources as a result of organizations actively adopting Virtualization as a means of cutting costs and Saving money. But, as said above, if we do not have a proper management solution for these virtual resources, it can lead to not only insecurities but even eventually end up making us spend more on the upkeep, patch management and other activities related to these resources than we actually anticipated to save.

Here are the different types of Virtualization technologies that help us implement virtualization at different layers in the network and how a Management toolset might help us managing and automating tasks related to the management of Virtual solutions.

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The System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise

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The Microsoft System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise offers the System Center products that together enable data center managers in enterprise IT organizations to proactively manage their physical and virtual environments. The System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise license is a cost-effective way for enterprise IT organizations to acquire the core components of the System Center data center management solutions. These System Center solutions lower costs, improve efficiency, and ensure the data center remains available for critical business needs in a dynamic server infrastructure.

  • Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager - offers integrated deployment tools that provide a centralized, scalable, and customizable way for IT departments to deploy servers and clients across the entire organization, quickly and cost-effectively.
  • Microsoft System Center Operations Manager - provides a sophisticated solution for unified management of physical servers, virtual machines, and other devices.
  • Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager - delivers simple and complete support for consolidating multiple physical servers within a virtual infrastructure, helping to increase overall utilization of physical servers. System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 also enables administrators and authorized users to rapidly provision and easily manage virtual machines.
  • Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager - provides continuous data protection and fast, easy data recovery for Windows®-based application and file servers. All available for physical and virtual machines, delivering vital data backup and business continuity.

This license not only delivers everything IT departments need to proactively manage a physical or virtualized Windows-based server and the applications running on it, but it also provides the rights to manage an unlimited number of operating system environments on a physical host server. This provides significant benefits to organizations that are—or will be—deploying virtual environments in datacenters and beyond.

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