VM /ETC

Microsoft:

Server 2008 looks promising for virtualization. Comes in a command line only desktop ideal for VI – can be managed remotely via Virtual Machine Manager

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 is the MS version of Vc2 and more:

• Can consolidate physical servers to VMs (P2V) and import other VMs (V2V)
  • uses VSS to create new VM without interrupting source server – nice! ( I have done this on occasion manually)
  • can convert VMware VMs
• Intelligent workload placement
  • MS calls feature “Intelligent Placement” – imagine that!
  • analyzes both VM and host workload along with business rules to determine placement
• Rapid deployment and migration of VMs
  • can deploy and manage multiple VMs across multiple hosts
• Central library
  • vm disks
  • iso files
  • templates
• Reports and performance monitoring
  • use SQL server and SQL Reporting Services

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