VMware Infrastructure Administration Via Phone Possible: Rove Mobile Admin
March 20th, 2009 | 
Author: Earlier this week, Rove announced their Mobile Admin 4.2 product and introduced new functionality that makes VMware Infrastructure administration possible from Blackberry or Windows Mobile phones. Specifically, once a Mobile Admin server is installed on the LAN (Powershell and the VI Toolkit also required) and is configured to connect to VirtualCenter, you can use Mobile Admin to perform the following tasks:
- view hosts/clusters
- find virtual machines
- view VM properties
- edit VM settings
- view events and event details
- view tasks and task details
- view triggered alarms and triggered alarm details
- view host summaries and manage hosts
Although I have not had a chance to test it personally, my take on Mobile Admin is that it appears to be a great tool with features tailor made for the administrator on call and responsible for providing remote or after hours support.
Here are some screen shots of the Windows Mobile Client
Not only does Mobile Admin work with VMware, but it also provides phone based access to common Windows infrastructure support tasks, remote desktop sessions, and remote management of Blackberry, Exchange, SQL, Citrix, and Lotus servers just to name a few. See the entire list of functions on Rove’s web page.
Rove will be hosting a webinar titled “Introducing Mobile Admin” on March 25. Register here to find out more about the product. You can also download a 14 day trial from their web site.
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