Tool Name

Features of the Tool

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• 24×7 real-time monitoring and alerts
• Easy documentation and management reporting
• Saves time and cost
• Predefined and customizable dashboards

• Fast VM / File Transfer
• Simple ESX File Management
  Integration with Veeam Backup
  Secure Connection

• Quickly check the health of your VMware or Microsoft Hyper-V host by monitoring CPU, memory utilization, number of virtual machines configured and running, and much more
• View detailed virtual machine health statistics including VM name, guest OS, and VM state, as well as processor, memory, and network usage

• Automatically inventory your virtual machines and capturing description, CPU, memory, storage, and count
• Compare cost estimates from Amazon EC2, Windows Azure, and Rack space Cloud Servers
• Easily generate updated estimates as your virtualized infrastructure evolves

• Bounce (shutdown & restart) VMs without logging into vCenter or vSphere
• Get end-to-end visibility into your VMware environment—from vCenter through ESX hosts to VM guests
• Track the real-time up/down status of your VMs from your desktop — without logging into VMware apps

• Fast, non-stop, real-time monitoring
• Server-resident, small footprint, no polling, push-only
• Delivered as a SaaS service
• Simple and easy installation. 5-seconds and you are up!

• Protect 4 VMS
• Free forever – no expiration
• Online support only

NFR (Not for Resale) Edition:

• Eligibility: VCPs, VCIs, vExperts, MVPs, MCPs
• Protect 2 sockets and 2 physical servers
• Phone, e-mail and online support
• 1-year expiration (renewable along with certification)

• Gain visibility into your entire infrastructure
• See and identify problems in real time
• Generate performance and efficiency reports

• Job scheduling made easy
• Flexible Configuration
• Dynamic Compression
• Full and incremental backups
• Replication for disaster recovery
• File level restoration

• Tracking which VM’s IOPS surge is bogging down a high latency datastore
• Identifying where you have underutilized capacity that can be re-allocated
• Zeroing in on which processes are driving a CPU spike on a Windows VM and much more.

• Snapshot Explorer
• Storage Explorer
• Change Explorer
• Environment Explorer
• vScope Explorer
• SearchMyVM Explorer

• Provides visibility of the total amount and value of over-allocated VM storage
• Reclaims wasted VM storage (shrinking VM disk files) for use by other applications and business units

• Reduce backup costs.
• Reduce down-time.
• Agent-free configuration
• Utilizes Off-host processing.

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Monitor VMware ESX server
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