Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Workgroup, SP1, 1pk, ESP SNA-00657 Leaflet
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SNA-00657
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System Center Virtual Machine
Manager 2008 provides a
management solution for the
virtualized data center that helps
enable centralized management of IT
infrastructure, increased server
utilization, and dynamic resource
optimization across multiple
virtualization platforms.
Virtual Machine Manager delivers the
following key features:
Manager 2008 provides a
management solution for the
virtualized data center that helps
enable centralized management of IT
infrastructure, increased server
utilization, and dynamic resource
optimization across multiple
virtualization platforms.
Virtual Machine Manager delivers the
following key features:
Designed for managing virtual
machines running on Windows
Server
machines running on Windows
Server
®
2008 Hyper
–V™
and
Microsoft Hyper-V Server.
Virtualization support for virtual
machines running on Microsoft
Virtual Server and VMware ESX.
machines running on Microsoft
Virtual Server and VMware ESX.
End-to-end support for
consolidating physical servers
onto a virtual infrastructure.
consolidating physical servers
onto a virtual infrastructure.
Performance and Resource
Optimization (PRO) for dynamic
and responsive management of
virtual infrastructure.
Optimization (PRO) for dynamic
and responsive management of
virtual infrastructure.
Intelligent Placement of virtual
workloads on the best-suited
physical host servers.
workloads on the best-suited
physical host servers.
A complete library to centrally
manage all the building blocks of
the virtual data center.
manage all the building blocks of
the virtual data center.
Maximize IT Resources
Across virtualization platforms, System
Center delivers straightforward and
complete support for consolidating
multiple physical servers within a virtual
infrastructure, thus increasing overall
utilization of physical servers.
Center delivers straightforward and
complete support for consolidating
multiple physical servers within a virtual
infrastructure, thus increasing overall
utilization of physical servers.
Heterogeneous Virtualization
Management from One Console
Management from One Console
In addition to running on the newly
available Hyper-V platform and the
previously supported Microsoft Virtual
available Hyper-V platform and the
previously supported Microsoft Virtual
Server, Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)
provides compatibility with VMware VI3
through Virtual Center integration. VMM
supports VMware-specific features such as
VMotion while also providing VMM-
specific features like Intelligent Placement
to VMware servers. It further provides a
straightforward wizard that can convert
VMware virtual machines to VHDs through
an easy and speedy Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V)
transfer process.
provides compatibility with VMware VI3
through Virtual Center integration. VMM
supports VMware-specific features such as
VMotion while also providing VMM-
specific features like Intelligent Placement
to VMware servers. It further provides a
straightforward wizard that can convert
VMware virtual machines to VHDs through
an easy and speedy Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V)
transfer process.
Fast, Reliable P2V Conversions
Virtual Machine Manager helps improve
the P2V experience by integrating the P2V
conversion process and by using the
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) of
Windows to create a virtual machine faster
and without having to interrupt the source
physical server.
the P2V experience by integrating the P2V
conversion process and by using the
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) of
Windows to create a virtual machine faster
and without having to interrupt the source
physical server.
Intelligent Placement
When a virtual machine is deployed, Virtual
Machine Manager analyzes performance
data and resource requirements for both
the workload and the host. This allows an
IT administrator to fine-tune placement
algorithms to get tailor-made deployment
recommendations. This process is
essential to maximizing the utilization of
physical assets, whether the organization’s
goal is to balance loads among existing
hosts or to maximize resource usage on
each host.
Machine Manager analyzes performance
data and resource requirements for both
the workload and the host. This allows an
IT administrator to fine-tune placement
algorithms to get tailor-made deployment
recommendations. This process is
essential to maximizing the utilization of
physical assets, whether the organization’s
goal is to balance loads among existing
hosts or to maximize resource usage on
each host.
Centralized Resource Management
The Virtual Machine Manager
Administrator Console provides a central
work area for performing resource tuning.
Resource settings can be changed on
virtual machines without interrupting
workloads and virtual machines can be
migrated from one host to another to
optimize physical resources.
Administrator Console provides a central
work area for performing resource tuning.
Resource settings can be changed on
virtual machines without interrupting
workloads and virtual machines can be
migrated from one host to another to
optimize physical resources.
Maximize Resources, Achieve Agility, Leverage Existing Skills
Administrator console of System Center Virtual Manager 2008