Virtual Infrastructure Monitoring, Analysis and Chargeback with
vFoglight Pro
James KahnSystems [email protected]
• Founded in 2002
• Wholly owned by Quest Software as of December 2007
• Chicago-based HQ, Worldwide Sales Channel
• Proven – Over 15,000 customers; 2,200 partners worldwide
• 250-plus employees worldwide
• Offering full set of solutions that extend, enhance and improve virtual environments
• Strong VMware partner
Vizioncore Highlights
The VM Management Challenge
Virtual Machines
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1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1.4M VMs 7.9M VMsCAGR = 40.6%
Source: IDC, Virtualization and Multicore Innovations Disrupt the WW Server Market, Doc #206035, March 2007
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Keeping Costs Down While Driving Efficiencies, Performance and ROI from Virtualization Investment
Vizioncore’s Strategic Solutions
Enterprise-Capable: VM Performance Monitoring/Reporting
VM Performance Monitoring/Reporting
vFoglight (formerly vCharter Pro)
• Enterprise-capable Virtual Infrastructure monitoring and reporting
• Any size environment
• Pane-of-glass view
• Virtual intelligence
• Chargeback (Pro)
• Physical Platform Monitoring (Pro)
vFoglight CapabilityvFoglight Standard
vFoglight Pro
VMware ESX Server Monitoring Management Server Guest Process Investigation Chargeback* OS Monitoring (For Non-Virtual Environments) High Availability Federation Third-Party Integration (Forward/Receive Alerts)
*Includes Tiered Flat Rate, others when available
vFoglight SLAs Reports Rules Alarms
Dashboards & Diagnostic Views
Chargeback(TFR) OSOS IntegrationsIntegrations
Professional
StandardVMware
ESXGuest
ProcessGuest
Process
Physical OS Monitoring
vFoglight Extends VirtualCenter
• vFoglight VC agents collect raw metrics about the following levels:
VirtualCenter Datacenters Resource Pools Clusters ESX Servers Virtual Machines Datastores
• Metrics are stored in a database over time and provide a history! Benefits include trend analysis (when will I need to buy new storage?)
vFoglight - Single VC Implementation
No agent installed on VC
Web-based Interface
vFoglight - Multiple VC Implementation
vFoglight Agent installed on multiple VirtualCenters
vFoglight Demo
(formerly vCharter Pro)
Trial
http://downloads.vizioncore.com
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Evaluations:
• 30 day time period
• Full product support
Questions?