Solution Quick Reference

VMware vCenter Operations

Solution Value Proposition

From the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, VMware vCenter Operations automates Operations Management, extending virtualization ROI and building the
foundation for the private cloud. VMware vCenter Operations uses patented analytics and visualizations to automatically identify building performance issues and their root
causes, optimize resource usage and maintain configuration compliance.

Solution Key Messages

Customer Challenges

Response

Automated Operations Management using patented analytics and tight

integration of performance, capacity and configuration management
with the vSphere platform provides the intelligence and visibility
needed to proactively ensure service levels in dynamic virtual and cloud
environments.

How do we ensure service levels in a highly

dynamic virtual environment?

vCenter Operations provides:

Intelligent Automation Patented analytics provide actionable

intelligence across the stack to automate manual processes for
maximum efficiency and agility.

Comprehensive Visibility Powerful visualization of performance,

capacity and configuration issues and risks enable visibility into
dynamic infrastructure and applications for rapid problem
resolution.

Proactive Management An integrated approach to automating

operations in the face of growing service level expectations and
accelerating change allows IT to be more proactive and ensure
optimal performance.

Analyst Proof Points

IDC sees vCenter Operations as addressing a critical set of functionality
that is required for effective operation of highly virtualized datacenter
environments. IDC
The release of vCenter Operations is further validation that VMware
understands what organizations will require to better optimize and
manage servers, networks, and storage from a holistic approach. ESG
vCenter Operations is well suited to provide better performance
management and tighter integration to the physical infrastructure. With
its integration to third party vendors, it has the ability to consolidate
network and storage information and present a unified view. ESG

End users are the first to know about

performance problems.

Difficult to ensure infrastructure and

application performance with siloed
approaches to ops management.

Performance problem resolution process

is time-consuming and costly too many
fire drills, finger pointing and
unproductive conference calls.

How do we ensure our resources are

efficiently utilized?

Over-provisioned virtual machines cause

low consolidation ratios and lead to
inefficient use of resources.

Capacity management using

spreadsheets, simple scripts and rules of
thumb is time consuming, quickly out of
date, and inaccurate due to optimization
techniques employed by vSphere.

How do we ensure compliance and eliminate

risk?

Configuration drift, along with server and

virtual machine sprawl, increase security
risks in a dynamic environment.

Inability to ensure compliance with

regulatory requirements such as PCI-DSS,
HIPAA, SOX, etc.

Pressure to meet ever-increasing

Patented analytics that unify performance data from

all silos of technology delivering mission critical
applications for a more automated approach to
operations management.

A single pane of glass for real-time performance,

capacity and configuration management.

Tight integration with vSphere to understand its

advanced functionality for optimizing IT
infrastructure.

vCenter Operations provides:

Capacity analytics that eliminate the need for

spreadsheets, simple scripts and rules of thumb.
"What If" capacity planning scenarios don't require
time-consuming model updates.

Tight integrations with vSphere to understand its

advanced functionality for optimizing IT
infrastructure.

vCenter Operations provides:

Automated provisioning and configuration analysis to

detect unwanted changes and help IT maintain
continuous compliance with operational best
practices and regulatory requirements.

Out of the box templates to ensure continuous

compliance with security best practices, hardening
guidelines and regulatory requirements.

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Key Benefits

Architecture

Automates Operations Management using patented analytics.

Provides the intelligence and visibility to proactively ensure service levels.
Reduces operations expense in dynamic virtual and cloud environments.

Differentiation

Unlike traditional management solutions designed for static, physical environments, vCenter
Operations is purpose built for dynamic environments by the leader in virtualization and cloud
infrastructure.

vCenter Operations:
Is tightly integrated with VMware vSphere and VMware vCenter Server.

Uses patented analytics to deliver actionable intelligence.

Provides powerful visualizations across all layers of the stack for unprecedented visibility.

Integrates performance, capacity and configuration management to automate operations

management

Journey to the Cloud

VCenter Operations Editions

Description

vCenter Operations Standard is targeted at vSphere

environments (up to 1,500 virtual machines per vCenter
Server instance) providing performance analytics, realtime capacity metrics and configuration change events.

An integrated solution that leverages vCenter to

provide next-generation performance capabilities
for a virtual environment.

Capabilities
STANDARD

ADVANCED

ENTERPRISE

Performance/Workload
Capacity

vCenter Operations Advanced is targeted at vSphere

environments (up to 1,500 VMs) providing additional
capacity analytics, optimization and planning
capabilities.

Bundle consisting of:

vCenter Operations Standard

vCenter CapacityIQ

Alerting
Troubleshooting
Remediation

vCenter Operations Enterprise is targeted at

heterogeneous virtual and physical environments of any
size through the use of adapters, providing additional
configuration and compliance management capabilities.

Bundle consisting of:

vCenter Operations Enterprise (Standalone)

vCenter CapacityIQ

vCenter Configuration Manager

Configuration & Compliance

Environment / 3rd Party
Integration
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