Veeam Management Suite

vFoglight was specifically designed for virtual datacenters. It’s capable of monitoring physical servers, virtual machines (VMs) and host servers running VMware or Hyper-V. For this test drive, I decided to install vFoglight and then use it to monitor several Hyper-V hosts.

The VMware View Premier Bundle adds to the Enterprise bundle with several exciting components to help substantially lower the costs of managing applications and desktops while increasing user flexibility and agility.

Double-Take® Move™ allows you to migrate physical, virtual, and cloud server workloads in real-time over any distance. Maintain your productivity with technology that virtually eliminates risk and downtime during migrations.

vOptimizer Pro 2.1 is a new tool from virtualisation specialist Vizioncore that automatically manages the hard disks used by virtual machines (VMs) hosted by VMware ESX Server. The suite does not work with VMs hosted on the embedded VMware ESXi, although support may be added in a future version (see VMware’s web site for an explanation of the differences between ESX and ESXi). Currently, vOptimizer Pro, which costs $299 (~£202) per processor socket, works only with VMs running Windows 2000 or later, although support for Linux VMs may be added later this year.

VMware View Clients for Windows, Mac, Ubuntu Linux, iOS, and Android allow you to connect to your VMware View virtual desktop from your device of choice giving you on-the-go access from any location.

vReplicator is the recognized host-level software-based replication solution for VMware infrastructure. vReplicator enables companies to leverage virtualization to support High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies.

PHD Virtual Monitor 10.0.1 – a new update of the product from PHD Virtual. This product is compatible not only with VMware vSphere, but also with Citrix XenServer. The product can monitor not only the physical hypervisors and their respective VMs, but also the surrounding physical infrastructure (servers, switches, routers…). The application monitoring is also possible where you can get deep look at your applications (running inside of VMs or on physical servers) requires the agent deployment in each VM or physical server.

Dell vWorkspace is a desktop virtualization solution from Dell that enables businesses to cost-effectively publish virtual desktops and applications to remote users. It provides integrated infrastructure options for businesses of all sizes. A high user-density per server means SMBs, as well as large enterprises, can take advantage of this virtualization solution to cost-effectively manage virtual networks while benefiting from high performance and multi-device support.