Lakeside Software
SysTrack® Virtual Machine Planner (VMP) provides comprehensive pre-virtualization analysis, modeling and planning support for enterprises and data centers. SysTrack® VMP enables reseller to assist end-users in answering problematic questions regarding virtualization projects.
Virtualization Concerns Addressed by SysTrack VMP
- Application and Workload Insights - What applications and workloads are in the datacenter environment? Which ones would thrive in a virtualized environment? Which ones will have problems if virtualized?
- User Insights - Which user environments could be successfully virtualized?
- Capacity - How much CPU, memory and I/O is currently consumed in the datacenter and environment? How can virtual machines be defined based on the resources available, taking into account the resource requirements by workload, user need, time of day, geography and other factors?
- Consolidation - Which applications, users and systems should be paired together to achieve the highest P2V consolidation ratio?
- VM Selection - Which hypervisor platform is best for my end users organization?
- Migration - What is the best path to go from traditional to a virtualized environment without disrupting operations? What are the costs associated?
- Funding - VAR's now gain the ability to clearly articulate to their customer base if virtualization is the right solution for them. How much budget should be allocated for the project? What ROI can be achieved through virtualization?
- Management - How to proactively manage the resulting physical and virtual systems in the enterprise
Other Features and Benefits:
- Forensic Analysis
- End-user Response Time Metrics
- Capacity Planning
- Application Intelligence
- System Security
- Global Reporting
- Event Management
- Change Reporting