Vizioncore

Highly Efficient Virtualization Collaboration for VMware and Microsoft

Synchronizing changes to develop or test against common platforms is one of the major challenges in using VMs for development or testing.  As virtual machines proliferate, the difficulty of maintaining synchronicity and distributing changes limits the productivity of a distributed workforce.

Distribute Compressed Packages for Synchronicity

vPackager enables highly efficient VM collaboration and sharing by eliminating the base OS requirement and compacting the Snapshot* or Differencing** files into optimized packages or virtual appliances that can be measured in megabytes, not gigabytes.  With vPackager, customers can configure a Windows-based VM with the applications and configurations they wish to distribute, then extract these changes to a compressed package.  This package can be distributed without OS licensing implications and applied to similar VMs to merge the changes.  The downstream user or recipient requires only a similar base image (not a binary replica) to apply the incoming package/virtual appliance in order to obtain the desired environment.

* Snapshot: For VMware, a snapshot is a picture of your system at the time the snapshot is taken. Snapshot files contain only the changes that have occurred to the VM since the last snapshot was taken.

** Differencing Disk: For Microsoft, a differencing disk provides a way to allow multiple VMs to share a base configuration.  Only the differences in each VM need to be saved, and those differences are saved in a local differencing file.

Features and Benefits:

  • Introduces virtual appliances for Windows
  • Decouples base image operating system from distribution package
  • Removes additional Windows licensing requirements
  • Uses advanced algorithms for differencing disk and snapshot file compaction and optimization
  • Facilitates field distribution/support of VMs
  • Assists with decentralized lab management
  • Removes Differencing Disk and Snapshot inefficiencies
  • Flexible licensing for Creator and Reader editions

For more information about vPackager, including a brochure, user manual, and support page, go to http://vizioncore.com/vPackager-documentation.html.

To download a trial of vPackager, go to http://vizioncore.com/download.html.

To view screen captures of vPackager, go to http://vizioncore.com/vPackager-demos.html.