Most IT organizations see server virtualization as a fix for server sprawl and its associated ills but virtualization alone is not enough. You must plan the move, configure the virtual and physical resources, and manage the result, or else you'll end up with more problems. Learn how you can support your virtualization initiatives within your overall management strategy and manage your virtualized resources in conjunction with the physical systems that support them.
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BMC Virtualization ManagementThe fastest, safest, and greenest path to virtualization
If yours is like most IT organizations, you are probably looking to server virtualization as the antidote to server sprawl and its resulting ills, including skyrocketing costs, excessive power consumption, and sluggish agility. But just jumping on the virtualization bandwagon is not sufficient. You have to carefully plan the move, optimally configure the virtual and physical resources, and effectively manage the result. Otherwise, rather than realize the promised benefits of virtualization, you'll simply trade current problems for other, more painful ones. You need to supportyour virtualization initiatives within your overall management strategy and manageyour virtualized resources in conjunction with the physical systems that supportthem, as well as with the business services they enable.
BMC provides the solution you need. With BMC Virtualization Management solutions, you will take the fastest, safest, and greenest path to a virtual environment. You'll quickly get the value from virtualization that you are expecting - without the risk - and support lean and green IT principles.You'll move into the virtualized environment with confidence, because you will:>> Know the performance impact of virtualization before you virtualize>> Anticipate capacity issues and proactively respond to them before service is disrupted>> Move virtualization out of the test labs and into production more quickly - without risk>> Rapidly provision virtual servers without violating compliance with corporate policy or government regulations>> Manage and ensure end-user performance of applications running on the BMC Virtualization Management solutions virtual infrastructuregive you control of the full lifecycle of BMC Virtualization Management solutions support a robust Business Service virtualization in your data center - from Management (BSM) approach that employs strong process and control methodplanning to configuration to management - ology based on widely-adopted industry frameworks, such as the IT Infrastructure across the broadest range of virtual and Library® ® (ITIL ) and Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT). *91217*physical server technologies. These solutions extend the value of BSM to both physical and virtual resources, so that your IT staff can transition smoothly into the virtualized environment.The BMC Difference take A Lifecyle approach to Virtualization> With BMC Virtualization Management solutions, you take control of virtualized infra> BMC is the leading vendor to offer BSM for virtual infrastructures. structures and realize the significant benefits they offer. You control the full lifecycle of virtualization in your data center - from planning to configuration to management.>> BMC is the only vendor today that manages and orchestrates the complete lifecycle Planof heterogeneous virtual and physical To fully reap the benefits that virtualization offers, you must first identify appropriate environments. virtualization candidates and maximize the number of virtual machines on a physical host. >> BMC supports the fullest range of virtualization BMC Virtualization Management solutions help you discover which of your assets are already technologies available on the market today. virtualized; assess your current environment and goals; identify where virtualization will provide value; and determine the optimum matchup of virtual-to-physical resources. You'll know exactly what you have now and properly plan for what you need in the future - all while Return on Investment in Action maximizing server utilization and minimizing risk.Leading Provider of e-Service Solutions For example, BMC Virtualization Management solutions automatically discover the virtual Virtualized 87 Percent of Its Servers resources in your environment. These solutions also discover the relationships among the >> Delivers weekly and monthly virtual resources, their physical hosts, and the applications and business services that they production reports support, dynamically updating the information as the infrastructure changes. Through this dynamic discovery capability, BMC Virtualization Management solutions give you a vivid, >> Models workloads to guarantee comprehensive, and accurate view of all the elements that make up the foundation of your performance levels virtual infrastructure.>... [download for more]
