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Here are six best practices for virtual server management. 1. Use self-service management to prevent VM sprawl Because it's so easy to create VMs, VM sprawl is a common problem. There can be VMs in the environment that no one knows the purpose of. It might sound contradictory, but self...
Even if you think you have a watertight server management policy in place, server sprawl can happen quickly, so set periodic review points. There are 5 areas to check (and recheck) that will lead your organization toward a path of optimal server management and administration. 1. IT Server ...
To win the battle against server downtime, VM sprawl, OS vulnerabilities, and failover issues, IT admins need to strengthen their server virtualization monitoring game. The purpose of this e-book is to shed light on some simple, insightful, and easy-to-implement VM management methods....
Tim Howes, chief technical officer of Opsware Inc., claims this phenomenon sprawl where users end up creating unsecured virtual machines. He added that management of virtual environments is complicated by different issues. Furthermore, information technol...
Use virtual server monitoring recommendations to manage and optimize virtual resources The out-of-the-boxvirtual server monitoring toolsin VMAN are built to offer optimization strategies for managing your virtual resources overall. You can use the integrated Sprawl Dashboard, Recommendations, andCapacity ...
Security.Since security is customized for each server, physical servers are more secure than virtual servers. Because the security of virtual servers is centralized for simpler management, they are more open to security intrusions. Scalability.Virtual servers can scale on demand, whereas physical server...
“Virtualization without good management is more dangerous than not using virtualization in the first place” -Thomas Bittman, Gartner Research In the recent times, we have seen a sprawl of Virtual machines, virtual applications and other virtualized resources as a result of organizations actively adop...
Sprawl is an interesting problem with analogies to closing the barn door after the horse is five counties away. (What a surprise, management capability is often developed as an afterthought!) But cleaning up the mess is also a business opportunity. With physical servers you can easily establish...
Virtual Machine Sprawl (Virtual Server Sprawl) Adding virtual machines to your IT infrastructure makes sense in many ways. Unfortunately, you can utilize it too much, leading to a situation called virtual machine sprawl, or virtual server sprawl. Since VMs are so much easier to create than insta...