VMware, has unveiled a new solution that automates and controls the entire virtual machine lifecycle, eliminating manual and repetitive tasks
The VMware Lifecycle Manager has control over the entire virtual environment showing who owns a virtual machine, when it was requested, who approved it, where it is deployed, how long it has been in operation and when it is scheduled to be decommissioned.
This will give IT managers the ability to measure and chargeback the use of virtual machines to individual department owners and reduces error thus enabling business to be in strict compliance with IT policies and standards.
“VMware Lifecycle Manager allows customers to fully automate the provisioning, charging back and decommissioning of virtual machines,” said Raghu Raghuram, vice president of products and solutions at VMware.
VMware virtual machines encapsulate applications and operating systems in portable and manageable “containers” that radically improve the security, availability and performance of both the application and the operating system. The portability and manageability characteristics of virtual machines makes them ideally suited for capturing and automating IT processes such as service delivery. As companies increasingly standardize on VMware Infrastructure and deploy virtual machines as a best way to run applications, secure data, assure business continuity and reduce energy consumption, they need efficient tools to help manage virtual machine proliferation. VMware Lifecycle Manager allows companies to implement a consistent and automated process for requesting, approving, deploying, updating, and retiring virtual machines.
“A recent ESG survey of current and planned virtual server adopters, showed that current users expect that the number of their virtual machines will grow by 173% over the next two years,” said Mark Bowker, industry analyst at ESG.
"To handle this massive growth, VMware Lifecycle Manager delivers IT organizations a method to automate best practices by implementing a standardized approach for managing user requests for the provisioning of virtual machines, while simultaneously eliminating manual and repetitive tasks." |
