| NSM/ASM |
DynamicOps VRM |
TotalView 1.2 |
System Center Virtual Machine Manager |
| Computer Associates |
DyanmicOps |
Insystek |
Microsoft |
| $,4000 plus costs for managed resources, servers and sockets. |
$1,495 per managed processor socket |
$199 per CPU socket for VMWare ESXi and VMWare server; $699 per CPU socket for VMWare ESX and Citrix Enterprise Server |
$869; Microsoft Operations Manager (required for trending/alerts) $579 |
| Nice user roles and policies-based management; provides great VM monitoring information; offers good heterogeneous VM control capability; many options for alerting and reporting. |
Easily imports VMs already running under VMware VirtualCenter; good web-based GUI, good reports. |
Easy installation, can create new VM's from scratch. |
Can create VM's from scratch, PRO tips trending useful for lifecycle management. |
| Incredibly complex; can't create new VM's from scratch; data refreshes were sporadic; complicated documentation. |
WIM imaging process is hit and miss-and only works with Windows; weak VM discovery processes; weak documentation; poor overall VM control. |
Unstable, some features didn't work well. |
Can't use dynamic disks for ESX VM's when creating from scratch; difficult to setup Operations Manager 2007 to use PRO tips; Lacking in real-time monitoring. |
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| CA NSM/ASM |
3.50 |
3.50 |
3.50 |
4.0 |
3.50 |
1.50 |
3.08 |
| Microsoft SCVMM |
3.50 |
3.50 |
3.50 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
2.98 |
| DynamicsOps VRM |
3.50 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
1.50 |
2.0 |
2.45 |
| Insystek TotalView |
2.0 |
2.50 |
2.50 |
2.0 |
1.50 |
2.0 |
2.01 |
Scoring key: 5: Exceptional; 4: Very good; 3: Average; 2: Below average; 1: Subpar or not available. |
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