De laatste jaren wordt virtualisatie steeds meer toegepast in het bedrijfsleven. Bekende namen zijn onder andere Xen en VMware. De laatste heeft met zijn VMware Infrastructure 3 opzet een stevige plek verovert. Voor het opzetten en beheren van zo'n omgeving is een goede documentatie zeer belangrijk. Veeam Software heeft daarom een nieuw programma uitgebracht, Veeam Reporter, waarmee automatisch een Microsoft Visio diagram gemaakt kan worden van een VMware Infrastructure 3 omgeving. Veeam Reporter 1.0 is uitgebracht met de volgende aankondiging:
Veeam Software, a provider of best-of-breed virtualization management solutions, today announced the release of Veeam Reporter for VMware Infrastructure 3.
Veeam Reporter is a reporting tool to discover, document and create a visual (Microsoft Visio) diagram of a VMware Infrastructure environment. Designed for professional use by ESX administrators, system integrators and datacenter managers, Veeam Reporter integrates with and extends the functionality of VMware VirtualCenter and ESX Server. The tool collects information about VMware Infrastructure 3 (VI3) environment, its components and configuration settings, and provides a comprehensive visual report for analysis and documentation.
Key Functions of Veeam Reporter:“VMware Infrastructure 3 and ESX Server are being widely adopted by enterprise customers as they offer the new level of systems utilization and availability,” - said Ratmir Timashev, president and CEO, Veeam Software. “New Veeam Reporter is an essential tool for developing a High Availability (HA) & VMotion strategy in an enterprise environment.”
- Discover it. Veeam Reporter discovers essential components of VMware Infrastructure, their properties and relationships. Veeam Reporter works both with VirtualCenter and ESX Server.
- Document it. Veeam Reporter saves the collected data for printing as well as change management tracking.
- Visio it. Veeam Reporter is a professional tool for ESX administrators, system integrators and datacenter managers. It builds a detailed visual diagram based on the collected data and presents it as a Visio report.
The pricing starts at $120 per CPU including the first year maintenance plan. Additional annual support is available at $20 per year per CPU. Volume discounts are available.[break]