(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In the most significant update to its solution for simplifying the installation and configuration of its hypervisor VMware ESXi, Virtualization solutions developer VMware (www.vmware.com) has announced new features to VMware Go (www.vmwarego.com).
VMware introduced VMware Go at the start of the year as a solution to enable small and medium businesses to easily virtualize servers and create new virtual machines. According to VMware’s announcement last week, customers that have created VMs on VMware Server can now use VMware Go to move to the more scalable ESXi platform without losing the investment they’ve made in creating and fine tuning VMs.
Another new feature of VMware Go is Collective Intelligence, which helps guide a customer’s virtualization experience by aggregating user data to show virtualization best practices. Collective Intelligence gives users insight into what other users have done in each stage of the virtualization process so they can be more confident they are making the right virtualization decisions.
Users can also view reports and dashboards, accessing such information as the average number of VMs users are creating per ESXi server, the top five hardware types on which the community is running ESXi, or the top five virtual appliances that have been downloaded from VMware Go.
“With the new features of VMware Go, we’re providing the easiest on-ramp to virtualization for SMBs — at no cost,” VMware emerging business and products director Manoj Jayadevan said in a statement. “Along with the ability to seamlessly migrate VMs from VMware Server to ESXi, the new Collective Intelligence guide for VMware Go makes it easier than ever to quickly realize the full benefits of ESXi and enable SMBs to maximize limited IT resources in just hours or days.”
VMware Go takes a three step approach to simplifying and accelerating virtualization, including the initial ESXi server setup, virtual machine creation, and the management of ESXi servers and virtual machines.
The initial ESXi server setup features a unique web-based interface, intuitive wizard set-up, and Collective Intelligence guides accelerate installation and setup process. A built-in hardware compatibility check automates the process of selecting physical server environments.
The virtual machine creation step lets users leverage an existing physical server configuration, install a pre-built virtual appliance, or start with a new, clean virtual machine.
Finally, once the ESXi servers and virtual machines are setup, VMware Go gives users a basic management interface that simplifies changes to a virtual environment. This interface enables the monitoring of virtual machines for basic performance and resource utilization. It also includes patch scan and remediation for ESXi, as well as the ability to scan and update virtual machines from a central console.
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