The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Get Your Arms Around VM Server Sprawl Before It Gets You
Virtualization champions enthuse about how easily virtual machines can be deployed–often in minutes, compared to the days or weeks for their physical counterparts. (And tack on more time to include approvals for capital expenses.) But the flip side of this instant gratification is the risk of VM server sprawl, where oodles of virtual machines are added to the data center without coordination, management or policy. Indeed, while virtualization itself reduces the number of physical servers in a corporate environment, the simplicity of deploying VMs often significantly raises the number of operating systems enabled and consequently needing administrative support.
Catbird’s integrated tools for server sprawl management lets IT administrators set a provisioning strategy and enforce compliance. Catbird’s stateless agents can automatically monitor virtual machine sprawl even across VMware VMotion and other performance optimizers. With Catbird’s web-based portal, new machine deployment is instantly alerted on and controlled, inline with corporate policy.
Moreover, with Catbird’s “catbird seat” view of the physical network as well, a comprehensive view of all deployed machines, virtual and physical, can be examined and managed in one place. No need to have one paradigm for your physical environment and an entirely new set of management tools for your virtual environment. Catbird V-Security has complete protection.
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