Virtualisation
Virtualisation
As you know, virtualisation offers the opportunity for cost savings, increased security, greater operational flexibility, availability & efficiency. However, virtualisation also creates new challenges. Consolidation of operations and assets multiplies the impact of data loss and system outage, and increases I.T. administrator workloads. To succeed, virtualisation requires unprecedented levels of protection, automation and integration.
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Highlander's virtualisation experts can help explain how virtualisation can benefit your business architecture and help define TCO & ROI for your infrastructure change. Highlander work with the leading virtualisation providers including Microsoft, Citrix & VMware, Highlander also integrate leading virtualisation ‘eco-system’ solutions such as Veeam, Vizioncore, Platespin, Symantec, EMC & NetApp to name but a few.
Virtualisation Process
'What can I virtualise ?' - Capacity Planning
Highlander Virtualisation Capacity Planning services are delivered as a Web-based application that delivers rich analysis, modeling and decision support capabilities based on the data collected from your datacenter. Highlander will use this interface to access pre-built report templates and create custom reports depending on the type of assessment being delivered.
'How do I manage my virtual environment?'
Making some quite fundamental changes to the way you approach the management of your I.T. environment, you are running the risk of adding a whole new layer of complexity – one which requires clarity, consistency and expedience in management terms – potentially into an environment which generally lacks these sorts of capabilities.
Management and performance monitoring tools are essential for the succesful delivery of a virtualised private cloud of resources.
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Highlander partner with many of the leading 'eco system' vendors and have services ready to help your business achieve a high performing virtualised environment.
VEEAM
About Veeam Software
Veeam Software, a premier-level VMware Technology Alliance Partner, develops innovative software to manage VMware vSphere. Veeam vPower™ provides advanced Virtualization-Powered Data Protection ™ and is the underlying technology in Veeam Backup & Replication™, the #1 VMware backup solution. Veeam ONE™ provides a single solution to optimize the performance, configuration and utilization of VMware environments and includes: Veeam Reporter™ - VMware capacity planning , change management, and reporting and chargeback; Veeam Business View™ - VMware business service management and categorization; and a choice of VMware monitoring options including the nworks Management Pack™ - VMware management in Microsoft System Center , the nworks Smart Plug-in™ - VMware management in HP Operations Manager, and Veeam Monitor ™ - framework-independent VMware monitoring . Learn more about Veeam Software by visiting www.veeam.com
Veeam Backup & Replication v6
#1 VM Backup
Veeam Backup & Replication provides provides fast, flexible, and reliable recovery of virtualized applications and data. It unifies backup and replication in a single solution, increases the value of backup and reinvents data protection for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual environments. With a single license, from a unified console, you can support your entire virtual infrastructure with industry leading features such as instant file level recovery and streamlined VM recovery, scalability, 2-in-1 backup & replication, built-in de-duplication, centralized management and much more.
nworks Management Pack (MP) for VMware
VMware monitoring with Microsoft System Center
Protect your investment in Microsoft System Center (SCOM) and manage your physical and virtual environments from one console with the Veeam nworks Management Packâ„¢ for VMware. The nworks Management Pack provides in-depth, scalable, and agentless VMware infrastructure monitoring and management directly within Microsoft System Center, eliminating the need for a separate monitoring framework.
Learn more about VMware monitoring & management with Microsoft SCOM/MOM
nworks Smart Plug-in (SPI) for VMware
VMware monitoring with HP Operations Manager
Leverage your investment in HP Operations Manager and equip your operations personnel with the ability to perform 24x7 VMware monitoring, without the need for specialized training or virtualization expertise.
The nworks SPI provides distributed, agentless monitoring and management of your VMware infrastructure that is fully integrated into HP Operations Manager. It publishes VMware performance, events, configuration, state and topology details directly into HP Operations Manager, giving you a consolidated view across your physical and virtual infrastructures from one console.
Learn more about VMware monitoring and management with HP Operations Manager..
