VMLOGIX LABMANAGER ADDS VALUE TO THE REDHAT VIRTUALIZATION LAYER
VMLogix LabManager brings the following management capabilities and functions to help users in a Red Hat hypervisor deployment:
- Manage VM configurations and deployments – manage and control Virtual Machine (VM) sprawl through the use of permissions, quotas, and compliance-tracking
- Enable a powerful self-serve IT environment where users can request, create and deploy multi-machine VM configurations
- Centralize the deployment, use and management of multi-machine VM configurations
- Enable user and team collaboration -- easily share lab artifacts, resources and configurations
- Speed up mundane and time consuming manual tasks through automated software stack provisioning capabilities
- Optimize the use of storage utilization required for the VMs through delta disk technology
VMLOGIX LABMANAGER ALLOWS RED HAT VIRTUALIZATION CUSTOMERS TO
- Self serve access and use the lab infrastructure via a web browser
- Rationalize infrastructure and bring lab infrastructure under one management umbrella
- Enable sharing/collaboration and allow multiple users/teams to access the same lab
- Snapshot, capture and share a multi-machine configuration
- Leverage powerful automation capabilities in deploying multi-machine configurations
- Improve efficiency in the use of resources, improving worker productivity
PRE-PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION VIRTUAL MACHINE MANAGEMENT
VMLogix LabManager is purpose-built for pre-production lab environments – like those used in software development, testing, demonstrations, support labs and training – whereas Red Hat Virtualization Manager is designed for management of production-side virtual machines. The users and usage patterns between the two can be quite different, as highlighted in the table below.
| Lab | Production | Summary of Differences |
| Complexity of VMs |
Multi-Machine |
Single Machine |
Production tools manage single VMs. In the lab, multi-machine configurations are managed as one unit. |
| Users with access |
Many |
Few |
Production dictates that only IT admins have access. In the Lab, different groups need varying levels of access. |
| Rate of Change |
High |
Low |
Production cycles are measured in months, QA measured in days. |
| Collaboration |
High |
None |
Production state is protected. Lab state is shared freely among users. |
| Ease of use |
High |
Low |
Production tools designed for IT administrator. Lab system is web-based, WYSIWYG application |
In addition, VMLogix LabManager can easily replicate production network configurations to run application tests and to run multiple isolated instances of the setup without any manual intervention (e.g., without any IP address or MAC conflicts).
LAB MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS
VMLogix LabManager has powerful applicability in the following pre-production scenarios leveraging Red Hat virtualization:
- Software development and test labs
- Software support and help desk service labs
- Software training labs
- Software sales demonstrations labs
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Support for RHEL 5 for VMLogix LabManager will be generally available in Q4 2009. For further queries, please contact : marketing@vmlogix.com
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