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VMware vSphere 6 with Operations Management
Key Features and Benefits Comparison
2. Centralized Administration and Management
KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS VMWARE VSPHERE®
WITH OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT™ 6
MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER
2012 R2 HYPER-V & SYSTEM CENTER
2012 R2
RED HAT ENTERPRISE
VIRTUALIZATION 3.5
Top Level Management and Integration
• Centralized Control and Visibility - VMware vCenter Server™ is a platform that provides centralized control and
visibility for your virtual infrastructure. Through vCenter, administrators can perform infrastructure upgrades and view
operational metrics, alerts, and infrastructure diagrams.
3
Administrative experience is inconsistent. In
some cases multiple tools are required to
perform operations or retrieve information. In
other cases it is possible to perform
operations with one of several tools, making
auditing and reporting dicult
Limited capabilities that require separate
portals for users, administrators, and
reporting
• vCenter Server Appliance - Quickly deploy vCenter Server and manage vSphere using a Linux-based virtual appliance
3
SCVMM requires a full Windows install and
configuration of SCVMM
No, requires a RHEL host OS and manual
addition of software through Red Hat
Network/Subscription Manager
• Fine-grained Access Control - Secure the environment with configurable, tiered group definitions and fine-grained
permissions
3
SCVMM roles require defining and
management of separate SCVMM private
clouds
Limited capabilities to set permissions to a
subset of hosts or VMs
• vCenter Content Library – New in vCenter 6, share templates and source media across multiple vCenter Server
instances. Publish libraries for external usage and allow other vCenter Server instances to subscribe and synchronize
data, with advanced options for security and delivery of content on-demand.
3
No, SCVMM libraries do not allow
synchronization of media across SCVMM
instances
No
• Consistent Experience for Administrators – VMware’s UI design provides for a consistent administrative
experience, whether it be from an individual host or via vCenter Server
3
No, administrators will be required to use one
of several tools, which are often inconsistent
in their capabilities and UI design
Limited, requires extensive command line
configuration and Linux knowledge for
administration
• Centralized Licensing - Administer and manage all license keys centrally within the Platform Services Controller.
License Reporting Manager generates reports on license keys and usage.
3
No No, per host subscriptions that must be
manually applied to each and every host in
order to access updates
• Session Management - Discover and, if necessary, terminate vCenter Server user sessions
3
No No
• Comprehensive Inventory Model - Manage the complete inventory of virtual machines, applications, resource pools
and physical servers with greater visibility into object relationships. The inventory model provides the flexibility to
organize objects into folders and create two separate hierarchical views.
3
SCVMM provides limited insight into object
relationships from its various views. SCOM is
require for additional visibility
No
• Interactive Topology Maps - Visualize the relationships between physical servers, virtual machines, networks and
storage. Topology maps allow admins to easily verify correct configuration for distributed services such as vMotion,
DRS and HA.
3
SCVMM topology maps are limited to basic
network topologies only. SCOM is required
for additional maps
No
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