That's interesting. Is that the sister component to Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager? That product has serious bloat/bulk and am not to impressed with that either, although it does the job...eventually when PCs catch up to the system.
>>> "Christopher Bodnar" <[email protected]> 5/22/2009 10:13 AM >>> Just installed SCVMM2008 for testing, and thought I’d pass along my first impressions (less than 24 hours). Keep in mind all of this will be in comparison to ESX with Virtual Center: It looks very similar to SCOM 2007. Interface is almost identical. I see no way to give granular access down to the VM level. It seems you can only go down to the HOST level, or groupings of HOST machines. Not down to the VM, which is very disappointing. I don’t see much improvement over using Azman (Authorization Manager). I really like the job monitor. Looks very detailed. The status of the Host machine was listed as “needs attention”. It tells you that the “Virtualization service version” is out of date and needs to be updated. But nowhere does it tell you what it needs to be updated to, or give you a link to download the update. I think that is lousy. Even if you run Windows update, it doesn’t show you the update you need. I finally found this: http://trycatch.be/blogs/roggenk/archive/2008/11/20/scvmm-2008-hyper-v-host-needs-attention-virtualization-service-version-upgrade-available.aspxThe next thing I’ve noticed is that there seems to be almost no utilization information on the Host or the VM’s. So far I’m very unimpressed. With all the stuff you don’t get in VMM compared to Virtual Center. And that’s not even talking about HA and DRS. I’m not sure how Hyper-V handles that kind of functionality with VMM. Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
