On Jun 23, 2009, at 12:14 PM, A. Rich wrote: > Specifically, something that is aware of what physical host that a > vm resides > on so that it can tie into things like being able to track serial > console > access, hardware contract numbers, PDU/network/fibre/rack allocation > etc, and > know when a machine relocates using vmotion or other similar > technology. > > A tool that will do all of this would be optimal, but I have a > feeling that > asset tracking + change control + config management isn't something > that's out > there right now.
My $0.02 worth, but I would say that any package which tried to tie a VM to it's "host components" (e.g., the physical components of the ESX server hosting it) would be very very complicated, especially if you added things like DRS into the equation, taking the human element out of vmotion, storage vmotion, etc., etc. Especially considering how, difficult, it can be to get useful data out of VirtualCenter for third-party apps. :-) cheers, D _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
