vCenter Configuration Manager Reviews

This solution is great for individual storage with servers and installing VMware, vSphere, and vCenter.

It should be easier to use alternate storage.

We have been using this solution since 2012, and we use VMware 7 up to 3d. Additionally, we use software installed on our site.

It is a stable solution with high availability, and we have had no problems. We have two engineers using it. Unfortunately, in our cluster, we do not connect to the Internet because our cluster is offline.

The technical support is useful. You can also find solutions to problems through VMware articles online. If a problem occurs, we use VMware CLI and have a lot of experience with VMware ESXi. We can solve the problem by opening a VMware ticket and have opened only one to two tickets in the last five years.

vCenter has a standard license. As a result, VMware is not expensive compared to all hypervisor prices on the market.

I rate this solution a ten out of ten. There are a lot of licenses, ranging from the standard to the enterprise plus with the operation manager.

The client I'm working with is basically a national ISP, and they are hosting multiple services and a couple of mail servers and hosting servers. So, basically, clusters are made with multiple hardware and things are running on them.

The clustering part and the load balancing part are most valuable.

Error reporting should be more precise and descriptive, and there is no way to filter the logs. It would be helpful if its logs analysis can be more detailed, and the logs can be filtered.

I have been using this solution for about three years.

Its stability is good. It is stable and very traditional.

It is indeed scalable. In terms of the number of users, we have three or four admin users. 

In this company, presently, there is not much scope for increasing the usage. It is currently able to meet their requirements. They're using it on a small scale, and they don't need all of its features. Whatever is there at the moment is sufficient for them. I'm not sure if there is an immediate requirement for expansion. They might scale up, but it is going to take time. 

I never needed any support.

Previously, I used to use Hypervisor and OpenStack, but a lot of involvement was there, so we slowly switched to VMware vCenter.

It was quite easy. It didn't take a long time. Anyone with basic networking knowledge can do it.

We didn't use an integrator or a consultant.

It is on a yearly basis.

I would rate vCenter Configuration Manager a nine out of 10.

I provide services to our customers. We largely use it for automation.

It's allowed us to automate most of the processes that we have in place. All the controls can now update positioning solutions. All of that is done through this software. For the company it's quite valuable, in that it saves resources, however, it also allows the IT team to be concentrated on different tasks. The company is growing and the need to focus on adding more systems etc. is very important. There are a lot of new systems being implemented. By taking manual tasks and automating them, it provides a great value for the customer.

The solution is excellent at automating processes.

Overall, it's a great tool.

There are some complexities within the system center. For example, we use two different applications for updates and the deployment of the machine. We also have another third party solution. 

However, a third-party solution is dedicated to vulnerability management. And all the updates that have to be deployed to a specific product. You spend a lot of time in configuration due to the fact that you need to make sure all of your machines are compliant. Compliance is complicated.

I've been using the solution for about four years.

The stability of the solution is good. We haven't run into any issues with the solution. There aren't sudden crashes. There aren't bugs or glitches. It's reliable.

We haven't had any issues with scalability. If a company needs to expand the solution's services, they can do so easily. From a technical perspective, it's possible.

I've personally contacted technical support in the past.

They were able to assist us with no problem. A few times we managed to sort out the issue ourselves. Still, mainly they do support us. We're quite happy with their services. 

One of the things that puts us at an advantage is the fact that we are not yet running the latest versions. The older versions have less issues that need to be ironed out and patched. Therefore, we're working with versions that have already been pretty much perfected. It means there's less reason to contact technical support.

There's a bit of complexity in the initial setup. There are compliance issues you'll need to sort through. Configuration can take a while because of this.

There may be better ways to do things with System Center that we're not aware of. We always try to look at audits before we try a deployment. How long it takes tends to be decided by what a user wants the solution to do and how the company is set up.

If you want to do something relatively simple like automate updates, however, the deployment is quite straightforward. It doesn't take a lot of time.

Also, if you sorted out configurations and taken the time to fix items and iron out details, the solution will deploy fairly easily and deliver its services well.

For example, a deployment that, if done with some center, may require a workaround to sort out any problem beforehand, but once that's done, everything starts working perfectly.

We're a customer. We don't have a special relationship with the company.

I would recommend System Center. We are going through a technological era where everything is done using technology, and security measures are important. With this solution, security is already in place.

With this solution, a lot of the items are automated, including a lot of administrative work. You can minimize so many things, including security vulnerabilities, simply by using the solution. It's great.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. They lose a few marks due to their general complexity, which takes a lot of time. Users need to take into consideration bandwidth and network usage when they set things up. While the solution does try to minimize resources, it takes a lot of time to get things where you need them to be. It's not straightforward. You'll need to go through many processes before you get there.

We use vCenter Configuration Manager for the Virtualization use case to template our workload on a cluster and use virtualization methods.

vCenter Configuration Manager is a very good product, it works well.

The price could be reduced.

I have been working with vCenter Configuration Manager for five years.

We are using version 7.

vCenter Configuration Manager is a stable product.

vCenter Configuration Manager is a scalable solution.

In our company, we have 100 users.

I have contacted technical support and they are good.

We have occupation delivery switches. We use Ruckus and Juniper.

The initial setup is straightforward.

The deployment took two hours.

We require four engineers to maintain this solution.

I have a license to cover four hosts.

I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate vCenter Configuration Manager a nine out of ten.

vCenter makes it easy to manipulate the clusters between machines so that there is no downtime that we can observe on any machine we host on our VMware.

The stability and reliability are great.

The initial setup is quick and easy.

It's a product that can scale.

The solution could provide even more capacity.

We'd like to see more integration capabilities.

I've been using the solution for almost two years. 

The stability has been very good. There are no bugs or glitches. It's reliable. It never crashes or freezes.

We've never contacted technical support. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they are.

Previously we dealt with VMware only.

The installation is very simple and straightforward. It is not difficult to get everything up and running. 

The initial implementation takes about one hour.

We have two or three people that can handle deployment and maintenance. 

At this point, we can handle the integration ourselves without the help of an integrator.

We pay a yearly licensing fee.

I do not recall the exact version number we are using.

I would rate the solution at a perfect ten out of ten. I've been very happy with its capabilities.

I would recommend the solution to others. It's quite good.

We use Configuration Manager at one or two companies where we provide services. I live in Fiji and people don't really go into the detail of compliance and automated configuration. Most things are generally done manually so with the implementation of Configuration Manager it becomes automated. There are some reporting and management tasks involved. We're partners with vCenter and I'm the IT general manager. 

As an engineer, I'd say the most valuable features would be the patch management and templates. Both of these features make my job easier. 

This is a good solution but it has too many configurations for what it does. In that sense, it's not particularly user friendly and requires too many clicks. From reviews I've read, I believe Acropolis might be easier to use in this regard.

I think the solution pretty much covers everything, I can't think of any additional features that might be useful.

I've been using this solution for the past two years. 

The technical support is generally quite good although it depends who you're talking to. Most of the time issues are solved expediently although sometimes it takes a little longer than you'd probably want, but eventually it gets fixed. It's good but it could be better.

The initial setup can be a little complex. It's clear what needs to be done but because of compliance it becomes more complicated. It requires configuring thresholds and standard marks plus automated configurations. It's a matter of implementing some provisioning which can be tedious. I haven't worked with it too much, but it seems quite cumbersome. 

Deployment time probably took a little longer in our case because it was implementing  compliance, patch management and software package distribution, so it probably took a couple of days. We used our own team for configuration. 

I would recommend people use this solution. It can make your life a lot easier and it has a lot of features which could help a system administrator prevent problems and foresee potential issues.

I would rate this solution quite highly but it loses a couple of points because of the complexity so I'll give it a seven out of 10. 

The most valuable features that VMware's vCenter Configuration Manager have when compared with other solutions are their disaster recovery and business connectivity capabilities. All the software that VMware produces has very good business connectivity and disaster recovery features.

Configuration Manager should decrease the deployment time in the data center and the management time as this could help many data centers reduce their operating costs.

I think most of VMware's software is easy and simple to use but they lack the capability to manage other systems. When working with some other software out there you have a total solution for managing and configuring your data centers. Many other virtualization systems have this feature, and it would be a good idea for VMware to switch to this approach because I think most data centers are looking for total solutions to manage their data centers. Our trends show that this kind of simple management software is going to be a part of orchestration systems. 

Overall, I think it's good enough to use for most customers who have VMware solutions in their data centers.

I have been working on virtualization for around seven or eight years.

This software helps customers to reduce management operations, including saving their resources and total cost. The basic platform is very good for reducing operational costs. Plus, the automation and easy deployment are very important to many data centers.

In terms of scalability, yes, most of the software that VMware produces is enterprise and scalable and they define the business connectivity and disaster recovery very well in most of their software.

In some cases, I have contacted support when I use the software, but mostly I am helped with the data centers by our in-house engineers. The quality is not black and white. It depends on the engineer that you get, but most of these companies have good software consultants.

The initial setup is perfectly easy to deploy, as well as in other VMware software. It takes less than five hours to deploy.

Most VMware software is easy to use, although you don't need support for deployment, it may be helpful for maintenance.

If you compare the performance between virtualization solutions, I think KVM is better than VMware. But in terms of disaster recovery and business connectivity, VMware has a better-developed software here.

Our company is a data center solution architect and consultant. We look for the best solutions for our customers and we try to find the best one for each project. It doesn't matter if that solution is from a small company or a famous company - we look for the best solution for configuring the situation.

I think before using this kind of software, most companies should train their administrators to ensure that the deployment is perfect. Also, maintenance would be easier if you train your engineers before using this kind of software.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate vCenter Configuration Manager a six. This is because compared to the other solutions such as Microsoft's StoreSafe or Studio Team System solutions or Ubuntu it is not as good. 

This software is specific for VMware products whereas the other software is more flexible.

We have a basic configuration with a host in a cluster, and a virtual machine.

The most valuable features are vMotion and high availability.

I appreciate it because it's very easy to set up and configure new disks and servers.

The pricing can be improved.

It is not so user-friendly that you can just start the host and everything works. However, for somebody with five or ten years of experience, the administration is not very difficult.

We have been using VCM for close to one year.

This is a stable and very strong solution.

We have not needed to scale as of yet.

I have not had the need to contact technical support.

Our intention is to upgrade to version 7.

The initial setup is not complex.

We have an in-house team for deployment. Two of us are in charge of using and maintaining this product, and we are both administrators.

We did not continue to look for other products after evaluating VMware.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.