vCenter Orchestrator Reviews

Our solution is built in VMware. All VMs are in the Orchestrator because we have multiple sites, and we connect with vCenter to Orchestrator.

With the Orchestrator, I can manage all my vCenters from one console. This allows for centralized management and streamlines operations.

I find that managing all my vCenters from one console is the most valuable feature. Additionally, the automation capabilities like VMotion, which is integrated with Orchestrator, are highly beneficial.

I think it's working fine for me. I don't have any specific areas for improvement. The only point for improvement is the price, which has increased by 135%, making it very expensive.

I have been working with vCenter Orchestrator since 2018.

It is a stable product, and we trust its reliability. I rate its stability as ten out of ten.

I rate the scalability of Orchestrator as eight out of ten.

The initial setup was simple because we had help from a vendor.

We had a vendor that assisted us with the implementation.

The pricing for vCenter Orchestrator is high. After the move to Broadcom, new pricing was applied suddenly without any notice. This has caused budget breakdowns multiple times to cover the increased costs.

We are currently searching for other solutions because the price for vCenter Orchestrator has become very expensive.

I recommend vCenter Orchestrator to other users. However, be aware that the pricing has increased significantly. Many of my colleagues who also work with Orchestrator are facing the same issue and are searching for other virtualization solutions.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

In our first program, we used the VCF to provide searches for our clients, then we opened our service to the public, so we changed from VCF to a VC and VCB program. We have an infrastructure software data center that we need to manage and handle all our clients' requests. 

We use PCD and vCenter. On top of that, we provide the PCD as a service for our clients. We give them a portal to access the resources they request. The services include site recovery, policy updates, etc. 

The most crucial feature of vCenter is its scalability. We can use it to expand our network, so we don't have to report our client devices. The network configuration features are also helpful because we can migrate entire networks. 

For example, we have a disaster recovery site that stores all our network configurations, so our clients can move from one site to another. We can use load balancing for the same problem. If the server or hypervisor is fully loaded, we can easily move some devices or VMs to another site.

We use the VLS Orchestrator with vCenter and create templates, allowing our clients to access and collect administration for their services. They manage the IT-critical stuff they implement, so we can provide them with pre-built solutions and templates.

VMware tools would benefit from more automation. When installing our devices and servers, we often need to install the VMware tools manually. This process should be automated during the VM installation process.

We've been using Orchestrator for seven or eight months.

Orchestrator is stable, but we have some problems with access. There are some performance issues when we use the VMs. For example, there is some latency when I access the management device, but the device itself is stable and working very well. 

I rate VMware support four out of five.

Positive

VMware is the first virtual solution, system, or ecosystem that we used.

The installation process was smooth except for a few complications with DNS and the certificate, but you typically need a lot of staff to help you install it. We don't need a dedicated person to perform maintenance. When a problem happens, we can call support to fix it, or we do it ourselves remotely if we have experience.

We used a third-party consultant to help us implement the solution.

The licensing module is somewhat complex. Calculating the cost is complicated. Many of our clients are unclear about the billing system and the traffic metering. I think we pay for revenue sharing on the VCB program, but we had a VCF program in the beginning. I don't have enough information about licensing. But when we converted from the VCF to the VCB program, the licensing module changed to revenue sharing.

I rate vCenter Orchestrator nine out of 10. It's a great solution that can help any starting company that needs to provide vCloud to their customers. It's scalable, stable, technical, and responsive. If you're deploying vCenter, you need to understand the infrastructure.

I used vCenter Orchestrator for our servers, such as database, Active Directory, and antivirus servers. Our internal servers have approximately five hosts and we are hosting approximately 19 servers on them.

I have been using the vCenter Orchestrator for approximately 10 years.

vCenter Orchestrator is very reliable and stable.

The scalability of the vCenter Orchestrator is not easy to do because it is depending on the hardware that is used. You cannot scale the solution easily.

We have approximately 150 people in my organization using this solution. Our company is a law firm, people from multiple roles are using it, such as administrative lawyers, attorneys, IT, sales, HR, and accounting. All departments are using the solution because all our servers are deployed using VMware. We don't have any standalone service. The solution is widely used in our company and we have plans to expand.

I have used the support a couple of times in the online communities. I have not used professional support from VMware.

I have used Hyper-V previously.

I did not do the initial setup. However, it was complex at the beginning.

The concept of hyper-convergence is smart. I don't know if it can be applied with less cost to be more affordable for small or medium-sized companies. The cost is a very important factor for it. We are currently depending on SAN storage. However, the hyper-converged solutions are depending on the storage within the hosts, such as vSAN in the VMware. It is a smart solution.

I am looking to expand our operation. However, approximately two years ago  I was searching for a flexible solution and I came to the hyper-converged solution. I was doing some comparisons, but as it was very expensive to replace our current environment. I'm searching for a solution to somehow expand our environment or do another environment parallel to our current one.

I would advise others to try solutions, such as Hyper-V. I have tried it in a test environment and I think it is very promising and it is easy to use. However, VMware is very powerful, stable, and very reliable, but I advise them to try  Hyper-V and VMware.

I rate vCenter Orchestrator a nine out of ten.

The most valuable feature of the solution is availability.

The solution’s pricing and integration could be improved.

I have been working with vCenter Orchestrator since 2014.

I rate the solution’s stability an eight out of ten.

Installing the solution is very easy if you have experience with the tool.

vCenter Orchestrator is a very expensive solution. If you talk with customers about other solutions like Nutanix, their prices are also very high.

If you have an existing VMware solution, integrating it into another solution is not easy. However, if you have a small company with a VMware solution, you can easily change it because you also need experience with other solutions.

I would recommend the solution to other users because VMware is a big company with very good licensing. More people can choose VMware as it provides good features available to new customers.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

The solution manages workloads and templates very well.

The solution could be integrated with third-party hypervisors.

I have used the solution for many years.

I rate the solution's stability a ten out of ten.

It is a highly scalable solution. I rate its scalability a ten.

The solution's technical support is good.

Positive

The solution's initial setup process is easy. It takes an hour or two to complete.

We implemented the solution in-house.

We renew the solution's license every one or two years.

I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

I use the solution for automation purposes.

The solution has the best workflow creation feature.

The solution's analytics feature could be better.

I have been using the solution for four years.

I rate the solution's stability a seven out of ten.

The solution's scalability is a seven or eight out of ten.

The solution's technical support team takes a long time to escalate the issues.

Neutral

The solution's initial setup process is a seven or eight out of ten.

I rate the solution's pricing an eight or nine.

I recommend the solution to others and rate it a seven out of ten.

We are a healthcare establishment. The main essence here is the 24X7X365 availability. This was possible due to virtualization. The best-suited candidate for the virtualization was VMware as the technical resources are easily available in the market. The Virtualization standards offered by VMware are defacto industry norms. This enabled us to have better resiliency and dynamic fail-over cluster for our application server and the databases. Using the virtualizes such as VMware, we achieved HPE SimpliVity Snapshot performance due to the capabilities of vCenter deployment.

The open, flexible architecture has brought in the agile computing environment along with better Dr capabilities. Automation management and operational tasks across VMware and third-party applications, like our HMIS and other business productivity applications, have delivered peace of mind. Automation is the KPI of any IT Lead organization. The healthcare industry is no exception to this. We were able to automate the business logic for provisioning, de-provisioning, HA, and clustering of our virtualized environment. This has reduced the manpower as well. Some more addition to the op-ex reduction of the organization.

VMware vSphere includes the components and features that fulfill most of the imaginations of a Virtualization expert. A virtualization layer that runs on physical servers that abstracts processor, memory, storage, and resources into multiple virtual machines. The central point for configuring, provisioning, and managing virtualized IT environments. 

The essence that is served is on the spot provisioning of the compute nodes and infrastructure in a virtualized manner

Effective time saving, diminished manual errors, complex IT workflow, and reduced operational cost has resulted in increasing our IT Application Service value proposition by many folds

It is practically difficult at this stage to really comment on the improvisations of V central. But more tech events and PoC cases would help the EA to design better solutions and utilization.

As a customer and a DC Architect, it would be great if more self-learning resources are made available online. One on one sessions from VM ware for rapidly growing organizations like us will further strengthen the intent of embracing the product portfolio from VMWare. A couple of the pointer in this regards can be as below: 

1. Quarterly technology reviews from the OEM.

2. Consultation and handholding

3. Opex Model

I have been using vCenter for two years.

It is very reliable and stable.

Performance of the solution is as planned on the drawing board.

The support from OEM and the Vendor has been good, though it was required only a few times at the very initial stages.

We have always been with VMware.

The implementation was straightforward.

Implemented through a vendor team. The expertise of Vintech was far above the expectation. A sure shot A+.

It generally meets expectations. The pricing could be a little better.

Acropolis from Nutanix.

I use the solution in my company for data center visualization.

The most valuable feature of the solution is DRS. The tool is very beneficial for automating workflow.

The only problem with the product is that it is very expensive, making it an area where improvements are required.

There are some hardware limitations associated with the product, especially when heterogeneous systems are involved, as we face some difficulties. Linux and IBM machines are very difficult to convert into VM machines. Windows can be easily converted from physical to virtual machines, but we have some problems with Linux machines.

I have been using vCenter Orchestrator for almost ten years. I am a customer of the solution.

I have not been using VMware for the last six months. I have shifted to Citrix. We have some other projects for which we need some VDI solutions, and we found that Citrix is very cost-effective, while VMware is very expensive now. We have had a very good experience with VMware for ten years, but now we have shifted to Citrix.

I cannot share some details of Citrix due to some of our company's policies. My company has been using Citrix only for two months, so I would be unable to say whether it has any advantage over vCenter Orchestrator. After my company shifted from VMware to Citrix, we have been testing and comparing the features of both tools. After six months, we can say which product is better and what features we have in Citrix that are not present in a VMware comparison.

The interface of the tool is very useful and user-friendly. We have had a very good experience with the product's initial setup phase in our company.

The integration capabilities of vCenter Orchestrator are very feasible for my heterogeneous network. It is easy to connect with different devices, like some physical systems. With the tool, we can easily and comfortably move our physical infrastructure into our virtual infrastructure.

VMware helped our company achieve its automation goals using AI technology in a very efficient manner.

If it were not for the issues with the price, I recommend vCenter Orchestrator to others.

I rate the tool a seven out of ten.