vCenter Orchestrator Reviews

The solution is being used for its logs. 

The storage motion is a good feature. It is a very good tool. 

A feature to review and setup tasks should be added. 

I have been using vCenter Orchestrator since 2020. 

It is a stable Solution. I rate the solution eight out of ten. 

It is a scalable solution. There are less than ten users using the solution. I rate the scalability an eight out of ten. 

The initial setup is straightforward. The deployment takes some few hours.  I rate the setup a nine out of ten.

I rate the overall solution a nine out of ten. 

We use it to manage the overall VMware environment.

We use the Distributed Resource Scheduling, the HA, the affinity features, and the fault tolerance that is available.

I believe a transparent view and better terms of condition between Oracle and vCenter Orchestrator would be helpful.

I have been using vCenter Orchestrator for the past ten years.

It is very stable. I have been using vCenter Orchestrator from version three now to six plus.

Scalability, I think you can add hundreds and thousands of machines to it. Even though there are some hard limits, they are huge in numbers. I can go and add four thousand plus steps, and in every case, I can have up to sixteen machines running. We are talking about thousands of hardware and thousands of VMs can be added to a single center.  It depends upon the requirement. We will increase it and decrease it based on company growth.

Technical support is very good.

Positive

It is pretty straightforward. They have a deployable product. We do not have to design and build it before deploying. It is readily available from their side. You just have to download and provide the IPS. There are very few configurations to decide on and you are up and ready in a few minutes to an hour. They have made it very simple now.

The licensing cost is manageable because they have different versions available, standard, essential, and advanced. It depends upon the business requirement. You can pick and choose what you need. I think they do have a free version as well. 

I would rate vCenter Orchestrator a nine out of ten.

The most valuable features of the solution are the workflows.

I have seen vCenter Orchestrator evolving a lot over the years, making it quite handy. I don't see any areas for improvement in the product. It has already improved a lot over the years.

The product lacks GUIs. The tool should have more GUIs available, along with easier product documentation.

I have been using vCenter Orchestrator for a couple of years. Though I don't directly use vCenter Orchestrator, I provide training sessions and use VMware products most of the time. My customers use the solution. I am a technical trainer who teaches others VMware technologies. My company has a partnership with VMware.

It is a stable solution.

It is a scalable solution.

I recommend the product for medium to large-scale enterprises.

Smaller enterprises might not have the kind of use cases for vCenter Orchestrator, so they might have to go through a bit of a steep learning curve from deployment and use case perspectives.

I have no idea about how my customers get full of technical support. Most of the time, I do not come across any complaints related to technical support, so that's okay.

The initial setup was okay. Someone who is a newbie might find the initial setup to be complex, but most of the time, it is okay.

Deployment-wise, our customers do not face any difficulties since I don't come across any questions from the customers regarding any difficulties they faced during the setup process.

My customers take care of vCenter Orchestrator's implementation by themselves.

My company does not deal with the product's pricing part since it is the customer's responsibility.

The product is intuitive enough. It might be a learning curve for someone new to vCenter Orchestrator.

I don't have much to share with those planning to use vCenter Orchestrator from a recommendation perspective because we are not into that kind of role where we recommend. Most of our customers already have the product, or they are in the middle of a big phase of the tool's implementation, because of which they come into our company for training.

I find the tool to be quite okay. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

We operate two critical data centers, Data Center A and Data Center H, in an active-active setup. These centers serve 300 remote sites, with all our applications and local servers sending data to both. We prioritize data security using protections like IPS, IDS, and XDR. Data distribution is handled by load balancers through DNSX in our virtual cloud, connecting to application servers. We also have Backup Data Centers ready to take over if A and H encounter issues, ensuring uninterrupted data services.

The most valuable feature for us is the performance stability of vCenter Orchestrator, especially in complex situations, making it excellent for managing virtual machines. For smaller to medium-sized data centers, we also use Proxmox, a German software for server virtualization. Additionally, we prioritize data backup and recovery, with independent data centers located about 200 kilometers away from our main centers, Data Center A and Data Center H. These main centers operate in an active-active mode, while B and C serve as backups.

There are a few areas that could use improvement. Firstly, the pricing could be more competitive. Secondly, we would like more flexibility in sizing data storage and virtual machines, as the current options aren't very adaptable. The management of vCenter could be less automatic and more transparent for our experienced technicians. Lastly, our data stores could be better integrated with third-party options, as they don't fully meet our high-end requirements. vCenter has limited management capabilities, causing problems when you have plenty of space and memory but can't monitor their usage well. The main issues revolve around data storage and management, driven by an overly automatic and simplistic approach that is not ideal for complex or expanding setups.

I have been using vCenter Orchestrator for two years.

It is a scalable solution. We have approximately 4,000 users of the solution. We also have a team of five people who maintain the solution 24/7.

The technical support is customer-oriented but not excellent in terms of speed and knowledge. It is reasonably good but not outstanding. I would give it a six out of ten.

Neutral

We have previously used Proxmox but switched to vCenter because Proxmox is not suitable for larger applications. In addition to using vCenter, nowadays we also use OpenStack.

The initial setup was extremely easy because vCenter handled many things automatically. However, it is not ideal when you need specific configurations, as it may not give you the level of control you require. We obtain licenses through a digital locker or VMware purchase orders, and deploying them is easy. However, there are some issues with data store management. While the system is generally stable, it lacks flexibility for configuration and monitoring. This can be problematic when adding many VMware machines and increasing data store capacity, as it doesn't provide clear warnings or limits.

I have definitely seen ROI with vCentre.

VMware's licensing can be complex with many products, making it hard to find a cost-effective solution. Handling costs, support, and efficiency can be expensive and challenging, so it is an important aspect to think about. Sometimes it seems like VMware offers many products just to generate more revenue, even if some of them end up being unnecessary.

My recommendation for those starting with vCenter is that once the automatic installation is complete, the graphical user interface is user-friendly and easy to use. Overall, I would rate vCenter a seven out of ten.

We have a separate team that is responsible for managing the vCenter. We Are a product for the general public.

vCenter Orchestrator is used for everything, any database can be used with any middleware. Everything is managed through vCenter.

I would like to have an interface that can manage both on-premises and cloud solutions from a single console, where we can easily manage the resources that are being used or at least applications. Whereby clicking here and there from on-premises to cloud, or cloud to on-premises, depending on the requirements. If that can be accomplished, it will be extremely beneficial.

I have been working with vCenter Orchestrator for more than five or six years.

Currently, we have the most recent version, and we used both Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS for the cloud.

vCenter Orchestrator is a stable solution.

vCenter Orchestrator is scalable.

We have approximately 50,000 users in our organization.

We have excellent technical support. They have always been helpful when we have needed them.

We are working with Red Hat versions six, seven, and eight as well as BigFix, and JBOSS. JBOSS, on the other hand, is used by a different team, a middleware team. We are system administrators, and we are using the infrastructure component, which is the operating system.

For managing, we are using VMware cloud management, vRA.

The initial setup is straightforward. We are experienced with this solution. We have multiple data centers.

We pay a yearly fee, based on our entries. For now, the price is fine. We can't say whether it's expensive or not until we compare it to other products.

I would rate vCenter Orchestrator a nine out of ten.

vCenter gives overall control of virtual methods.

The solution is user-friendly and easy to deploy.

The licensing cost could be reduced, it's quite expensive. 

I've been using this solution for three years. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable. 

The customer support is very friendly and helpful. 

The initial setup is straightforward and took a few hours. We used a consultant for the deployment and it required one engineer. 

This is a good solution and from a performance perspective I rate it 10 out of 10. 

I primarily use vCenter Orchestrator to automate workflows.

vCenter Orchestrator's best features are the workflows, integration with third-party applications, and the workflow library.

vCenter Orchestrator's debugging capacity could be improved. In the next release, vCenter Orchestrator should include self-healing capabilities and clustering.

I've been using vCenter Orchestrator for four to five years.

I would rate vCenter Orchestrator's stability eight out of ten.

vCenter Orchestrator's scalability is good - I would rate it eight out of ten.

vCenter Orchestrator's technical support is very helpful and responsive

The initial setup was quite easy and took a couple of minutes.

vCenter Orchestrator could be more affordable. However, there are no additional costs. I would rate its pricing as six out of ten.

I would recommend vCenter Orchestrator to other users and rate it eight out of ten.

We use the on-premise deployment model. 

vCenter is our primary resource for all our U.S. Enterprises. It's the central place for the VMs we are using as our servers. 

Storage has room for improvement. It's a big problem for our solution. The interface also needs improvement, it should be simplified.   

They should integrate more storage systems for the replication. There should be an integrated replication tool. We have two sites and we want to have the data between the sites and all the data replicated. There is no ability to do that now. You have to buy this ability from another vendor.

It's very expensive. The quality of the product is fine, it's good quality but the price is very high.

In the next release, they should have better data synchronization between different brands and hardware so that you can replicate two data stores. VMware should maintain decent replication. There's no synchronization between VMware and different brands. For example, one installment from Dell and one installment from HP should be able to synchronize their data.

It's 100% stable, it's always stable. We haven't had any bugs. The solution works very well and we haven't had any problems.

We haven't needed to contact their technical support. We have to pay for support but it should be free. 

The initial setup was straightforward, it's not complex.

There are not many partners for this solution in our area. We would need to go to Barcelona for that. 

We also looked at Microsoft Hyper-V. 

I would rate it a nine out of ten.