VMware vCenter Reviews

VMware vCenter's most valuable feature is high availability.

The product's technical support services need improvement. 

The platform's provisioning feature enables flexible scaling. The filtering capabilities also enhance scalability by optimizing resource allocation.

Our experience with VMware's technical support has been challenging. Support is primarily command-line based, which makes it difficult to address issues efficiently. However, they do offer solid support for GUI and file-related matters. Unfortunately, their assistance may be limited during critical situations, such as ransomware attacks.

Neutral

We utilize a call API to assess system resources and inquire about available memory. Depending on the response received, we either proceed with the deployment or send error notifications. Additionally, we connect with external systems via APIs to verify compliance with internal policies and methodologies. This streamlined approach has enhanced our VM deployment and management efficiency.

Initially, we encountered challenges with local backups, particularly regarding efficiency and capacity limitations, notably with McAfee. We recently leveraged the function for recovery purposes, which uses an online snapshot copy. While this approach is effective for short-term recovery needs, it needs to catch up regarding long-term data retention due to the large backup capacity requirements. Additionally, while useful for capturing point-in-time data, the snapshot functionality may need to be more suitable for comprehensive backup strategies. Despite these limitations, we've found that application integrations, such as with SQL, have been beneficial in enhancing our backup and recovery processes.

I rate VMware vCenter an eight out of ten.

We use VMware vCenter for centralization and to manage all the VMs.

It is not easy to upgrade VMware vCenter from an old version to a new version. We have to work with the support to upgrade the solution.

I rate the solution an eight out of ten for stability.

The initial setup of the solution is not easy, but it is not that complex either. It will be pretty hard for you if you don't have experience working with VMware.

You have limited features if you don't have VMware vCenter for virtualizations. From the infrastructure side, it is easy for my team to manage the server with VMware vCenter. My team has three resources working on support for virtualization.

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

We use VMware vCenter for deploying system machines for customers within a cloud provider environment, facilitating the creation of customized infrastructures.

The product's most valuable feature is the availability of different licenses.

The product’s interface could be easy to understand. It has too many elements and is challenging to operate for various configuration tasks.

We have been using VMware vCenter for 18 years.

It is a stable platform.

The product is scalable. It is suitable for enterprises and top public administration institutions.

The technical support team could respond faster.

Neutral

The initial setup is easy. However, it is difficult to upgrade it for maintenance purposes, including changes in certification.

The platform is expensive.

VMware vCenter is easy to integrate with other tools such as Veeam, Commvault, etc. I rate it an eight out of ten.