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VMware VirtualCenter Cluster Protection Solutions from SteelEye

SteelEye provides the industry's only VirtualCenter cluster server solution to ensure complete protection against any failure within the VMware Infrastructure management environment. SteelEye LifeKeeper constantly monitors critical VirtualCenter services, the associated database, servers, network connections and all other critical components. On detection of any problem, an automated recovery process is begun based on policies defined by the system administrator. It also provides a simple interface for manual movement of applications to eliminate outages from planned maintenance.

Companies worldwide spend millions of dollars each year to consolidate mission critical servers using VMware for cost saving and business continuity purposes. As the number of VMware virtual machines grows within an organization, the management of this substantial investment becomes a critical IT process. VMware VirtualCenter provides a powerful central console, running on the Microsoft Windows Operating System, that can effectively manage hundreds of VMware servers and thousands of virtual machines. Using VirtualCenter, administrators can create, deploy and clone virtual machines, monitor status and performance, and utilize tools such as VMotion and DRS. To provide this management capability, VirtualCenter leverages either a Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle database to store important configuration and performance data.

As companies continue to make additional VMware investments, the functions provided by VirtualCenter become increasingly more critical to the availability of virtualized IT operations. Should the VirtualCenter server, the supporting database, or related physical hardware fail, the ability to effectively manage the multitude of virtual machines in a virtualized environment can be severely impacted or crippled for extended periods of time.

The LifeKeeper Protection Suite for VMware VirtualCenter solution protects VMware administrators against negative impacts of planned or unplanned downtime. With support for both data replication and shared storage environments and for configurations where VirtualCenter and the underlying database reside on either the same server or separate servers, LifeKeeper provides maximum flexibility in the configurations that can be deployed.

With SteelEye, your VMware environment is completely protected.

Key Features:

  • Provides high availability clustering and data replication for VirtualCenter Management Server 2.x and above
  • Supports and Protects Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases (local or remote)
  • Full monitoring and recovery of VirtualCenter cluster environments including hardware, Windows OS, file systems, IP connections, VirtualCenter client and VirtualCenter server processes
  • Provides automatic reconnection for VirtualCenter agents to recovered VirtualCenter servers without need for manual intervention
  • Dynamically updates DNS for WAN configurations

LifeKeeper's intuitive cluster console provides simple wizard-driven setup and at-a-glance status for the entire VirtualCenter cluster. Using the graphical interface shown below, administrators can perform manual switchovers to eliminate downtime from planned maintenance, can drill down on any individual piece of the cluster to view status, can easily make configuration and parameter changes and can get a quick visual representation of the health of the VirtualCenter cluster.