vCenter Configuration Manager Reviews

We use the tool as a centralized configuration and management tool for large ESXi clusters. Additionally, it offers plugins for storage management. For instance, there's a plugin for NetApp storage that integrates with it. Consequently, you can now manage storage directly from within the product. It has compliance and monitoring features as well. 

My experience managing virtual environments using vCenter Configuration Manager has been quite smooth. Over time, I've observed that there's been a significant local competency built around the product, especially in India, where ESXi and VMware dominate the market. It's evident that vCenter Configuration Center is the preferred management tool in this context, and it's relatively easy to find expertise in the market.

The tool has automation capabilities that extend to overall IT infrastructure automation. This functionality is not limited to a specific area but can encompass various aspects of IT operations, including storage configuration.

The licensing model has shifted from socket-based to core-based licensing, resulting in increased customer costs. Moreover, if a customer utilizes software like VMware, which integrates seamlessly with ESXi, it becomes even more challenging to consider replacing ESXi. Hence, many customers, particularly in India, are actively exploring alternatives.

In terms of scalability, our experience has been quite positive. The solution is highly scalable and capable of supporting up to 64 nodes in an ESXi cluster.

Most partners in India are skilled in VMware, and we're one of them. We have good expertise in VMware. We rarely need to contact them for tech support, but when we do, their support is good, and we haven't had any complaints.

Positive

I rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten. The product has increased its cost by at least two to three times its previous cost. 

I rate the overall product an eight out of ten. 

I use vCenter Configuration Manager when I need to provision a VM.

The most valuable feature of vCenter Configuration Manager is the ease of provisioning.

Acquiring certifications often require extensive training and successfully passing an exam, which can be costly and time-consuming, particularly if you already possess experience in the domain. As a result, this can increase the overall cost of obtaining certification and may present a challenge that requires addressing.

We would like to see free certification or notification of free training programs.

I have been using vCenter Configuration Manager for a few years.

The solution is stable.

vCenter Configuration Manager is scalable. There is a lot of flexibility.

There are a lot of technical documents if we ever face issues. Their knowledge base is good. We never had to use the technical support.

In the past, I utilized Hyper-V, but I find vCenter Configuration Manager to be more favorable due to its advanced features and flexibility, which were not readily available when the environment was initially established. Moreover, other virtualization competitors attempted to enter the market, but vCenter Configuration Manager had already captured a niche market. Overall, both virtualization solutions are well-developed.

The initial setup of vCenter Configuration Manager is straightforward. We normally do basic installations.

I have not seen an ROI using the solution.

There is a free license for the standard version. Their enterprise version is expensive. I would advise starting with one server and working your way up as you go. The enterprise version provides support.

There are a lot of open-source solutions on the market.

I rate vCenter Configuration Manager a seven out of ten.

We used the solution to manage the virtual infrastructure in my previous company.

vCenter Configuration Manager is an easy-to-use solution with good performance and cost management.

Users need to pay a licensing fee for the solution, which could be cheaper.

I have some servers running on a disaster recovery site, and I need some tools to migrate those servers to my primary data center.

I have been using vCenter Configuration Manager for six years.

I rate vCenter Configuration Manager a nine out of ten for stability.

vCenter Configuration Manager is a scalable solution.

The solution's initial setup was straightforward, and we deployed it in one working day.

Overall, I rate vCenter Configuration Manager ten out of ten.

We use vCenter Configuration Manager primarily for managing virtual machines on our servers.

The product's price could be lesser.

We have been using vCenter Configuration Manager for eight years. At present, we are using the latest version.

It is a stable product.

We have 300 vCenter Configuration Manager users in our organization.

The product's initial setup process is very simple. It takes two days to complete. We require three executives from the IT department to deploy and maintain it.

We take help from a third-party vendor to provide technical support to the users while deploying individual machines on the server.

The product generates a good return on investment for us.

It is an expensive product. We have a permanent license for it. We pay for upgrades.

I recommend vCenter Configuration Manager to others and rate it a nine out of ten.

We use vCenter Configuration Manager for different types of servers, such as production, web, and applications servers.

vCenter Configuration Manager is a mature solution with high quality.

vCenter Configuration Manager could improve by having more integration.

I have been using vCenter Configuration Manager for approximately 13 years.

vCenter Configuration Manager is stable.

I have found vCenter Configuration Manager to be scalable.

We have five system administrators using this solution in my organization. We use the solution often.

We have over 500 VMs.

We have used many different solutions from many vendors.

vCenter Configuration Manager was simple to install.

We have five people that are supporting this solution.

The price of the solution is too expensive for us and we are looking to move to another solution.

I would recommend this solution to others, it has worked very well for me.

I rate vCenter Configuration Manager a ten out of ten.

My primary use case is for this solution is for server administrator management. This solution is deployed on-premises. 

This is the best solution for management for the server administrator. VMware has been on the market for many years, so they have a lot of solutions. For on-premises, VMware is the best available solution. 

I expect VMware to move to cloud technology soon, so I have no changes to suggest. 

My company has been using this solution for over ten years. 

This solution is stable. Compared to Hyper-V, this solution is a completely stable and independent hypervisor solution. Windows always has a bug, security issues, everything. So Hypervisor tops Hyper-V. 

There are about 500 to 1,000 people in our organization using vCenter. Our environment contains around 200 servers. 

We rarely contact support, but when we do we usually contact the 24-hour support. 

I haven't explored anything regarding installation, but I assume it's a straightforward process. 

I implemented through an in-house team. We have a team of seven people who are VMware certified engineers to manage the servers. 

This product is not cheap. I have a yearly license for vCenter and the license is not cheap. 

I rate vCenter a ten out of ten and recommend it to anyone who is looking into implementing it. However, if you have less than 10 servers, you don't need to go for the vCenter, you can just use the Hyper-V. It depends on the company staff. 

Everything is going to the cloud, so I think this version 6.5 will be the last on-premises version. 

Its purpose is to manage virtualization environments.

vCenter alone is enough for me because vCenter is a cluster environment and cluster solution for virtualization environments. So, vCenter is enough.

There is room for improvement in operating and managing cluster environments and maintenance. And hardware environment visibility.

I have used this solution for ten years. 

It is a stable product. 

It is scalable enough for our company.

The customer service and support are good. The recommendations given by support are good.

Neutral

I used Hyper-V. We opted for vCenter because of its scalability, competency, and trust in VMware software.

The initial setup is easy. 

Overall, I would rate the solution a seven out of ten. 

We have some customers in our company, and we deliver the virtual infrastructure throughout the vCenter portal. We get them some resource pools, and they manage the resource pools. In some cases, if you want to have, for example, a resource manager portal, you can use the Cloud Director. But in most cases, we use the vCenter as a resource pool manager. We also use Vcops for operations management, insight manager, and VMware vRealize Log Insight.

vCenter has some good user experience, and the initial setup is straightforward. 

It would be better to integrate this infrastructure with native cloud environments, but we can't do it. We are trying to improve our experience by converting our infrastructure through virtualization on native cloud environments and workloads. It's the most important thing for us. I think that it should be tightly coupled with native cloud environments.

I have been using vCenter Configuration Manager for nearly eight years.

We are not using these products on a very large scale. For example, we use it for 100 servers and not for 1,000 servers. We are using them in a few clusters based on their CPU types. On this scale, we are satisfied with the products. But we don't know if we want to ramp up to larger scales. We don't know if that is suitable or not.

The initial setup was straightforward. It didn't take a long time to deploy this solution.

We used the engineers and assistants. We are training them, and they are doing some VMware courses with some consultants that are experts in these environments. We have an expert consultant that trains the people that work in our environments.

Their licensing costs are high. But I think for the scale that we are using, it's suitable. If you use it on a larger scale with many servers, you have to pay a lot of money for them. I think it's suitable for organizations that don't need expert people that want more money each year or each month because it's a straightforward solution. We prefer to pay for these products that are integrated and straightforward.

We tested OpenStack, but I think it's for more complex environments, and we should pay more money to experts who can maintain this infrastructure.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give vCenter Configuration Manager an eight.