IT departments in companies of all sizes shoulder the responsibility of not just maintaining all of ...

1. Benefits of VMware Monitoring Tools
IT departments in companies of all sizes shoulder the responsibility of not just maintaining all of
their company's computer hardware and software inventory, but also developing recommendations
to improve productivity, performance, and savings. Toward this end, an increasing number of IT
departments are shifting their infrastructure to Cloud-based computing solutions, in-house
virtualized environments, or some combination of these within their infrastructure. From the IT
perspective, Cloud-based computing maintenance is primarily hands-off - you need to make sure the
Cloud is accessible and the Cloud vendor lives up to their SLA commitments. In-house virtualized
servers are a very different story. VMware is the leader in virtualization software. The VMware
product suite allows companies to take their physical machines and create any number of Guest
operating systems on a single physical Host machine. The Guest operating systems can support a
mix of Windows, Unix and Linux on a single Host, and Guest systems are isolated from each other so
that each Guest functions as if it were on its own server. The only limitations are the resources -
such as CPU, memory and disk - available on the physical machine.
However, when you commit yourself and your company to a virtualization project, building the
environment is just the beginning of the job. Just like physical machines need constant checks and
upgrades, in the virtual world, too, there is also a need for supervision. This is where VMware
monitoring tools come into the picture.
Job of VMware Monitoring Tools
Virtualization software needs to be monitored to ensure the environment runs at peak performance,
and to reduce the strain on IT resources and increase ROI for virtualization expenses. Performance
on Guest systems can deteriorate when disk I/O, server CPU, disk utilization or memory cross
certain performance thresholds. Like operating system and Oracle monitoring tools, VMware tools
help keep the underlying virtualization software in top shape to ensure smooth functioning on the
Guest systems.
Benefits of VMware Monitoring Tools
VMware, Windows, Linux and Unix monitoring tools, are packed with essential features that enable
easy usage and fast results. Not only do they help in troubleshooting, they also maintain virtualized
environments at peak performance. Once applied the tools search for blind spots and identify errors
almost immediately- and assist in getting to the root cause of poorly performing areas of the
software. Other significant benefits include:
o The monitoring tools are configured to collect and archive significant performance metrics as soon
as they are started. Alerts are created when the metrics indicate problems, and the archived data
provides a chance to analyze the history leading up to the issue.
o An easily accessible web interface helps eliminate individual silos of information.
o Early warnings about poor performance or problems with hosts, guests, resource pools, clusters,
data stores, or datacenters in the environment improve IT system management and resource
availability and reduce costly downtime.

2. o The tools correlate views of end-user response time with VMware performance indicators as well
as overall infrastructure metrics. As a result, you get an accurate overview of application
performance, and can easily identify bottlenecks.
Implementing virtualization requires a commitment of time and resources, but the payoff in terms of
reliability and savings can more than make up for the effort. You can gain a competitive advantage
by ensuring top virtualization performance with the help of VMware monitoring tools.