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Virtualization enables rapid provisioning of new systems through the use of templates and clones, automated provisioning systems, and rapid Physical to Virtual (P to V) migrations. Many enterprises quickly find that this VM proliferation, also known as VM Sprawl, introduces new management challenges. Managing and tracking VMs from creation, production use, and the associated dynamic movement to ultimate retirement, is essential. Uncontrolled VM proliferation can dramatically impact resource consumption – wasting storage, consuming server capacity, and incurring additional software license expense.
"The movement to adopt server virtualization technology has its downsides, which often stem from the increased complexity associated with activities such as planning and problem determination. VM Sprawl may result in exactly the opposite of what was originally intended… too many relatively lightly used VMs causing the unnecessary consumption of server resources." - Cameron Haight, Gartner The ManageIQ EVM Suite™ provides the ability to manage VMs across their lifecycle from provisioning or conversion (P2V/V2V) through operations and eventually to VM retirement. Our unique patent-pending SmartState™ technology automatically and continuously discovers, assesses, classifies, and tracks VMs in any VM format, containing nearly any guest OS, in any state, online, offline or suspended, without any agents or drivers installed on the VM. A wide spectrum of management and automation is provided for VMs including:
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