We performed a comparison between HPE System Management and VMware vCenter based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The managing and monitoring are the solution's most valuable features. They are something I find quite helpful in my work."
"This is a good product and I recommend it."
"The interface is in continuous development and improves version by version."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy with the help of the framework consisting of Microsoft Azure."
"I think it's stable, scalable, and flexible."
"This solution has improved our organization through the provision of efficient resource utilization and capacity planning."
"The product is scalable."
"It is easy to create and manage virtual infrastructure."
"The initial setup is straightforward even for complex environments with around 100 hosts."
"One feature I really like about VMware vCenter is its ability to change hosts easily. It is highly available and very useful for our operations."
"The integration of vCenter server with any software, whether from VMware or a third party, is smooth and straightforward."
"The most valuable features of VMware vCenter for our organization include its centralized management capabilities and the ability to handle virtual machines across multiple ESXi hosts efficiently."
"Some of the most valuable features of vCenter are LACP and vSphere Distributed Switches, as they simplify VLAN propagation between hosts and enable networking duplication and replication."
"The most valuable aspect for us is the ability to monitor all servers simultaneously and effortlessly move them between hosts."
"Our customers would like to see the price lowered."
"The quality of service and support for this solution needs to be improved."
"I think that support integration could be improved."
"The return on investment report is too difficult to understand."
"The product should increase the processing capacity and allow speedy deployment, as both of them are areas with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"If the solution could provide better integration to make it easier to manage everything on different servers, that would be helpful. Whatever servers a company has, be it IBM, Dell, etc., if the System Management could be a platform that links all of them together, it would make management across different server types easier."
"We have to buy more VMware products to leverage the centralized management."
"Areas for improvement with vCenter include changes in licensing models."
"It is not easy to upgrade VMware vCenter from an old version to a new version."
"Sometimes, vCenter management can be difficult if you forget the password. You can't change or recover the password easily. We then have to reinstall vCenter, which means reconfiguring everything. That's a challenge we've encountered."
"One area where VMware vCenter has room for improvement is its transition to Broadcom. The change in licensing structure and pricing, particularly the shift from perpetual licenses to subscription-only models, is a significant drawback."
"The technical support team could respond faster."
"The product should improve its storage. It's not necessarily about needing more storage but improving how it handles technology. We believe there could be more effective ways to manage it in our user environment. It should also look into network management."
"It could display the status of the storage space in terabytes, the number of VMs, etc."
HPE System Management is ranked 19th in Server Monitoring with 8 reviews while VMware vCenter is ranked 8th in Server Monitoring with 19 reviews. HPE System Management is rated 8.2, while VMware vCenter is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of HPE System Management writes " Offers reliability and helps with the virtualization part". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware vCenter writes "Offers highly valuable centralized features and has significantly simplified VM deployment and management processes". HPE System Management is most compared with Lenovo XClarity Controller and Zabbix, whereas VMware vCenter is most compared with . See our HPE System Management vs. VMware vCenter report.
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