vCenter Configuration Manager Reviews

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.

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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 use vCenter Configuration Manager for the Virtualization use case to template our workload on a cluster and use virtualization methods.

vCenter Configuration Manager is a very good product, it works well.

The price could be reduced.

I have been working with vCenter Configuration Manager for five years.

We are using version 7.

vCenter Configuration Manager is a stable product.

vCenter Configuration Manager is a scalable solution.

In our company, we have 100 users.

I have contacted technical support and they are good.

We have occupation delivery switches. We use Ruckus and Juniper.

The initial setup is straightforward.

The deployment took two hours.

We require four engineers to maintain this solution.

I have a license to cover four hosts.

I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate vCenter Configuration Manager 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.

We use Configuration Manager for our production servers. We only have two users, and they're both admins.

Configuration Manager has allowed us to reduce the number of admins needed from three to one.

Configuration Manager simplifies management. Cloning via live migration is a useful feature. 

Configuration Manager's reporting could be better. I need to use a third-party reporting solution to get the details. They could add reporting features similar to RVTools. 

We've used vCenter Configuration Manager for one year.

Configuration Manger is highly dependable.

We haven't faced any limitations so far. We have a large footprint, with around 35 servers, so it's used extensively. Right now, we're in the process of consolidation, so the usage will likely go down a little bit. Right now, we're using it for around 10 hours a week.

I rate the technical support eight out of 10.

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I previously used Microsoft Hyper-V. We switched to this because it has more features for managing enterprise-level infrastructure.

Setting up Configuration Manager was pretty straightforward. It took a couple of months to get everything squared away. It required two people to set up. 

I used a consultant, but he decided not to make it. He doesn't want to be included in it.

We pay a monthly subscription, but I don't have the numbers. The only cost besides the license is the expense of maintaining the servers. 

I rate vCenter Configuration Manager nine out of 10. I recommend it to others. Don't waste time with other solutions. Just use this.

What I like is the ability to spin up a virtual machine from an image, which makes my backup policy much easier.

The solution is stable and reliable. 

There is always room for improvement. The VxRail configuration is very complicated and a little bit too difficult to guess what the final product is going to be.

The product needs better integration with security tools. It's a feature that you wouldn't need to have for something like Cisco or that type of thing. Something of that magnitude would already be built into the product.

I don't use it myself. I'm just designing the system. My specialty is SIEM and analytics tools. I don't really touch that.

The stability is good. It does what it is meant to do without issues. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

I can't speak about the process involved in the initial setup. It's not really my job to spin it up and make it work, so to speak. I'm just there to use it and help people to configure it. If need be, there are infrastructure people for that.

The pricing goes back to the configuration. Sometimes for weeks, to work, you need to buy your machines - and those are pretty reasonable.

We do work for government entities. We are not really a reseller. We just say, "This is what you need to build. This is what we advise you to build in." Eventually, whichever government organization we are working for is going to decide what they're going to take according to which country it is. I'm the Solutions Architect.

For what is currently being used in our organization, I would rate it an eight out of ten. We're mostly happy with its capabilities. 

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. 

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.

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.

The MBRS is very useful. 

It's been very stable and reliable. 

We can scale the solution as needed. 

It is a very easy to set up product.

Their licensing needs to be improved. They used to provide business licenses for smaller businesses. I'm not sure if that is the case any longer. 

I've been using the solution for the last ten years. 

The solution is reliable. It is stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.

We can scale the solution as needed. It's not a problem.

I've never dealt with technical support in the past. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they are to those that need assistance. 

It's not covered. The issue may be the license. 

The initial setup is very simple and straightforward. It's not overly complex or difficult. 

I'd rate the process five out of five in terms of implementation. 

The pricing varies. There are different types of licenses you can get, including standard, professional, or professional plus.

I'd rate the cost four out of five in terms of affordability. 

For the data center, for a VM user or workflow, it's excellent software. If you want to use Nutanix or the SimpliVity it is good as well. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

This solution is great for individual storage with servers and installing VMware, vSphere, and vCenter.

It should be easier to use alternate storage.

We have been using this solution since 2012, and we use VMware 7 up to 3d. Additionally, we use software installed on our site.

It is a stable solution with high availability, and we have had no problems. We have two engineers using it. Unfortunately, in our cluster, we do not connect to the Internet because our cluster is offline.

The technical support is useful. You can also find solutions to problems through VMware articles online. If a problem occurs, we use VMware CLI and have a lot of experience with VMware ESXi. We can solve the problem by opening a VMware ticket and have opened only one to two tickets in the last five years.

vCenter has a standard license. As a result, VMware is not expensive compared to all hypervisor prices on the market.

I rate this solution a ten out of ten. There are a lot of licenses, ranging from the standard to the enterprise plus with the operation manager.