With the acquisition of vKernel by Quest Software, I was concerned that they might not offer as many free tools, or that their unique management software and marketing approach might be "assimilated by the collective." However, I was pleased this week when I was contacted by vKernel/Quest and given an advance briefing on their latest free tool, vOPS Server Explorer.
VKernel, the award-winning provider of enterprise-class capacity managementand performance monitoring products for virtualized data centers and cloud environments, announced today expanded analytics with the release of vOPS Server Standard 4.7. New accelerated growth algorithms available in this update recognize unusual changes in VM performance. This capability can alert VM administrators to issues that are beginning to develop as soon as a deviation in VM performance can be detected.
Last week I had the opportunity to sneak peak a new free tool made by VKernel named SearchMyVM Explorer. The tool is added to the vOPS Server Explorer tool and brings a long awaited and asked for feature designed to cut down time and effort in finding items in you virtual environment(s).
The free product from VKernel called vPS™ Server Explorer (formerly vScope Explorer) has just been improved. The SearchMyVM product has been added into vOPS Server Explorer to become 2 free tools in 1.
VKernel has released a number of free tools over the years and their acquisition by Quest Software last year hasn’t stopped them. Today vKernel have released a new version of their vOPS Server Explorer product that has integrated their SearchMyVM tool. So, not only can you have the health of your virtual infrastructure monitored, it’s now easier to search too.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
VKernel, now a subsidiary of Quest, has expanded vOperations Suite - or the more catchy vOPS, as the company would like it to be known -- to include some of the best bits of Quest's product line. vOPS now extends its monitoring capabilities to other hardware areas and layers of infrastructure including SANs, guest OSes inside VMs, and physical servers that have not been virtualized.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
VKernel vOPS customers now have Quest virtualisation software integrated into their virtualisation tools, but experts say the hurried conglomeration may be a problem.
Back in November, InfoWorld reported on Quest Software's acquisition of VKernel, a competitor that, like Quest, provided a suite of management products for virtualized data centers and cloud environments. At the time, the official announcement provided very little information about the acquisition itself, let alone any product road map discussions. However, VKernel representatives came forward to say it would be business as usual for VKernel after the acquisition, except the company would have the full backing of its now much larger parent company, Quest.
