Jason is an OpManager user and he is very much a hands-on IT guy. This time he is busy playing around with server virtualization. Good to see that OpManager is also part of the experiment.
Next we’ll move Track-IT, Spy Sweeper, MOM2006, and OpManager into virtual environments on that same physical server.
Jason, atleast a couple of guys here in AdventNet read your blogs (not subscribed via feedburner so we are not one of those 200.). So keep writing and good luck for your server virtualization attempts.
March 8, 2006 at 4:03 pm |
Hi guys,
OpManager runs great on VMWare Virtual Servers.
Currently we installed the trial to manage 16 servers and 100 workstations on a VM with Win2K SP4 and 256MB. It’s running without a glitch, and uses no more than 10% of the CPU power of the host.
We choose this way for the portability of the VM Image. We could shutdown the VM, move it to another server, and in a couple of minutes we have the network management environment available again.
By the way, nice blog.
March 9, 2006 at 12:46 pm |
Yes, OpManager works great on VMWare. But it’s time to discuss about different kind of virtualization. First because now new kind of virtualization will be started direct from Intel and directly on processor, second because virtualization done from VMWare Workstation is a bit different from virtualizion done from VMWare ESX Server. BTW OpManager working schema is very simple, due to this can work in many kinds of environment.
March 10, 2006 at 11:14 am |
Thanks for the link guys
We are enjoying OpManager after fighting and eventually giving up on getting MRTG or Cacti to work. Kudos on a great product and we’re looking forward to evaluating a couple of addon modules.
As an aside … I spent several days in Chennai in 2004. That was my first visit to India and it was fantastic. I loved the spicy foods! What was even more impressive was the amazing hospitality we received. I’m looking forward to visiting again hopefully either this year or next as we have many teams heading over to help build homes in the Tsunami zone.
Jason