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SolarWinds IT Management Glossary

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What is Server Virtualization

Server virtualization refers to the process of running server workloads as virtual machines. Server virtualization allows IT departments to optimize the utilization of their existing hardware to run more server workloads without impacting workload performance. A hypervisor (such as those provided by VMware® ESXi and Microsoft® Hyper-V) enables server virtualization by allocating the physical hardware’s resources, such as memory and processing, to multiple virtual servers, each of which resides above the hypervisor on the physical machine.

SolarWinds FREE Tools Related to Server Virtualization

SAN Monitor

Quickly and easily monitor EMC®, Dell®, IBM®, and Sun® StorageTek™ storage arrays! Our free SAN Monitor delivers the real-time visibility you need to stay steps ahead of infrastructure evils that threaten to slow storage performance.

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VM Console

What do you do when a virtual machine is running amuck—or not running at all—and you just want to restart it without slogging through vCenter™ or vSphere™? With our free VM Console you can bounce that blue-screened troublemaker, track up/down status, take snapshots of all your VMs, and more!

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VM Monitor

Track virtualization health at-a-glance with X-ray vision into your ESX Servers! Our free VM Monitor continuously monitors a VMware ESX Server and its virtual machines and delivers detailed virtual machine health statistics including VM name, guest OS, and VM state, as well as processor, memory, and network usage.

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SolarWinds Products Related to Server Virtualization

Storage Manager

Storage Manager makes it easy to manage the performance and growth of your multi-vendor storage environment. With end-to-end mapping of your physical and virtual infrastructure, Storage Manager delivers the comprehensive view into storage health that you need to troubleshoot problems quickly. Learn More »

Virtualization Manager

Virtualization Manager makes it easy to manage all the aspects of your virtual infrastructure by providing the tools to control VM sprawl, eliminate bottlenecks, optimize performance, track configuration changes, manage capacity, and track and showback departmental and business unit usage and costs. Learn More »