Virtualization is a technological marvel, with its remarkable cost savings and amazing flexibility. IT administrators everywhere are virtualizing their servers faster than you can say ESX! While virtualization has tremendous benefits, it adds new complexity when it comes to managing your network. Virtual machines (VMs) and their host VMware® ESX Servers need performance and availability monitoring, just like their physical server counterparts. That’s why we have two amazing tools to keep a vigilant eye on virtualization health – plus, one is FREE!
SolarWinds free VM Monitor is an ingenious desktop tool that continuously monitors one VMware ESX Server and its virtual machines, delivering real-time virtualization monitoring that even Iron Man would envy. With VM Monitor at your fingertips, you’ll be able to track virtual server health at-a-glance and ensure your mission-critical apps never fail you… after all, VM Monitor ensures you are visually alerted in real time to any issues in your virtual reality.
- Monitor VMware ESX Server health, including CPU, memory utilization, number of virtual machines configured & running, & much more
- View detailed virtual machine statistics including VM name, guest OS, VM state, and processor, memory, and network usage
- Leverage best practice thresholds to begin monitoring virtualized servers right out-of-the-box
- Prevent performance degradation with indicators that visually alert you when problems occur
The latest version of Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) packs more virtualization monitoring power than an arc reactor. Orion NPM v9.1 gives you enterprise-wide visibility into all of your virtualized servers and network devices, as well as detailed insight into in-depth performance metrics. Orion NPM even auto-discovers and immediately begins monitoring new virtual machines that are added to ESX host servers. With Orion NPM, you can:
- Monitor enterprise-wide VMware ESX Servers and VMs
- Track virtual machine (VM) performance, including metrics like CPU, memory, disk space, and network bandwidth usage
- Monitor key VirtualCenter statistics
- Automatically discover and monitor new virtual machines added to any VMware ESX Server
- Leverage out-of-the-box VM reports and receive instant notification of VM-related issues with built-in alerts