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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Piston Enterprise OS ...
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Aria Operations
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
376
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Management (1st), Virtualization Management Tools (1st)
 

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Enterprise677 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise677
BS Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
A simple interface and helpful support for a solution that grows with us
It's a flexible enough tool to submit the changes that you want. It gives you the ability to cancel any loop. You can connect new orchestrations together. It offers enough support so that you don't need to have the need to get another device. The user interface is simple and easy to use.
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AldoDomini - PeerSpot reviewer
AldoDomini
Senior System Network Analyst at Net spa
Have faced limitations due to high costs but have maintained reliability over time
The primary issue is the pricing, which is very expensive for my company's budget. We cannot afford to pay such a large fee. We are not Microsoft or BMW; we are a small company. As a small company, I have no power to negotiate directly with VMware. Perhaps larger companies have more opportunity to contract directly with VMware, but I do not have that leverage. The only path I can follow is to change solutions. Net.spA is a company working in the field of waste management. We are not a technological company, so we do not have a large margin to justify purchasing and maintaining the VMware infrastructure at current costs.
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Pros

"I strongly recommend the solution to people."
"It offers enough support so that you don't need to have the need to get another device."
"The most valuable feature is all the metrics we get. They're really good. Being able to drill down and find out where the CPU and memory bottlenecks are and being able to tune them is really helpful."
"The most valuable features of VMware Aria Operations are its stability, ease of use, and extensive range of features."
"vRealize Operations is a key component to the entire infrastructure, helping us automate that whole process and making our infrastructure a lot more agile while enabling junior staff to provision and manage the environment without needing to be subject-matter experts."
"Instead of having a lot of people spend time doing manual tasks, it allows us to have dashboards and instantly show us any issues that we have, rather than trolling through log files."
"We do not have any problems with the product. It solves our problems. We now know if something is on the console and if there really is a problem. Before this, we had a lot of false positives. It digs into the problems and then at the end it just drops it."
"If you are looking at the solution, I say, "Go for it." It has been good for us."
"The most valuable feature is the seamless integration with the vSphere Client and being able to go quickly back and forth between an incident within the vSphere interface and the actual drilling into it within vROps, to identify problems."
"It has helped us with troubleshooting key points of our environment. If there are issues that come up, we can dig down to a virtual machine and see if it's having issues and where those issues lie: if it needs more memory, CPU, or if there is a storage issue."
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Cons

"The solution is just too expensive, so maybe the pricing could be better."
"In vROps, I would like to have both automation and monitoring together, not two separate things you have to buy. I want them included in one package, one installation."
"Technical support is good, once you pass the first level."
"When you drill down, you have to really know some stuff. I’d like it to be easier to drill down."
"There's room for improvement in the upgrade process. It always becomes a bit of a challenge, and the one big thing for us is we have no means of creating a CICD upgrade process for it."
"Every product has room for improvement, no matter how good it is. For VMware Aria Operations, I think the main area for improvement is its integration with other cloud vendors, like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. The integration process is quite complex and often requires VMware personnel's involvement, which isn't always a great experience. So, integration with hyper scalers would be a key improvement."
"We've had stability issues with the underlying PostgreSQL database; it's very chatty, it fills the logs up, it fills the drives up."
"For our operations manager, initial setup is complex, so you can't just have someone who just deploys ESX hosts."
"It could be more proactive."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The solution is costly."
"It was cost effective, because it fixed our problems."
"We would like to build custom dashboards in the standard license. Right now, this is available in the enterprise license, not the standard license."
"I would like to see a free offering. Cost is always a factor in any sort of line. Obviously, the value added is there and it's worth it."
"So, besides the license overall, you have to pay for the type of support you want. With the license, there is a support cost as well."
"The licensing model is annual. Compared to the price of other products, VMware vRealize Operations (vROps) is a bit on the high side. If it could be cheaper, it would be good."
"We did an enterprise license agreement with our VMware partner and put this in our bundle. We tried it and loved it, so we use it now."
"There has been a bit of cost savings in that we could decide to move workloads around a bit better."
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Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
 

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Small Business66
Midsize Enterprise61
Large Enterprise281
 

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What's the difference between VMware vRA (automation) and vROps (operations)?
vROP is a virtualization management solution from VMWare. It is efficient and easy to manage. You can find anything you need from the software interface. It provides complete visibility over applic...
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Is VMware Aria Operations a user friendly solution?
In terms of user-friendliness, VMware Aria Operations is one of the best solutions out there. It is not overly complex to set up and you can rely on the technical support to provide you with assis...
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What is the most useful new feature of VMware Aria Operations?
For me, the alerts features are the most unique part of this product, no matter the current name it uses. When they introduced the new version of VMware Aria Operations, they also introduced more a...
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Also Known As

Piston Enterprise OS
VMware vRealize Operations (vROps), vCenter Operations Manager (VCOPS)
 

Overview

Piston Enterprise OS (pentOS) is an enterprise grade cloud operating system meeting the security and governance needs of enterprises wanting to use OpenStack for their infrastructure services. pentOS is an OpenStack distro that builds on top of the OpenStack codebase adding some proprietary features to meet the security and governance needs of the enterprise customers.

Cisco

VMware Aria Operations provides detailed metrics, graphing capabilities, and historical data for proactive infrastructure management, offering a single pane of glass for comprehensive views, alert notifications, and seamless integration with VMware tools.

VMware Aria Operations is designed for monitoring and optimizing virtual environments, empowering businesses to enhance infrastructure efficiency and manage workloads. With stress ratings and capacity planning, it facilitates troubleshooting performance issues while forecasting resource needs. Automation and integration with VMware tools streamline operations, making it indispensable for maintaining system health and enabling data-driven decisions. Users appreciate its comprehensive infrastructure views, though they note the interface complexity and high pricing as key considerations. Improved automation, third-party integration, and usability are desired enhancements.

What are the key features of VMware Aria Operations?
  • Single Pane of Glass: Provides comprehensive views of infrastructure for easy management.
  • Performance Monitoring: Tracks performance with detailed metrics and trend analysis.
  • Capacity Planning: Offers insights into stress ratings and future resource needs.
  • Alert Notifications: Effectively notifies users of potential system issues.
  • Automation and Integration: Streamlines operations with VMware tools.
What benefits should users consider in reviews?
  • Infrastructure Efficiency: Ensures optimal use of virtual environments for effective workload management.
  • Operational Visibility: Improves decision-making with detailed insights and analytics.
  • Resource Optimization: Helps forecast and allocate resources efficiently.
  • Proactive Management: Facilitates early detection of issues to maintain system health.

VMware Aria Operations' implementation across industries like finance, healthcare, and education showcases its utility in maintaining operational efficiency. It aids in tracking usage metrics and integrating workflows, benefiting sectors with critical performance and resource management needs.

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Sample Customers

Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Science Applications International Corporation, Tribune Media, Heartland Payment Systems, Telkom Indonesia, Columbia Sportswear, iGATE, CSS Corp, Angel Broking, Adira Finance, Hipskind, Beiersdorf Shared Services, Innovate Mas Indonesia, Adobe, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi , Join Experience S.A, Borusan Holdings, Department of Transport - Abu Dhabi
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