vCenter Configuration Manager Reviews

Our company uses the solution to check our sites and control machines. We have two separate systems and 100 users. 

The solution has great SRM, HA, and DRS features. 

The platform is straightforward and user friendly. A large knowledge base is not required to begin using it. 

Knowledge-based tests are offered and are useful in building skills.  

The solution needs to add its own backup system because it has issues integrating with third-party solutions. 

Chinese-owned companies that do not align with the solution's American systems are blocked. Some companies have a few Chinese-owned shares so struggle to obtain licenses.

I have been using the solution for seven years. 

The solution itself is stable but we have issues when using a third-party products for backups. We get many snapshot errors when connecting with IBM Spectrum Protect. 

The solution is scalable. 

I have occasionally used technical support and rate it a nine out of ten. 

My company had the solution in place when I joined the team. 

The setup is straightforward and deployment takes about 30 minutes. 

Our environment includes two systems. I set up one and a consultant set up the other.

Maintenance is easy for two of our system engineers. 

The pricing is mid-range so I rate it a six out of ten. 

I have used many different platforms during my career but the solution has always stood out. 

I rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

I use the solution in my company for the virtualization of our environment.

The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required.

I have been using vCenter Configuration Manager for a year.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

It is a very scalable solution since it allows users to add a few more nodes and have all the detections.

Around 500 people in my company use the product. My company manages 90,00,000 endpoints of our clients who use the product.

The product's initial setup phase is straightforward.

For the deployment, I followed some of the same procedures that I had followed for Cisco since my company had to seek help from a third party from our country, which is Egypt. The deployment was done in a day.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

The technical team for the product's deployment consists of managers, developers, and some end users.

I haven't faced any challenges with the implementation of the product since it is very simple and straightforward.

My company had implemented the solution with the help of a third party.

My company chose vCenter Configuration Manager since it offers the easiest configurations and management. My company took a few VMware courses. One needs to take the courses to understand and handle VMware and to know how to use it.

I would use vCenter Configuration Manager for patch management across our company's virtual infrastructure by creating virtual machines for my workloads, VM servers, Linux, and to deal with other such related areas.

A project or scenario where the solution improved the compliance part was related to the fact that it was meant for Oracle DB, and now our company uses it for SAP-based implementations.

The most valuable aspect of the tool for maintaining the system security posture in our company stems from the fact that the virtualization offered by the product is very flexible. For any other products, the virtualization offered by vCenter Configuration Manager is flexible. I think it is a very good solution. With the tool, I haven't faced any issues or had to do any troubleshooting until now.

The automation and configuration management tasks by the solution have impacted our company's team's productivity since automation is a very important issue for our organization. My company uses Dell VxRail, which is a very huge solution for us. My company uses VMware vSphere vMotion and some other features from VMware. Suppose the product is down or my company has to deal with some troubleshooting. In that case, we can transfer all our VMs to other nodes without thinking, especially since it can be done through automation and not by any human intervention.

The scalability feature of the product is very good in supporting our company's growing IT environment since I haven't faced issues with the product, especially since I always get help from technical support, who responds right away to any problems attached to the solution. Once a ticket is opened with the technical support team, you get a response in six or seven minutes. If a tech support person is unable to handle an issue, then they try to find an experienced and professional IT person in-house to help the customer.

I recommend the product to others who plan to use it since it is a good solution.

There are many benefits to the use of the product since my company uses it in several environments.

I rate the tool a ten out of ten.

I am not part of VMware Live Recovery (VLR) operation because I have just moved to the cloud.

The tool was beneficial for our company. We work mostly in the banking sector, so that is why we are using it. In India, basically, in the banking sector, we do not use particular open-source products, so the tool is beneficial for us.

From my perspective, I won't recommend any changes in the operations associated with VMware Live Recovery (VLR).

The tool needs to improve its interface.

I have been using vCenter Configuration Manager for more than six months to a year. I use the solution in my company as a customer of the tool.

I have not participated in the implementation of vCenter Configuration Manager. I only participate in the tool's implementation if I continuously participate in the operations associated with VMware Live Recovery (VLR). As of now, I am not working with VMware Live Recovery (VLR).

I am satisfied with vCenter Configuration Manager.

Right now, we are not facing any issues with the tool. If we are facing any issues with the tool, we have raised a ticket with VMware's team.

I am not familiar with the tool's AI capabilities.

There are so many more options in the market.

If any company mostly works on open-source products, I won't recommend the tool to such people.

I rate the tool a seven to eight out of ten.

Its purpose is to manage virtualization environments.

vCenter alone is enough for me because vCenter is a cluster environment and cluster solution for virtualization environments. So, vCenter is enough.

There is room for improvement in operating and managing cluster environments and maintenance. And hardware environment visibility.

I have used this solution for ten years. 

It is a stable product. 

It is scalable enough for our company.

The customer service and support are good. The recommendations given by support are good.

Neutral

I used Hyper-V. We opted for vCenter because of its scalability, competency, and trust in VMware software.

The initial setup is easy. 

Overall, I would rate the solution a seven out of ten. 

We use vCenter Configuration Manager primarily for managing virtual machines on our servers.

The product's price could be lesser.

We have been using vCenter Configuration Manager for eight years. At present, we are using the latest version.

It is a stable product.

We have 300 vCenter Configuration Manager users in our organization.

The product's initial setup process is very simple. It takes two days to complete. We require three executives from the IT department to deploy and maintain it.

We take help from a third-party vendor to provide technical support to the users while deploying individual machines on the server.

The product generates a good return on investment for us.

It is an expensive product. We have a permanent license for it. We pay for upgrades.

I recommend vCenter Configuration Manager to others and rate it a nine out of ten.

We use vCenter Configuration Manager for the Virtualization use case to template our workload on a cluster and use virtualization methods.

vCenter Configuration Manager is a very good product, it works well.

The price could be reduced.

I have been working with vCenter Configuration Manager for five years.

We are using version 7.

vCenter Configuration Manager is a stable product.

vCenter Configuration Manager is a scalable solution.

In our company, we have 100 users.

I have contacted technical support and they are good.

We have occupation delivery switches. We use Ruckus and Juniper.

The initial setup is straightforward.

The deployment took two hours.

We require four engineers to maintain this solution.

I have a license to cover four hosts.

I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate vCenter Configuration Manager a nine out of ten.

We use vCenter Configuration Manager for different types of servers, such as production, web, and applications servers.

vCenter Configuration Manager is a mature solution with high quality.

vCenter Configuration Manager could improve by having more integration.

I have been using vCenter Configuration Manager for approximately 13 years.

vCenter Configuration Manager is stable.

I have found vCenter Configuration Manager to be scalable.

We have five system administrators using this solution in my organization. We use the solution often.

We have over 500 VMs.

We have used many different solutions from many vendors.

vCenter Configuration Manager was simple to install.

We have five people that are supporting this solution.

The price of the solution is too expensive for us and we are looking to move to another solution.

I would recommend this solution to others, it has worked very well for me.

I rate vCenter Configuration Manager a ten out of ten.

We use Configuration Manager for our production servers. We only have two users, and they're both admins.

Configuration Manager has allowed us to reduce the number of admins needed from three to one.

Configuration Manager simplifies management. Cloning via live migration is a useful feature. 

Configuration Manager's reporting could be better. I need to use a third-party reporting solution to get the details. They could add reporting features similar to RVTools. 

We've used vCenter Configuration Manager for one year.

Configuration Manger is highly dependable.

We haven't faced any limitations so far. We have a large footprint, with around 35 servers, so it's used extensively. Right now, we're in the process of consolidation, so the usage will likely go down a little bit. Right now, we're using it for around 10 hours a week.

I rate the technical support eight out of 10.

Positive

I previously used Microsoft Hyper-V. We switched to this because it has more features for managing enterprise-level infrastructure.

Setting up Configuration Manager was pretty straightforward. It took a couple of months to get everything squared away. It required two people to set up. 

I used a consultant, but he decided not to make it. He doesn't want to be included in it.

We pay a monthly subscription, but I don't have the numbers. The only cost besides the license is the expense of maintaining the servers. 

I rate vCenter Configuration Manager nine out of 10. I recommend it to others. Don't waste time with other solutions. Just use this.