Product Overview
Maintenance tasks in a heterogeneous virtualized environment normally have to be performed using different tools and procedures based on the differences among the various virtualization platforms. It usually takes extra time and energy to perform maintenance tasks to handle recovery from hardware faults, OS and application installation, and software patches.
With NEC SigmaSystemCenter, these tasks can be done at once for all machines through one consistent user interface, greatly reducing the workload on administrators and cutting system management costs.
Integrated Virtualization Platform Management Software
Many companies are focusing on introducing server virtualization in order to reduce TCO through the consolidation of physical servers, increased utilization of existing IT resources and improved system operation efficiency.
However, results cannot be achieved merely through the introduction of server virtualization. In order to boost the performance of virtual machines, ensure maximum availability and quickly isolate faults when problems occur, efficient and comprehensive operation and management of the virtualized environment are essential. At the same time, virtualization technology is offered by multiple vendors and as a result the virtualization software introduced to customer sites is increasingly less implemented within a single-platform virtualization environment.
The NEC SigmaSystemCenter software product is a suite of integrated virtualization platform management software that provides total support for the operation of virtualized environments.
Integrated management of mixed virtualized environments
NEC supports three major virtualization software products, VMware, XenServer, and Hyper-V, and develops functions allowing the unified management of mixed virtualized environments combining these products.
NEC offers management know-how for mixed virtualized environments based on an understanding of the issues faced by customers.
Software distribution functions
Sophisticated software distribution functions realize unified management from one management console for batch installation of OS and applications, backup and restoration, BIOS and firmware updates, patch application, provisioning, etc., reducing the workload of administrators.
Optimization engine for resource utilization
An optimization engine monitors at all times the operational status of the system.
In the case of a virtualized environment, at times of high load, it reallocates virtual machines to balance the load throughout the system.
System resources can also be optimized in real time as the situation demands.
