Veeam Software, a provider of data protection, disaster recovery and systems management offerings for VMware virtual datacentre environments, has released a new version of nworks Management Pack (MP) for VMware.
The version 5.5 features a new PRO Pack that provides organisations using Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) with automated problem resolution for their VMware infrastructures, along with various enhancements for enterprises with VMware deployments, the company said.
Veeam Software said that nworks MP 5.5 provides optimised user-configurable data publication methods, with each data class having its own publication interval, and data handling can be tuned to more than double scalability and performance.
According to Veeam Software, the new version also provides improved high availability and load balancing. New failover groups in nworks Enterprise Manager allow for control of failover between collectors. In addition, a new load-balancing algorithm provides for smarter monitoring job placement during failover or when a vCenter is added to the monitored environment.
In addition, the new toolkit assists with initial deployment and subsequent growth of the virtual environment. It includes an online calculator for pre-deployment planning that recommends the number of collectors, as well as a built-in wizard for ongoing analysis as the monitored environment grows.
Ratmir Timashev, president and CEO of Veeam, said: "The Veeam nworks MP and PRO Pack complement Microsoft technologies to enable unified monitoring and management of a heterogeneous virtual infrastructure, including VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V.
"Not only have we closed the loop on VMware monitoring, but we’ve also leveraged and protected the investments that enterprises have made in Microsoft System Center. Our MP and PRO Pack embody our deep VMware expertise, which is an ideal complement to Microsoft’s monitoring and management framework."
The Veeam nworks MP is certified by VMware as VMware Ready on both vSphere 4 and VMware Infrastructure 3. The nworks MP 5.5 is available with UK MSRP from £371.72 per CPU socket.
