Optimizing Virtual Infrastructure with PowerVM and the IBM Systems Director VMControl Performance Summary

IBM Systems Director supports the PowerVM environment and is the IBM platform management tool for multiple heterogeneous servers. IBM Systems Director supports advanced management functions such as workload lifecycle management, health check, and topology mappings, as well as the ability to take action on monitored events.

IBM Systems Director VMControl™ V2.2 is a plug-in option for IBM Systems Director that enables the transformation from managing virtualization to using virtualization to better manage an entire IT infrastructure. IBM Systems Director and VMControl are designed to help reduce the total cost of ownership in a virtual environment by decreasing management costs, increasing asset utilization, and linking infrastructure performance to business goals.

VMControl is available in three Editions, to suit the varying levels of virtualization deployment at client sites. VMControl Express Edition provides basic virtual machine lifecycle management; VMControl Standard Edition adds the ability to manage complete libraries of virtual images; and VMControl Enterprise Edition further adds the ability to create and manage system pools – dynamic collections of computing resources – as easily as managing a single virtual image. The advanced virtualization management capabilities of VMControl provide a pathway for organizations to build sophisticated cloud computing environments.

Among the many features of VMControl V2.2 is an improved Performance Summary view, which displays more than 25 real-time Power Systems monitors.

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Advantages

Companies embracing Smarter Computing are implementing IT infrastructure based on the IBM Power Systems platform that is designed for data, tuned to the task and managed with cloud technologies. With Power Systems, businesses can outpace their competitors by delivering services faster, differentiate their offerings by delivering higher quality services, and turn operational cost into investment opportunity by delivering services with superior economics.

Hardware

Power Systems hardware provides the foundation for designing workload optimized systems in conjunction with software and expert domain knowledge. Power servers and blades are modular and scalable and designed from the chip through the software stack to help deliver new levels of business performance.

Operating systems

Power servers deliver flexibility and choice of operating systems to enable your business to select the best applications for your business needs. Whether running 1, 2, or all 3 - coupled with PowerVM, they maximize the benefit of Power Systems in your business.

System software

IBM's integrated approach to developing Systems and Systems Software stacks together delivers maximum utilization, availability, and flexibility helping you deliver new advantages in your business.

Solutions

IBM and IBM Business Partner solutions exploit key benefits in Power Systems that help you deliver new capabilities and new competitive advantages to your business.

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Over the last five years thousands of clients have migrated to POWER. Learn how Power Systems has helped them improve their business performance, reduce risk, and establish a more secure future.

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