Hyperic Delivers Open Source Management Solution for VMware

Hyperic Inc. is making available its virtualization management solution Hyperic HQ for VMware. According to the company, the solution will enable data centers to consolidate complete discovery, monitoring, analysis and control of all application, system and network assets, both inside and outside of the virtual machines powered by VMware.

A big industry concern right now is how to manage or monitor the data center environment once virtualization is added into the mix. Industry watchers like Andi Mann, EMA Senior Analyst for Systems Management explains, “Virtualization magnifies management complexity by consolidating physical servers into multiple virtualized ones, each physical and virtual server with their own OS, configuration, applications. This means that what used to be maybe ten unique server environments can now become hundreds very quickly. A holistic approach to the manageability of all the various IT assets from applications to systems to networks becomes essential.”

Hyperic says that its HQ for VMware solution dramatically extends the capabilities to manage and analyze the full virtual stack, including the operating systems and applications running within the virtual machine, which also compliments VMware’s own management solution, VirtualCenter.

“Hyperic’s sophisticated architecture is built to streamline discovery and manageability of complex data center deployments with large multiples of physical servers and multi-tiered application environments,” said Hyperic CEO Javier Soltero. “By layering our inventory model to include the virtualized resources, and tapping VMware’s management interfaces, Hyperic is once again able to quickly extend our full cross-platform support to ensure managing virtual environments is equally easy and affordable to manage as traditional environments.”

Hyperic’s technology offers users the ability to have a single, open source solution that can be used to manage systems across the entire virtualized infrastructure, regardless of the combination of hardware and software they are using. The company’s technology-neutral approach enables the discovery, monitoring, analysis and control of enterprise IT assets from the network and operating system layers to the application and service tier. Hyperic claims this is the last “piece of the puzzle” that IT departments need in order to effectively manage their virtualized enterprise as it extends to widespread, mission-critical deployments.

The complete Hyperic HQ for VMware product is available now to all data centers via open-source licensing and can be downloaded from the company’s Web site. VMware supported versions include VMware GSX 3.x, Server 1.x, and ESX Server 2.x and 3.x.