What is vRealize Configuration Manager (discontinued)?
VMware's vRealize Configuration Manager (formerly vCenter Configuration Manager) was a change and configuration management software solution. VMware announced the end of the product's availability in January, 2020.
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Director in Information Technology at Leverage - Advisory & Consultancy (1001-5000 employees employees)
Pros
Easy management of the physical and virtual environment; you can move virtual machine easily from a physical host to another and will be easy lan maintenance because VMware updates will advise about the type of update if will need a reboot of VM of the host ...
Delivers impressive capabilities that support hardening the VMware Infrastructure.
Patch in VM templates and offline VMs is also possible using this product.
vCenter Configuration Manager supports configuration management across virtual and physical servers and more.
Cons
It a little cumbersome to get all features up and running.
Takes a bit of knowledge to get to all configured and thievery setup.
It would be great if it had a monitoring tool internally, a tool like Nagios for example.
Return on Investment
Really good ROI!!! Every penny paid with a smile on my face!!!
Ease of use, simplified GUI, evenhanded features, strong support behind it, compatibility with other products.
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Engineer in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)
Pros
Active monitoring of Syslog and notifications based upon the matching conditions.
Change management- Changes can be pushed to several system from one place. It also keeps the record of what changes and who made the change even if the changes has not been made through VMware vCenter Configuration Manager.
Robust reporting feature- Enhanced filters features and report generation in excel format presents the data in readable and to the point.
Integration with ticketing tool further ensures that changes are approved before implementation.
Cons
Custom dashboards
More info visible on the workspace
Login to server feature
Most Important Features
Syslog Monitoring
Compliance
Change Management
Return on Investment
Servers stays compliant
Authorized change implementation on servers
Monitoring of servers with Low weighted Agent
Other Software Used
ServiceNow Now Platform, SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM), Splunk Enterprise