Microsoft has updated the Operations Manager 2008 management pack for Virtual Machine Manager 2008.
“This management pack is tightly integrated with VMM 2008 to implement the following features:
- Comprehensive health monitoring of virtual machines
- Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) in VMM
- VMM reports
- Diagram views available from the VMM Administrator Console
- Note: The Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Pro.2008.Public class in the System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 PRO Library management pack has been redefined as an abstract class.”
If you’re new to Hyper-V and VMM, VMM 2008 is to Hyper-V what Virtual Center is to ESX. Both are additional purchases – a common moan from VMware-philes is that VMM costs money. Obviously they didn’t get involved with pricing their own VMware infrastructures. Where VMM really wins is the amount of management. VMM can handle everything, including many ESX or Virtual Center servers! It integrates tightly with OpsMgr. Now you’re virtualisation layer is just a part of your overall infrastructure giving you top-bottom, cradle to grave management through one interface. The management pack monitors OpsMgr. Additional Pro Tips packs from h/w vendors enable h/w to be considered when monitoring the performance and health of your virtualisation layer. According to Mike Briggs (an excellent MS engineer who’s helped me recently), the last of the above changes will further increase the possibility of partner integration.