vCenter Server Reviews

This makes it very simple to manage multiple ESXi hosts in one pane of glass. It's fairly easy to use once you understand the basics but has the ability to be very powerful.

I don't like how the latest management is all web based. Before you can use a stand alone client but now you must access via a web console. It is not as polished as the app.

Great way to manage your entire virtual infrastructure and integration all your favorite IT solutions for a one stop shop. Now you can have redundant vCenters!

Sizing vCenter to fit your needs is a bit of trial and error. Also, we have had to apply a handful of tweaks and workaround for issue throughout the years.

It will work Virtually to get you into you work desktop

It will crash or freeze on you when there is a lot of traffic on the network.

Fast, stable, consistent, time-proven software.
Well known by existing support staff and potential new hires, very little training needed.
Easy to understand UI

High license costs.
I preferred the windows based thick client which is being depreciated in favor of the less capable web client.

Easy to setup clusters, good reporting and features, nice options for upgrading and alerting. Been a good product for years.

Kind of disappointed they are phasing our Windows vcenter and moving towards appliance only support.

VMware VirtualCenter is few steps ahead in virtualized environments. Having a centralized management and virtualized servers and workstations can make the difference in the enterprise business.

The enterprise edition price is high for medium to small business. The support for Linux based environments could be better.

so clunky and not a pleasure to use like other software.
Really difficult to use and does not work half the time, really unstable

Customer support almost non existent, tried getting in contact many times but to no avail.
Really unstable, would be doing work and the system would crash. This happend many times

This software gives you a centralized control and management of all the IT infrastructure. Helps to monitor the performance of the servers.

Doesnt have a friendly graphic interphase and like other VMware applications, the product is expensive.

You can do the migration of other virtual machines, according to their use. You can check the CPU and the memory of the machine for the storage of assets, very fast, I recommend having a custom tool for the use of resources.

Vmware Vcenter presents some very difficult to identify errors. Still carrying the record to the user's support, the solution is complicated. Difficult in advanced terms.

Pros:
- Native integration with VMware platforms.
- Centralized control
- Easy to install and easy to use
- Multilingual, just set your preferred language, I highly recommend English
- Data Backup...

I can go on and on.. This software is a Must!!!

Nothing bad to say about this product. Maybe that adding more complexity not always is accepted ad good. I don't say is not good...

After the initial setup, adding and installing all physical and virtual servers at the same time in just a few steps has never been this easy.It enabled multiple HOSTs to be managed from a single point at the same time under a single platform and combined all processes at a single point. It provided an additional gain above the expected from many factors such as time, cost and resources.Integration with vSphere Client was also an excellent experience. Thanks to its storage space management, data migration, and data protection features, it is an excellent convenience and trust.

There is almost no downside. you just have to know the system and the structure very well and make a plan accordingly. otherwise you may see many things as complex and incomplete. With a full professional support, this problem can be solved.

It is so easy to manage all machine from web window. You can monitor all hardware status and CPU, Memory and storage usage under summary tab. Also you can migrate Virtual machine others machine which it has more resource than other machine.

Vmware Vcenter complicated my systems. I never seen any bad situation in VCenter. It depends administration of your systems.

The software is very stable and makes it easy to perform day to day management tasks. It gives a good overview of our environment and helps us to make choices in e.g. load balancing or making changes to settings. Rolling out new servers is easy to do.

Not every feature is available in the HTML5 version of the interface. There is also a Flash interface that you may need to switch to, to make changes to e.g. permissions.

Easy way to manage VM's. Gives you most of the admin tools you need.

The web client! Listen to customers, nobody likes the web client.

1. vCenter help to maximize the resource utilization
2. Help to manage the infrastructure easily and effectively
3. High availability of VMs

Performance monitor features are very less.

- every version gets better and better
- easier to deploy
- newest version support HA which means the possiblity of less vCenter downtime which is great
- the appliance is now full featured meaning 1 less Windows Server

- complicated licensing structure that didn't used to be that way
- VMware support has decreased in quality over the past 1-2 years
- VMware still can't kill off the Flash UI in favor of the HTML5 version

Awesome fully featured HTML5 web UI came with 6.7 U1 version
Eased cluster configuration (Cluster Quickstart)
Quick boot when update and upgrade process with update manager (For supported hardware)

After version 6.7U1 there is no cons yet.

The admin interface is great. You can get things setup and then forget about them. The cluster and HA is wonderful. The product lets you sleep at night.

The product can be a little costly but well worth what you are getting. Never really had to work with customer service so that is probably good.

The cost savings we have realized by not having to purchase a physical server for each application we use has been the greatest pro.

The interface can be a bit intimidating, and unless you take a training course from VMware you may be left a bit puzzled.

VMware's quality and reputation are pretty apparent in all of their applications. This is not exception. The software is user friendly and robust and makes supporting our VDI environment a breeze.

Small bugs between software versions. This seems to be consistent amongst VMware's offerings. For instance, one of our locations is one version behind and you must view everything in full screen otherwise you can't see the taskbar on the virtual desktop. It's not a show stopper but it can get annoying.

The managment for multiple esxi hypervisors is the power of this software. It help managing and maintaining virtual machines, being able to back them up, or move from one hypervisor to another.

Initial setup can take some time in gathering together all your hardware. The system is pricey.