vSphere

About vSphere
vSphere is a server virtualization software designed to help businesses manage applications and modernize workflows using virtual machines, Kubernetes, and containers. Enterprises can protect their hybrid cloud infrastructure against malware, ransomware, and other threats using built-in security capabilities.
vSphere allows organizations to manage the entire application lifecycle including maintenance of software, firmware, and patching upgrades from within a unified interface. Businesses can incorporate graphics processing units (GPUs) to deliver artificial intelligence and machine learning infrastructures, and deploy Kubernetes clusters according to requirements. The system captures host-level configuration settings and automatically sends alerts to supervisors about compliance issues.
Using vSphere, teams can handle virtual machine templates, optical disc images, scripts, and virtual appliances. Other features include access management, cloning, virtual machine encryption, data migration, power management, content library, and versioning.
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- Industry: Media Production
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Vsphere - Best virtualization software
Reviewed on 2022/06/19
virtualization in a very good way without any major issues & less human intervention to manage the...
virtualization in a very good way without any major issues & less human intervention to manage the platform. Patching automation with VUM , DRS , HA are some of the excellent features of vsphere. Moreever the latency wise very less compared to other hypervisor softwares.
Pros
I would say the vsphere provides various features as a package. vmotion , FT , DRS , Affinity/Antiaffinity rules , HA , monitoring , automations etc..VROPS/VRLI/VRA/VRO are the tools provided along with vsphere which provides excellent features when compared to its competitors
Cons
Obviously the costing is the major drawback especialy the production support cost & it's not that much value for money , since vmware support takes more time to resolve & troubleshoot issue. It's my personal opinion. Other issue is in patching , vmware needs to come up with one click upgrade same how their competitors have.
- Industry: Automotive
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Use vSphere to manage our virtual machines and works better after we migrate from physical...
Reviewed on 2023/02/20
Reduced cost of the physical hardware used, from 24 host to 4, reduced cost of spare parts for all...
Reduced cost of the physical hardware used, from 24 host to 4, reduced cost of spare parts for all of them, also reduced the heat of all in the room, getting low consumption of electricity. Getting a good improvement of this servers for our department and the company.
Pros
vSphere is easy to use, got physical servers and migrated to a virtual environment got better to manage them and better performance
Cons
It was a little complicated to configure all the environment, from the internal network switch, storage and all the stuff to have the best practices completed.
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VirtualBoxReasons for Switching to vSphere
We didn't compare with others, we used VirtualBox just for computers, not for servers, but we read from reviews and from old school colleges.- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Mac client works fairly well with some issues
Reviewed on 2017/08/16
Ability to run a Windows VM in a smart card required environment is essential and VMware Horizon is...
Ability to run a Windows VM in a smart card required environment is essential and VMware Horizon is the only solution available so far.
Pros
Allows logging into a Windows VM from a Mac in a smart card required environment. The performance is speedy.
Cons
Frequently when the Windows VM screenlocks (goes to sleep) you can't unlock it. Quitting the VM and logging back in is the workaround. On Mac 10.12 Sierra and later, you must disable Apple's CryptoTokenKit, because Horizon will not work with it enabled. Which means pairing your smart card using Apple's native protocol (as opposed to using a third-party solution) is not possible.
- Industry: Telecommunications
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
vSphere-review
Reviewed on 2024/11/27
Very satisfied with the features it offers and robustness
Very satisfied with the features it offers and robustness
Pros
vSphere is a product of VMware and I have known this product in and out since ESX3.x
Cons
Sometimes it might not suit for all scales of businesses

- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Vmware Vsphere
Reviewed on 2021/04/24
It's cost-effective - pay as use concept if no need stop your services and get free from billings
S...
It's cost-effective - pay as use concept if no need stop your services and get free from billings
Space Effective - physical to virtual conversation helps you to save your infra space which is not possible in case of physical deployment
Why Vsphere - it a product of a leading virtualization vendor.
Pros
Vsphere - Vcenter is the platform where you can create configure and customize the virtual machines as per the customer requirement
Vsphere allows you to synchronize with multiple host/nodes, which helps you run the features of high availability smart server deployment.
Vsphere has various products which help every smaller multinational organization to manage their cloud infrastructures.
Vpshere allows you the features which highly recommended and essential to smoothly run any organization.
Vsphere is the product of Vmware and the vendor is running in the top list of virtualization providers
Features of Vsphere
High Availability - Providing the high SLA
Distributor resource scheduler - smart deployment of servers
Distributor power management - save you cost
Fault Tolerance - Zero downtime
Wow that you rarely get with any other virtualization platform.
Cons
Vsphere should be licensed purchased it's not allowed you to run the infra after 30 days of trial.
There are various packages available for their products, so small-level organizations are supposed to run all features they have to pay the cost of the required product.
Should require stronger connectivity to access your Vsphere smoothly.
Reasons for Choosing vSphere
1.For performance enhancement 2.For running additional and high ended features. 3.For customer satisfaction.Reasons for Switching to vSphere
1.Its and leader and long-running organization of virtualization 2.Provided the back end which is useful for smooth transactions of your servers and infrastructure. 3.Updated product with the current requirementvSphere FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for vSphere.Q. What type of pricing plans does vSphere offer?
vSphere offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$576.96/year
- Pricing model: Subscription
- Free Trial: Not Available
Please contact VMware directly for pricing details.
Q. Who are the typical users of vSphere?
vSphere has the following typical customers:
201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does vSphere support?
vSphere supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does vSphere support mobile devices?
vSphere supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does vSphere integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations vSphere has
Q. What level of support does vSphere offer?
vSphere offers the following support options:
FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base
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