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Avoiding Pitfalls: The Hidden Costs of Managing your VMware Infrastructure

Server virtualization has brought significant efficiencies to IT operations, but at the cost of new challenges in monitoring the health of running virtual machines, analyzing data, alerting staff in case of a problem, and performing administrative tasks. These challenges are growing as virtualization takes an increasingly central role in IT. System administrators are investing more time and effort into ensuring the proper operation and health of VMs, yet lack tools comparable to those available for physical servers.
Join Scott Herold, Lead Architect for Virtualization Solutions, at Quest Software who reveals how the growing complexity and lack of resources necessitate changing the way IT operations are commonly performed. Key takeaways include:
- Understanding server workloads and better identifying virtualization candidates
- Addressing the challenges of monitoring the virtual infrastructure
- Reduce internal fire-fighting by adopting more mature operational processes
- Prioritizing issues based on the impact to the business and on end users
- Reducing administration costs through proactive management and automation

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Avoiding Pitfalls: The Hidden Costs of Managing your VMware Infrastructure

1 Hour

Scott Herold, Lead Architect - Virtualization Business
Quest Software