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NetIQ Operational VMWare Management
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As hybrid physical/virtual environments become a standard data
center deployment, administrators will require a systematic approach
to executing successful migrations.
With NetIQ’s Operational VMware
Management solution, customers can quickly establish consistent
or improved system utilization and configuration, application performance,
and end-user experience to demonstrate rapid and continuous value
of IT investments.
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VMWare Operational Management
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Challenges |
NetIQ Solution |
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Reduce total cost of server infrastructure
Reduce number of physical servers
Maintain performance and availability of IT services
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Complex or demanding applications that may not fit candidate
criteria
Long migration planning cycles
Poor performance of virtualized applications
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Identify Virtualization Candidates and Validate Migrations |
| Manage |
Maintain service levels
Streamline server management and reporting
Minimize disruption to IT operations and systems management
processes
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Management tools that are not adapted to virtualization
paradigm
No comprehensive view of hybrid infrastructure
Lack perspective of end user impact
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Manage Hybrid Physical and Virtual Environments |
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Secure |
Maintain strong security of corporate data without hindering
virtualization efforts
Satisfy auditor concerns regarding the risks of virtualization
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Newly virtualized assets that are not as protected as
their physical counterparts
Security management tools that do not address the virtualization
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Secure and Audit the Virtual Infrastructure
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Pre-migration
planning is critical to ensure a successful migration to
the VMware infrastructure. Performance and security of virtualized
servers requires a careful assessment along with post-migration
validation. This can be achieved by:
- Baselining the performance and security of physical
servers before migration
- Auditing the security configuration before and after
migration, and evaluating changes
- Comparing both the performance and end user experience
of virtual machines to their physical baselines
NetIQ’s solution supports confident migrations by providing
metrics for a careful analysis of virtualization candidates.
In doing so, it supports faster migrations and higher VM
to physical server ratios, thereby maximizing the cost benefits
of virtualization.
NetIQ Supporting Products:
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NetIQ AppManager
NetIQ AppManager provides rich instrumentation and monitoring
of both the VMware infrastructure (i.e., ESX, VirtualCenter)
and other components in the application stack (networks,
operating systems, databases and applications).
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NetIQ ResponseTime Modules
NetIQ AppManager’s ResponseTime Modules monitor service
performance by emulating and measuring the end-user experience
through synthetic transactions via windows-based or web-based
user interfaces.
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NetIQ Analysis Center
NetIQ Analysis Center warehouses performance data and
generates reports to help evaluate candidates’ long-term
performance as well as compare the performance of migrated
servers to pre-migration metrics.
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NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager
NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager provides automated
security configuration assessment, baselining and delta
reporting of Windows, Unix, and Linux systems as well as
ESX Server (based on the Center for Internet Security VMware
ESX Benchmark).
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Specialized
VMware management tools often provide a myopic view of
system and application performance and security.
Unfortunately, identify and resolving complex problems
requires a more holistic view of the technology stack,
from the network to the ESX Server to the VM operating
systems and applications. This can be achieved by:
- Instrumenting and monitoring the performance of
the hardware, hypervisor (ESX), operating systems,
and applications
- Monitoring end-user experience through
application response times
- Generating reports to support diagnostics,
problem management, capacity planning and VMware
tuning
NetIQ monitors and manages the hybrid
physical/virtual environment by providing a consistent
solution across the enterprise.
NetIQ Supporting Products: |
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NetIQ AppManager
NetIQ AppManager manages and monitors the entire
VMware infrastructure from a single console, including
VMware VirtualCenter, VMware ESX Server, and the server
hardware, VM operating systems, databases and
applications.
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NetIQ ResponseTime Modules
NetIQ AppManager’s ResponseTime Modules monitor
service performance by emulating and measuring the
end-user experience through synthetic transactions via
windows-based or web-based user interfaces.
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NetIQ Analysis Center
NetIQ Analysis Center provides data warehousing,
reporting and analytics for all data collected by NetIQ
AppManager, supporting effective management of the
hybrid environment.
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Virtualization
adds a layer of complexity to the compliance and
security challenge. Physical to virtual migrations open
the door for compliance exceptions, even at the virtual
machine level, by introducing changes to the original
physical implementation. The hypervisor itself adds a
potential threat vector, while the virtualized network
hides some network traffic from traditional security
systems (e.g., network IDS, gateways). These risks can
be addressed by:
- Evaluating the security configuration of both
the hypervisor (ESX) and the virtual machines
- Comparing post-migration configurations to
pre-migration configurations
Monitoring privileged user activity and changes at
the virtual machines, avoiding the dependency on
seeing network traffic
NetIQ’s solution support the latest standards for
VMware security published by the Center for Internet
Security and helps easily demonstrate compliance while
improving security and control. |
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NetIQ Secure Configuration
Manager
NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager automatically
assesses and baselines the configuration of both ESX
Server and the virtual machines (OS, databases, web
servers, etc.), and leverages best practices such as the
Center for Internet Security benchmarks (including the
benchmark for ESX Server).
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NetIQ Security Manager
NetIQ Security Manager
monitors user activity, detects changes, and provides
log consolidation and reporting of the ESX Server and
virtual machine systems.
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Third Brigade Deep Security
Third Brigade Deep Security
provides host-based intrusion defense for Windows, Unix,
and Linux VMs as well as Virtual Server hosts, helping
to protect against both known and zero-day attacks and
shield vulnerabilities in critical and hard to patch
systems.
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