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# Page 3 - Reviews of vCenter Server

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SJ

Scott J.  
Senior Systems Administrator  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Total management for your virtual infrastructure"

January 18, 2018

5.0

Total management of my virtual environment

Pros

This is the management infrastructure for the Vmware virtualization environment. It brings with it a lot of features like vmotion for one and clustering and HA services all working to reduce your downtime. Using Virtual Center is leaps and bounds better than managing individual ESXi hosts on their own. You can coordinate updates and see all of your infrastructure under a single pane of glass. Organize your ESXi servers into datacenters and locations and folders or clusters. Once you try Virtual Center you will never go back to managing individual hosts again.

Cons

Currently uses Adobe Flash for the main interface but they have a mostly functional HTML5 interface available in the latest version and are moving to a fully functional HTML5 interface quickly.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Principal System Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "VMWare vCenter"

December 18, 2018

5.0

Pros

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

Cons

Performance monitor features are very less.

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Raul M.  
Business Application Developer  
  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Best choice for centralized management "

June 26, 2018

5.0

Pros

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.

Cons

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

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SV

Stjepan V.  
IT Platform Manager  
Internet  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "vCenter WEB GUI"

June 26, 2020

5.0

All together great product.

Pros

Consistent layout of menu, ease of use, improved HTML5 GUI, AD login plugin.

Cons

There are still some features missing that exist in Flash WEB client; vSAN monitoring is buggy, export of listed events/tasks,inventory is not possible in HTML5 client. After upgrading or updating I must warn all users to clear web browser cache before first login to vCenter WEB GUI. Sorting of columns in active tasks (in bottom frame) is often jumping/rearranging as task finishes and making it unusable for monitoring.

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Jay C.  
Customer Service Sales Representative / Backup Help Desk  
Hospitality  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "VMware"

October 29, 2018

3.0

For the most part your going to need to make sure your bandwith is big eoungh or it will crash all the time

Pros

It will work Virtually to get you into you work desktop

Cons

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

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MM

Matt M.  
Systems Administrator  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The best way to manage multiple ESXi hosts"

July 5, 2018

5.0

Pros

\- 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

Cons

\- 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

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Joel P.  
Head Of Quality Assurance  
Gambling & Casinos  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Do not use, really terrible"

December 12, 2018

2.0

Pros

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

Cons

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

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RL

Ryan L.  
Senior Systems Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great product I use every day"

September 7, 2017

4.0

It's the best hypervisor I have ever used. I have used KVM, VMWare, HyperV, and XEN. I never have issues with deployment when it comes to vcenter. Can't say that about the rest

Pros

VMWare has been the go to hyper visor for me for years. the Virtual Center client has always worked and never left me stranded

Cons

As of recently with the move to get away from the C# client, it has become a little more tedious doing the things I need.

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Karen M.  
Research Assistant  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Great monitor and control tool for IT"

June 1, 2018

5.0

Centralized control and management of all the IT infrastructure

Pros

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

Cons

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

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FS

Fatih S.  
Systems Engineering Team Leader  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "VMware vCenter with new features"

November 14, 2018

5.0

If you are using VMware for virtualized platform, vCenter is a must. vCenter providing ease of management, and many additional functions for standalone ESXi hosts

Pros

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)

Cons

After version 6.7U1 there is no cons yet.

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GE

Gilad E.  
Certification Engineer  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Best tool around for HW virtualization "

September 10, 2017

4.0

Pros

The ability to manage all machines HW is great, the networking and the redundancy configurations are very useful.

Cons

There are some small bugs which sometimes make life a bit difficult. In addition, in some occasions the VC is getting very slow. It is not good that the newer version require to have a separated VC and cannot be standalone with an ESX server

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CK

Chad K.  
Associate Director of Information Technology  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The VMWare product is the best of the best. Don't use anything else."

April 10, 2018

5.0

Pros

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.

Cons

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.

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MS

Manuele S.  
Sistemista  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Recensione vcenter server"

February 2, 2023

5.0

Pros

Ottimo software di gestione per cluster ha, permette di avere un'ampia visione della sotuazione attuale

Cons

Il costo è un po' alto e molte funzionalità non sono spiegate al meglio, dando per scontato che l'amministratore sia già aggiornato di eventuali aggiunte

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AE

AHMED E.  
IT engineer  
Insurance  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Vmware VCenter"

December 26, 2020

4.0

Very good

Pros

User interface. Integration with LDAP. updates for vcenter and hosts.

Cons

Interface must be simplified for users to interact with it

Reason for choosing vCenter Server

Support. Features available in vmware and not available in hyper v

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AB

Adam B.  
Assistant Network Administrator  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Best Hypervisor We Have Used"

September 15, 2017

5.0

Pros

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

Cons

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

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Cloud Technical Engineer  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Virtualizaion go-to"

April 26, 2018

5.0

Pros

Easy o setup and use, hard to master as there is so much to it, but once you enered the rabbit hole, you may never want to go get out.

Cons

Depending on environment, it could be sometimes unstable, but nothing that you cannot solve with proper support.

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JM

Jan M.  
Infrastructure administrator  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Have been using vcenter for 15 years"

February 16, 2018

5.0

Pros

Ease of use and reliability. Also like how when theres an issue it is addressed in the next version update. The updates are easy to perform and never fail. Virtual appliance is virus resistant due to its using a proton operating system.

Cons

At times the virtual vcenter server appliance will freeze and has to be reset. Hoping this will get addressed with the next version update coming out in the coming weeks.

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JB

Jerry B.  
IT Analyst II  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "I use this software as an IT Analyst to support our VDI environment."

July 27, 2018

4.0

Pros

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.

Cons

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.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
QA  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Excellent software "

March 22, 2019

4.0

Pros

Very easy GUI usage. Safe and easy for use for new users.

Cons

Sometimes it can\`t find source file and sometimes it\`s left log unnecessary files.

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Daniel P.  
Consultor ADF  
  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Excellent management of the virtual machine"

June 13, 2018

4.0

Pros

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.

Cons

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.

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NP

Nebojsa P.  
Network Coordinator  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "vCenter for School use"

January 8, 2021

5.0

The system is very reliable and stable. It help you manage large number of virtual machines , that can save lots of time and resources.

Pros

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.

Cons

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

Reason for choosing vCenter Server

The stabilty and the possibility to backup the entire virtual machines , locally or to the Cloud.

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AV

Alex V.  
Senior Consultant  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A must have"

April 19, 2018

5.0

Pros

I work with product in small, medium and large companies. It simplifies administration of virtual machines. I love the template feature which enables you to create a vm in minutes.

Cons

The price is the only downfall for this product, but when using it small businesses The Essentials kit is a great solution. Same features for a small business price...

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
DBA  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great enterprise virtualization"

October 12, 2017

4.0

Pros

Solid visualization platform. Easy end user tools like the fat VSphere Client and the Web interface.

Cons

As a regular Virtualbox user it's great to be able to connect into the console for any VM over RDP, regardless of support in the guest OS. I've been unable to find this feature in VMWare.

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JR

Jason R.  
Manager of IS  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "One of the few options"

May 17, 2017

5.0

Pros

Industry standard. Easy to find support when problems arise. Vendors are well aware of the various versions/options.

Cons

Bugs introduced with new versions.Otherwise it's great.

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MS

Mike S.  
Programmer/Analyst  
Paper & Forest Products  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "VMware vCenter - Managing your virtual machines made easy"

October 7, 2020

5.0

VMware vCenter is a great way to virtualize your server farm.

Pros

VMware vCenter software makes managing all your virtual machines, that are in use in your data center, easy. The capability to take snapshots of the VMs had helped us several times so far, when there are issues with a VM.

Cons

For first time users VMware vCenter has a little bit of a learning curve. But once you try out some of the features, you will be surprised of all that is has to offer.

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