Saturday, December 8, 2012

VMware vCenter is capable of managing 3rd party hypervisors.

VMware announced its capabiltiy of managing third party hypevisors. For now Hyper-V on Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 is supported.

The relevant software can be obtained from the following link, (Scroll to the very bottom of the page.)
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VCL-VSP510-VC-510A-EN&productId=285&rPId=3144


Before installing, ensure that these prerequisites are met:

  • You have an account with administrator privileges on the vCenter Server system.
  • The Windows Remote Management service is running and configured on the vCenter Server machine and on the machine where you install the vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager server.
  • Your user account has sufficient rights to install the Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package. The vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager installer initiates the installation of the Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package.
  • (If you want to use a custom certificate for vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager) You have all the necessary certification authorities in the Trusted Root Certification Authority on the system where you want to install the vCenter Multi-Hypervisor Manager server.
Following KBTV videos show how the vCenter Multi Hypervisor Manager Server and vCenter Multi Hypervisor Manager Client is installed.







Interoperability and Software Requirements

Supported Hypervisors

  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2

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