In addition to managing its x86 and SPARC servers, Sun said its Ops Center 2.5 now extends lifecycle management capabilities to Sun's built-in virtualization technologies, including Solaris Containers and Sun Logical Domains (LDoms).
"Companies tackling virtualization deployments are finding that although virtualization has helped consolidate the number of physical servers in their datacenters, it hasn't been the silver bullet," said Jim McHugh, VP of Datacenter Marketing, Sun Microsystems. "Successful virtualization projects need automated tools that streamline the management of both physical and virtual assets - a complex task in today's datacenters. Ops Center 2.5 is a management tool that enables IT and systems administrators to reduce downtime, meet compliance requirements, and respond to business changes."
By using built-in automated workflows, Ops Center 2.5 allows users to maintain consistent deployment of firmware, OS, and applications across physical and virtual resources, speed deployment time, as well as improve business continuity by provisioning new systems and dynamically allocating resources. From a single browser-based console, Ops Center 2.5 automates and controls Sun infrastructure as well as heterogeneous environments running the Solaris Operating System (OS), Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), and Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL).
New features in Ops Center 2.5 include:
-- Ability to create, delete, configure, monitor, and migrate Solaris Containers and LDoms from a single console.
-- Ability to patch the Solaris OS using Solaris Live Upgrade software with minimal downtime.
-- Virtual storage library management using Fiber Channel, NFS or ZFS software.
-- Patching for Microsoft Windows via integration with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, giving customers a single pane to patch Solaris, Linux and Windows OSes.
-- Support for discovery, monitoring, provisioning and patching of servers running Oracle Enterprise Linux.
-- Automatic datacenter asset grouping to accelerate initiation of repetitive tasks.
Sun noted its Systems Management team will be showcasing Ops Center at the upcoming Oracle OpenWorld conference October 11-15, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
More Information:
http://www.sun.com/solaris/oow.
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