Leading independent provider of cloud and virtualization solutions,
Xtravirt, today announced the release of the Sonar Management Pack for
VMware Horizon.
Sonar analyzes virtual infrastructures and VDI environments with speed
and simplicity, unlocking powerful actionable insights for IT management
and operations. Context-rich analytics focus on optimizing performance,
reducing waste and avoiding issues. Built-in guidance enables improved
operational practices resulting in less downtime, more predictable
change, and reduced risk and cost. Baselining, trending and tracking
changes with standardized measurable KPIs enables rapid and sustained
ongoing improvement.
The Sonar VMware Horizon Management Pack takes the monitoring and
management capabilities of virtual desktop infrastructures to greater
levels while delivering new and unique insights. "Developing the Horizon
pack was a natural and exciting next step as part of an expanding Sonar
product", said Xtravirt CEO, Gavin Jolliffe.
Currently available on early release, it allows managers and system
administrators to improve planning, management and support of Horizon
VDI environments. It enables all components including Connection
servers, Security servers, vCenter, virtual desktops, resource profiles,
published applications, desktop pools, templates and operating systems.
The Horizon Management Pack is licensed per environment enabling
organizations to continually analyze the entire solution on demand,
including unlimited hosts and VMs, with the flexibility to change or
expand without the need to re-license.
Key Features:
- Over 72 individual VMware Horizon analytics built from more than 210
key metrics delivered through convenient collections of assessments and
insights
- Supports Horizon 6.x - 7.x, including ThinApp
- Targeted Horizon environmental health including a comprehensive 23 point scorecard assessment with best practice guidance
- Horizon component level infrastructure assessment supporting
Connection servers, Security servers, vCenter, and Horizon Events
database
- Desktop insights including pool management, template and user assignment, and provisioning status
- Capacity assessment including asset and resource analysis for desktop
pools. Supports floating and dedicated pools, including Microsoft RDS
pools and display protocols
- Enables a unified view of multiple and distributed VDI
infrastructures, and enhanced optimization of resources and forward
planning
- Identification of faults preventing normal operation. Deep event
profiling and historic trending enables identification of repeat
offenders and areas to optimize\
- Virtual desktop configuration and resource distribution assessment
including CPU, memory, operating systems and virtual hardware levels
- Consolidated application inventory, configuration and status. Supports
standard and ThinApp published apps, user assignment, presentation type
and app groups
- Achieve a powerful and complete VDI and virtual infrastructure
management solution by pairing the Horizon Management Pack with the
Sonar VMware vSphere® Management Pack
Read more about the Sonar VMware Horizon Management Pack