A.4. Chapter 4: Managing VMware ESX Using VMM

Identify the important features that are enabled by managing ESX hosts using VMM

VMM enables very robust day-to-day management of Hyper-V– and ESX-based environments. With the exception of a few nontypical operations, administrators can use VMM as a single management interface across multiple hypervisors. VMM can also aggregate multiple vCenter instances in addition to multiple hypervisors. VMM is the best management product for users who want to standardize how virtual machines are created, deployed, and managed in their environment. A common console across hypervisors helps reduce the barrier to entry for users who want to standardize on a management product that supports multiple hypervisors. ...

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