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VMware vSOM (discontinued)

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What is VMware vSOM (discontinued)?

VSOM from VMware was a solution that delivered vSphere server virtualization, and also added capacity management and performance monitoring features. It is discontinued as of February 2019. Users were migrated to VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus and VMware vRealize Operations Standard.

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Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features VMware vSOM (discontinued) has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 13 ratings of VMware vSOM (discontinued)'s features
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Top Performing Features

  • Virtual machine automated provisioning

    Automation of virtual machine provisioning through use of vm templates

    Category average: 7.8

  • Management console

    Management console for central administration of vm environment

    Category average: 8

  • Live virtual machine migration

    Downtime minimization by migrating live vms between hosts and across clusters

    Category average: 7.9

Areas for Improvement

  • Hypervisor-level security

    Hypervisor-level security including antivirus and anti-malware

    Category average: 8.4

Reviews

What users are saying about VMware vSOM (discontinued).
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VSOM is a great product for virtual machine migration to a disaster recovery site.

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Kurt PritchettView profile
Senior System Engineer in Information Technology at Clayton County Public Schools (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Pros

  • The best thing about VSOM is that it's built into VCenter so you only have one point of administration
  • VSOM does a great job of making applications intuitive
  • Re-IPing virtual machines are a must and VSOM does a great job of making this a simple process

Cons

  • The installation of VSOM is very tedious
  • It uses an MS SQL database
  • It should be able to adjust for hardware modifications in VCenter

Return on Investment

  • In the case of a disaster, the ROI would be substantial.
  • The license for VSOM is pretty expensive initially.
  • Support for VSOM is terrific.

Alternatives Considered

Veeam Backup & Replication and Cohesity

Other Software Used

Cohesity, Reduxio, Cisco MDS 9100