- Hervé Tardy, vice president and general manager of Eaton's Distributed Power Quality Business Unit (
Eaton Corporation, an industry leader in power
management solutions for virtual environments, recently announced five
strategies for information technology (IT) and data center managers to maximize
the benefits of virtualization. These strategies, released during VMworld®
2012, describe best practices for VMware® users to preserve business continuity
and data integrity through the VMware vCenter™ platform.
- Enhance productivity with integrated power management solutions
Implement power management software that integrates
within the vCenter dashboard to view, monitor and administer all server,
storage and power management assets through a single console, as well as
receive power alarms in the same window as server and virtual machine alarms.
- Trigger live migration to protect data
To improve uptime and prevent data loss during an
extended power outage, leverage the latest power management software solutions
that can automatically trigger live migration, transparently moving virtual
machines from an affected server to another server on the network.
- Automate site recovery processes
To further enhance response time and business
continuity, VMware Site Recovery Manager users can implement software solutions
that recognize power interruptions and provide automatic virtual machine
synchronization and immediate initiation of a backup site.
- Prioritize loads to enhance response time during power disruptions
Prior to a power disturbance, IT managers should
proactively prioritize virtual machines within vCenter so that automated power
management software recovery processes can restart the most critical machines
at the recovery site, while less critical machines can safely shut down to
preserve data integrity.
- Extend UPS runtime to protect virtual machines
In the event of an extended outage, business
continuity and disaster recovery processes rely on sufficient UPS battery
runtime to protect data and critical hardware. IT managers can bolster VMware’s
vMotion™ capabilities by installing software that automatically consolidates
virtual machines and safely shuts down idle servers in the event of a power
failure so that adequate backup time is provided.
To learn more about Eaton’s solutions for
virtualization platforms, visitwww.eaton.com/virtualization
I think it's great that the manufactures especially Eaton is helping with the adoption of Virtual environments with the use of software. It is always tough to adopt new technology with out features such as being able to shutdown the equipment in the event of a power failure.
ReplyDeleteThe reasons for having a business continuity plan that you listed above are very direct and to the point. I hope that business owners see the risk in not having one of the plans in their business scheme. It is very unsettling knowing that your business could be gone tomorrow. I am very glad that you posted this because it is enough information to get your point across to business owners.
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